THE LEARNING OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE EMBODIMENT OF CHARACTER VALUE FOR STUDENTS

Abstract

Character education is a must, because it is considered capable of making students smart, having good manners and manners so that students are meaningful members of society both for themselves and society in general and broadly. Moral and virtuous character education is contained in the subject of civics education (PKn) which is carried out at every level of school. Character education is one of the important things in creating a nation's generation in Indonesia. Through character education students are taught to have good attitudes and behavior. Character education aims to revive the character of citizens in accordance with the values of Pancasila, including the value of piety, the value of faith, the value of honesty, the value of caring, to ethical values or manners. Civics is one of the right tools to implement values in character education for students, because the aim of Civics is basically to create students to become citizens who are democratic and have character in accordance with Pancasila values. Therefore, character education is properly implemented through Civics in shaping the morals of the younger generation. However, in reality character education in Indonesia is considered to have failed in creating human beings with character and morality as in its mission. To overcome this, there is a need for innovation in the teaching and learning process, especially in Civics learning. In this scientific article, data collection was carried out using the literature method.