Reformulation of Pancasila Education and Citizenship to Strengthen Young Citizens' Nationalism in the Border Areas

Abstract

Indonesia as an archipelagic country, has several border areas that are vulnerable due to globalization. The high access to mobilization of goods, services, and individuals makes the border areas vulnerable to nationalism degradation. A very vulnerable party to this phenomenon is a young citizen. One of the efforts that can be taken to strengthen nationalism through formal education. One of the subjects that has a goal to foster nationalism among young citizens is Pancasila and Citizenship Education. The purpose of this paper is to reformulate the Pancasila and Citizenship Education to strengthen the nationalism of young citizens in the border region. Writing methods used in composing this paper is the library research and study results of research on strengthening the character of nationalism through learning PPKn. The results of the discussion mean that PPKn reformulation leads learners to have "act locally and think globally" competencies. This competence to preserve the values stems from the quality of Indonesianness with an international perspective. Through PPKn reform will encourage the strengthening of the nationalism of young citizens in the border region