Implementation of Learning Basic Citizenship Concepts in Primary School Children

Abstract

This research aims to discuss the application of learning basic citizenship concepts to elementary school children. Citizenship Education (PKn) subjects have a function as a means of forming students into citizens who understand and are able to carry out their rights and obligations, are committed to being loyal to the nation and state of Indonesia by reflecting themselves as intelligent, skilled and characterized citizens. the mandate of Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. Qualitative research is research that intends to understand phenomena about what is experienced by research subjects, for example behavior, perceptions, motivations, actions, etc., holistically, and by means of descriptions in the form words and language, in a special natural context and by utilizing various natural methods, using observation as a data collection technique. Schools are formal institutions that educate students through teacher supervision and teaching. With the results of citizenship education in elementary school, it can become the basis for making students have character, have a high social sense, be able to carry out their rights and obligations in order to become good, intelligent, skilled and responsible children.