Teaching students to be political in a nonpartisan way: Reflections from action civics education across red and blue states

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sarah Andes ◽  
Jason C. Fitzgerald ◽  
Alison K. Cohen ◽  
Scott Warren
Keyword(s):  
Civics Education

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONS ITEM QUALITY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-148
Author(s):  
Rabiatul Adawiah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Answer Sheet ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Civics Education ◽  
Level Of Difficulty

The activity of analyzing the items is one of the obligations for each teacher in an effort to improve the quality of the questions. However, for Civics Education teachers, this has never been done especially for questions created by the Subject Teachers' Consultation which are used for the end-semester assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of the questions based on distinguishing feature, level of difficulty, and effectiveness of the distractor. This study is an evaluation study of 50 items of  Civics Education Subject test in Banjarmasin, totaling 50 questions in the form of multiple choice questions at the end-semester test, academic year 2019/2020. The data collected are in the form of: (1) final exams question sheet, (2) question answer key sheet, and (3) students’ answer sheet. All data is obtained by documentation techniques. Data analysis uses the AnBuso version 8.0 application. The criteria for determining the quality of items are: (a) questions are considered good if the distinguishing feature is good/good enough, the level of difficulty is medium and all alternative answers are effective, (b) revision of alternative answers, if the distinguishing feature is good/good enough and the level of difficulty is medium, but the alternative there are ineffective answers, (c) good enough, if the distinguishing feature is good/good enough but the level of difficulty is easy/difficult, and (d) not good, if the distinguishing feature is not good.  The results of this study indicate that the questions used for the end-semester test at Junior High School in Banjarmasin are 50 % of poor quality.

scholarly journals BUKU AJAR HUKUM PIDANA BERBASIS KARAKTER

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-125
Author(s):  
Camellia Camellia ◽  
Kurnisar Kurnisar ◽  
Puspa Dianti
Keyword(s):  
Field Tests ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Civics Education ◽  
Study Product ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Penal Law ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
One To One

AbstrakPenelitian ini mengembangkan buku ajar berbasis karakter pada mata kuliah hukum pidana di Program Studi Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan FKIP Unsri. Tujuannya untuk mengetahui dampak potensial penggunaan buku ajar berbasis karakter terhadap pengembangan karakter mahasiswa. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa program studi pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan semester lima. Penelitian dilakukan melalui studi pendahuluan, pengembangan produk kemudian di validasi oleh beberapa ahli dan uji coba produk dengan tahapan one to one, small group dan field test. Hasil penelitian dari beberapa tahapan yang telah dilalui dalam pengembangan buku ajar hukum pidana berbasis karakter ini terlihat bahwa buku ajar yang telah dikembangkan bersifat valid dan praktis untuk digunakan, materi yang diajarkan di kelas akan  lebih menarik bila disertai dengan contoh / kasus nyata di sekitarnya serta memiliki potensi mengembangkan karakter mahasiswa.Kata Kunci: Buku Ajar Hukum Pidana, Berbasis KarakterAbstractThis study develops character-based textbooks on penal law courses in the Civics Education Study Program on Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Sriwijaya University. The aim is to determine the potential impact of using character-based textbooks on student character development. The subjects of this study were the fifth semester students of the Pancasila and Civics education study program. The research was carried out through a preliminary study, product development then validated by several experts and product trials with one to one stages, small groups and field tests. The results of the research from several stages that have been passed in the development of character-based penal law textbooks show that the textbooks that have been developed are valid and practical to use, the material taught in class will be more interesting if accompanied by real examples / cases around them and have potential to develop student character.Keywords: Penal Law Textbook, Character Based

scholarly journals Peranan Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan sebagai pilar pendidikan hak asasi manusia

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Warsono Warsono
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Civics Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Democratic Principle

Human Rights are a fundamental problem in every country. especially in the developing countries such as Indonesia. Even though, the state had given protection of human right for everybody, but in Indonesia there are many breakdowns of it. As a democratic state, Indonesia has to regard human right. It is because the human rights were the core of democratic principle. So, the human rights must be trained in the school for every student. By using this way, everybody can know what their rights and obligations very well Civics education can be a vehicle for this goal, because it's one of lessons that talk about human rights and be learned in all school.

scholarly journals PERAN GURU PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN DALAM MEMBANGUN KARAKTER KEPEMIMPINAN PESERTA DIDIK

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
Aryanti Dwi Untari ◽  
Yayang Siska Restu
Keyword(s):  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Civics Education ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Data Validity

This research is based on the background of the facts in the field. Researchers see that there is a moral decline in students, such as dressing not in accordance with the rules, playing phones and the internet during the lesson, dating, truant when the KBM process takes place. Thus the behavior of these conditions can affect the leadership character of students, so it has a lot of influence on students' personality development including: communication skills with others, emotional conditions, polite behavior and decreased sense of responsibility. Based on these circumstances researchers are interested in conducting a qualitative research using descriptive methods. This study aims to find out, analyze and describe the role of the teacher of citizenship education in building the leadership character of students in SMA Negeri 1 Ciomas. data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation. Data validity techniques here use triangulation. Data analysis techniques use data reduction, data presentation and data conclusions. The results of this study are (1) the role of Civics Education teachers in building the leadership character of students in SMA Negeri 1 Ciomas is exemplary, inspirers, motivators, dynamicators and evaluators. (2) The behavior of leadership characters reflected in the students of SMA Negeri 1 Ciomas is faith and piety to God Almighty, fair, considerate, interdependent, decision makers, good listeners. (3) Obstacles to Citizenship Education Teachers in building leadership character in SMA Negeri 1 Ciomas are internal factors and external factors. Internal factors consist of factors from students 'self such as lack of students' awareness of responsibility. While external factors are environmental factors such as students truant during class hours and family factors get less attention from parents.

Civics education in Malaysia: a clash between ethics, religion and cultural norms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishalache Balakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Civics Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Qualitative Approaches

PurposeTo showcase the importance of digital citizenship in the current era. This article compares the nine features of digital citizen provided by Ribble and Bailey (2007) with a case study conducted in a multicultural setting and identifies the tensions between ethics, religion and cultural norms in that environment.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach has been used in this research. Why case study? Because it is unique and provides in-depth, unique and invaluable findings. Case studies researchers have contributed to the development of case study research from diverse disciplines. Historical examples of case studies go back as far as the nineteenth century with the biography of Charles Darwin (Stewart, 2014). The dominance of positivism in science in the late 1940 and 1950s in social science sidelined qualitative approaches such as case studies. Although case study research was often criticized for its inability to support generalizations, and thus, provided limited validity and value as a research design (Merriam, 2009; Stewart, 2014), case study research provides intensive analysis of an issue. A Case study is intrinsic, instrumental and collective (Stake, 1995, 2006). Case study research encourages the detailed enquiry of a unit of analysis within its context.FindingsFindings show that current society needs to be educated on the nine aspects of digital citizenship. In the current era, changes are so rapid that every now and then, there must be collaboration and cooperation between different agencies to ensure that the tension between religiosity, cultural norms and ethics would be able to find some common ground. With more knowledge and wisdom on human rights, sustainability education and project-based learning in Civics Education, teachers, students, parents and community should often meet to decide on controversial issues and find ways to ensure that each one in society has the knowledge, skills and values for digital citizenship to grow and flourish.Originality/valueThe article is original in nature and has much social impact.

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