Politics, Identity, and Education: A Historical Study of Civic Education Curriculum in Indonesia
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Civic Education Curriculum, Political Identity, Educational PolicyAbstract
This article examines how the complex relationship between politics, identity, and education in the history of civic education in Indonesian curriculum through a qualitative research method with a historical study approach. This research finds that the relationship between politics, identity, and education greatly influences how civic education is implemented in Indonesia. This is evident in the change of government followed by a change in the education curriculum which then also has an impact on changes in civic education. Therefore, patterns of government change always have an impact on the dynamics of the civic education curriculum. The material and implementation of civic education subjects are often adjusted to the vision and mission of the government in order to create citizens who identify and behave in accordance with the needs of the government in facing various challenges of nation and state in various eras of government. In conclusion, the name changes in civic education is not merely administrative, but rather reflect how civic education in Indonesia has always been synonymous with politic as a regime tool for legitimacy, identity to strengthen Pancasila as the foundation of the state, and education as a process of evolution from verbal indoctination to the formation of a more holistic democratic character of Indonesia citizens.
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