ROLE OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION FORMATION OF CHARACTER OF NATIONS

Civic education is one of the compulsory subjects in which students learn the basic level, medium to the college. These subjects are aligned with religious education lessons oriented behavior and character of man as God's creatures. Government efforts to inculcate nationalism and national vision outlined in the concept of objective thinking in civic education. Destination country and the laws of sovereignty also be an important theme being studied. The role of civic education to be one way to enhance the spirit of nationalism in the midst of adversity for love of the homeland. Moral and moral crisis among the nation more widespread, corrupt and dishonest behavior be conducted daily attitude. For that this lesson will continue to be given to the children of the nation in order to understand the state, the nation, and its own history and not the important thing is that civic education is an effort to cultivate back character of the nation. National character that has been eroded by the entry of the cultural assimilation of external and national character that has faded because of the crisis due to the moral and character education are narrow and as a result of the loss of the identity of the nation.

Here the role of civic education on the formation of national character:

1.  Education citizenship as an effort to improve the spirit of nationalism

   In an effort to instill a spirit of nationalism within civic education provides a thorough input. Nationalism is the love of the homeland as outlined in shape attitudes and actions. In the midst of modern life is the nationalism of the nation has begun to fade as a result of the association and pattern-paced life of modern society respectively.

   Nationalism could be lost in a person if the strengthening of the national character through citizenship education is not provided. Nationalism is the basis for the primary to be held by the nation's children. On the basis of nationalism, the people of a country or nation can build the country's sovereignty and the country's progress with ease. The spirit of nationalism can arise from internal and external impetus. Internal impetus arising from the experiences gained with regard to the national question, for example: someone will arise love for his homeland when his country insulted or abused the spirit of nationalism will arise and overflowing. While the external drive can be done by forming nationalism through military activities, seminars nationality, country comparative studies, and look at the history of his country.

    External drive is the implementation of citizenship education as a form or an attempt to boost the spirit of nationalism. This material becomes mandatory given early to the children of the nation as a preventative and filter from loss of a sense of nationalism as a result of assimilation and narrow knowledge about their own country. If the sense of nationalism in a person already growing, growing and stable then the nation's character is formed and progress in all things can be achieved.

2.  Citizenship education as planting container moral and good manners

    Morale is one of the important things that should be owned by everyone, if the man has no moral then automatically he did not have the attitude, ethics, morals and good character. Morale is very closely related to the emotional and spiritual intelligence, moral determining whether to accept a person in every people, both in the family, community, country and the outside world. Moral based on the character and personality of each individual human being.

    The role of civic education as the cultivation of morality in human beings can not be separated from the cultural, social and religious. The norms that apply can be signposts for nations to behave so as not to act arbitrarily. Civic education give a touch gently with an overview and limits to humans, a reference to violation of norms not only be sanctioned by law or regulation but also sanctions in psychology so that give a clear picture of the basic conscience before man committing violations of norms resulting in unscrupulous labeling. Virtue is one of the characteristics of the nation of character and integrity compete amid strong in the era of globalization.

3.  Citizenship education as political education early

    Political education also we can get through the material taught civic education at primary school level, secondary and higher education. Materials democracy we can get and we can apply through the organization in a small scope. Not only that, the political culture of polite also we can learn from the histories of political figures earlier. Political material presented in the thesis and anti-thesis that the ability to analyze and think we are growing.

    Fundamentals of political given that can be embedded in attitude, not to the people or the nation antipathy or hatred towards politics both tactically and practically. Citizenship education as political education efforts through the basic theories of political drawn from the concept of a democratic political system. Understanding the whole concept of democracy is an important thing to be learned, from the concept of democracy in the hierarchy to the principles of direct, general, free and secret. If political education has been taught manners from an early age politics is no longer expected to be a foreign word or taboo for discussion. Negative impression is still enveloped in a political word, and it requires socializing and break long enough to change the perspective of the people to politics.

    If someone is already aware of the politics, the political awareness can be done by following the local elections or president without any coercion or even paid as long as this occurs. Communities will participate to vote in the interest of the nation and to progress together. And again this is a form of national character that must be raised and shaped to be advanced state of political power, because political stability can affect other aspects of the state, such as the economy, security, food and development of a country.

4.  Citizenship education as learning effort against history

    A wise man said, "do not ever forget history", the sentence is short but has a meaning and a deep understanding. One is the role of civic education in terms of teaching history, this is a nation that experience is priceless. Through history we can learn the events that have occurred, and if such events have a negative effect, the important lesson we can take is to avoid such events happening again. There is a common thread of history teaching in civic education with the political lesson is that history is displayed is related to the political history of the founders of the nation.

    History is an important event that should be studied in order to avoid bad events and events that recur either as part of the development of human civilization. Characterless nation is a nation that does not forget its own history as a past that never happened. And history be important in the process of human civilization towards a more civilized nation.

That's four role of civic education as a form of development towards the national character of the civilized and developed in accordance with the times. Citizenship education as a vessel to bring the country towards a noble character to be the only effort that must be done. For any developed country in the absence of the characteristics that it will be destroyed and uncivilized, because the history of human civilization starts from a noble character who is able to bring civilization to become more civilized.