PERAN PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN (PKn) DALAM MENGHADAPI MASYARAKAT EKONOMI ASEAN (MEA)

Abstract

This paper explain: (1) Background of civic education in Indonesia (2) Problems in implementing civic education in Indonesia (3) How the character of civic education in Economic Asean Society (MEA) is. Civic education in Indonesia as the background by along history of Indonesian since colonialism era until filling independence era that can make different ruled based on each era. Many problems in implementing civic educatioan in Indonesia is : (a) study more give high knowledge but less application, (b) some teacher not able to manage classroom efectivety, (c) between material of civic educatioan and time allocation is not balance, (d) civic education in Indonesia can make negative effect for students perceptions, (e) some teacher teach still use the conventional model, (f) activities teachers more dominant than students. The role of civic education in the face of Economic Asean Society (EAS) : (a) increasing awareness and sense of nationalism to local products, (b) propose an appropriate legal products to create a fovorable regulatory Indonesia for example, every citizen of a foregin working in Indonesia should be able to speak Indonesian, invested capital should be in rupiah. (c) mainting an attitude independent and active foreign policy and not fixated on intra-Asean trade, (d) promote and introduce the Pancasila economic system is Indonesian economic condition in order to stay awake.