Character Education for Young Generation through Local Wisdom Culture Understanding in Global Era

Satrijo Budiwibowo, Aris Wuryantoro

2018

Abstract

This research aims to describe (1) the challenge of the Indonesian nation in globalization era, (2) the need for character education in the perspective of local wisdom culture, and (3) building characterized nation in the global era. The research used qualitative by using phenomenological type method. Techniques of collecting data were observation and in-depth interviewing to the informant of young generation in the forms of individual and organizational in Madiun area. Data analysis by using interactive model of Miles and Huberman. Results of the research reveal that: (1) there are eight points of the Indonesian nation’s challenge in globalization era, namely (a) nationalism and national pluralism, (b) the global crisis, (c) primordialism, (d) moral crises, (e) the crisis of good exemplarity, (f) socio-cultural crisis, (g) high levels of competition, and (h) the nation's increasingly vague character; (2) the need for character education in the perspective of local wisdom culture. Education as a humanization process focuses more on the role of human beings as social creatures that have moral autonomy and cultural sensitivity. This means that humans as individual beings as well as social beings must be able to manage conflict and appreciate the advancement of various cultures; and (3) building characterized nation in the global era. The Indonesian nation must start a new phase in which colonialism and oppression for any reason cannot be annulled from this country. Likewise with the umbrella of justice must be enforced. The researchers concluded that there are five pillars of noble character of the Indonesian nation that must be considered in educating character for the young generation in global era.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Budiwibowo S. and Wuryantoro A. (2018). Character Education for Young Generation through Local Wisdom Culture Understanding in Global Era.In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH, ISBN 978-989-758-343-8, pages 484-487. DOI: 10.5220/0007423104840487

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ancosh18,
author={Satrijo Budiwibowo and Aris Wuryantoro},
title={Character Education for Young Generation through Local Wisdom Culture Understanding in Global Era},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,},
year={2018},
pages={484-487},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007423104840487},
isbn={978-989-758-343-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities - Volume 1: ANCOSH,
TI - Character Education for Young Generation through Local Wisdom Culture Understanding in Global Era
SN - 978-989-758-343-8
AU - Budiwibowo S.
AU - Wuryantoro A.
PY - 2018
SP - 484
EP - 487
DO - 10.5220/0007423104840487