The Promotion of Citizenship-Awareness and Service Learning

Abstract

This article aims to present education management that focuses on cultivating the consciousness of citizenship through a real-life learning process of learners in accordance with service-oriented learning or social service learning through learning activities that students participate in the planning of problems or community development by application of knowledge skill in real life situations. The purpose of service - learning is to raise awareness of the role of citizens and to encourage students to be a part of community and society development, encourage learners to be good citizens who create communities and society, there must be a learning process to develop capacity and enhance the characteristics of learners to realize the good citizenship. Service-Learning method is one of the learning and teaching management model that can enhance the said feature by adhering to the 3-step learning management process, namely P-Prep or studying the problems or needs of the community, A-Action, or creating a project to meet the needs of the community, and R - Reflection or performance evaluation. The service-oriented learning methods can be integrated into all learning groups and at all levels especially in the upper secondary and tertiary levels, this can be adjusted according to the context and needs of the community in which the desired objective is the creation and development of the community by citizens.