How Education Process In Development Of Democracy

sward (57)in #steemiteducation • 9 years ago

To build a democracy within the community structure democracy education is needed which will contribute to the development of democracy. Thus, educational democracy is more about politics because of government policy provisions in the field of education at the national level.

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Democracy is a form of government in which all citizens have equal rights in decision-making that can change their lives. Democracy allows citizens to participate either directly or through representation in the formulation, development and law-making. Democracy includes social, economic, and cultural conditions that allow freedom and equal freedom of political practice. [1]

Democratic education is not just limited to the system running within the educational institutions themselves. The process of equity education as part of the democratic commitment. Education can be one of the strategic efforts of the democratization of the Indonesian nation, especially among the younger generation. Education is a model of education that is oriented to the development of the nation's character through the lessons that make learners as the subject of learning through democratic, participatory, critical, and self-actualizing ways of learning.

The democratic political system of a country deals with two things: democratic institutions (democratic) and democratic (cultural) democracy, institutions or democratic structures refers to the availability of democratic political institutions existing in a State. A State is said to be a Democratic State if there are democratic political institutions within it. Democratic behaviour or culture refers to the enactment of democratic values in society. [2]

Education that is democratic, must have the aim of producing graduates who are able in the life of the community and able to advance the decision of public decision. In other words, education must be able to instil awareness and equip knowledge of the role of citizens in a democratic society. Besides democratic education is also adapted to the community of critical thinking and democratic action, through the activities created in a new generation of knowledge and awareness of three things.

Democracy is a form of community life that is very assured of the rights of the people themselves.
Democracy is a learning process that can not be so imitative of other societies.
The sustainability of democracy depends on the achievement of transforming democratic values

Is There a Challenge for Education in Democratic Development? ...

Of course, answer for sure. But it can be created if people build self-awareness about life in the sense of nation, state and society. Conversely, the State as a political and economic instrument of a nation must also have the political will to support the realization of democracy. This can be done in the form of improved decisions in various aspects.

The process of democracy we are experiencing today is chaotic when some components of the nation understand democracy through anarchist behaviour that is shown in real lately. The behaviour of political figures who should give the role of democracy is the same as doing political acrobats that sometimes make us sad. This fact has caused the democratic situation to be sagging and drowning in this unfavourable situation. The country is like no human-made. Perhaps this has not been understood and practised in real terms, only limited implementation. Democracy forever requires a democratic community in order to run a theory.

One thing to be concerned about, education is often placed as something that is only rigid with the transfer of knowledge and the area of induction, more than that. Besides as a transfer of knowledge, education is also a media and activities to build awareness, maturity, and independence of learners. Awareness, maturity and independence are the goals of education. On the other hand, through education also the process of creating a mentality and democratic culture of a society can be done.

The formation of a democratic mentality is an absolute matter, in order for our democracy to flourish and to create equitable justice and prosperity. [3]

Education, both organizational institutions and for a small proportion of people, then becomes mechanistic because it merely falls in the interests of "money" alone. Money is everything. And for that, all the students were thwarted to produce a noble education that formed a man who has intelligence and virtuous. If education then plunges into the business gap, it will apply who has the money he can buy education. Poor children never get a good school. The benefits of poor children are also stimulated as people who are removed from the community structure.

This pattern requires the teacher to be a friend or playmate of his protege not as a commander whose every command should be obeyed. Teachers are no longer a figure to be feared but should be partners of loved ones. Thus the educational paradigm should change. The teacher is not the only one centre of truth but the truth must be sought together.

In reality, Education like this is education related to the reality of education. In fact, in this country it is even possible in other countries as well as independent education from the reality of education, this makes our school graduates unable to innovate and be creative because education only obtains diplomas and degrees is not a process that leads to independence and enlightenment of knowledge.

Therefore, the realization of the democratic education system has become a necessity that must be responded positively by all components involved in it. Whether it is government policy, educational institution or by the people involved in it. Because after all as a system, schools engage multiple parties. Both related to management issues of the elements and professionalism.

It is expected that education is free from the elements of interest. It should be emphasized here that is improving the education system in Indonesia in order to install itself independently or at least there is intervention or intervention by the authorities to perpetuate its power. What is important here is the process of building education for democracy, however, the limits of educational intellect, political awareness and mentality and democratic culture are as thin as onion skin.

In democratic education, there are two things that should be emphasized, democracy as a concept and democracy as a praxis. As the concept of talking about the meaning, meaning and attitude of behaviour that is classified as democratic, while the actual praxis of democracy has become a system. As a system of democratic performance bound by certain rules of the game. If in the two systems there are people who do not obey the rules of the game that has been agreed together, then the activity will undermine democracy and become anti-democracy. (Sunarso 2004: 3). Because the task of an educator is to socialize the two levels in the concept and fraction so that learners understand and get involved in the life of democracy. [4]

Education that is not fixed by a certain pattern, in the sense of democratic principles can be instilled as early as possible in our educational system such as freedom of expression to build a progressive and objective scientific tradition, dialogue culture and so on. Democratic education is not limited only to systems that operate within the educational institutions themselves. In this context, the process of educational equity as part of the democratic commitment itself should be practised at an early stage.

The role of education that can be expected to create a culture of democracy in society through the internalization of value in schools. Education is expected to be a cure for diseases suffered by society as described above. In order to build a democratic society required education to be unable to read and count. Citizens need democratic government functions in accordance with the constitution and understand the concept. For the strength of a nation lies in the ability of its citizens to make rational decisions. The level of lecture citizens on the function of government and the concept of freedom will determine the degree of rationality of decisions taken.

In educational training, economic education is expected to emphasize efforts to facilitate learners with the knowledge and skills needed to take individual decisions and participate in joint decision making.

Schools have the responsibility of completing learners with the ability to play its role as a nation's child in a democratic society. More broadly and fundamentally, schools have the primary responsibility for developing the knowledge and skills of learners to participate in building a better society.

Every country has a state philosophy as a manifestation in the life of its people, including in it is the life of education. Diversity education appreciates and exaggerates the differences between a person's related, cultural, social, economic and even differences in ability.

So, can be seen in the role of education in schools to grow and build value in the life of nation and state. In addition to the three reforms above, to foster the values of democracy that for so long shackled by various problems that exist, also needed things as follows:

Socialization of the things done both informal and nonformal education for the whole society. Socialization of-such matters may occur within the school, family and community environment through the role of the parties concerned; teachers, parents, friends/colleagues and also the mass media. Thus, moral values will be helped in the minds of the nation's children.
Improving the quality of teachers has an important role in the process of socializing the values of democracy, especially in basic education. The student always shows the value he or she believes in and even his or her behaviour is in accordance with what the teacher is saying. Teachers are the source of democratic values and attitudes. There is an influence of teachers in the socialization of values in the school level is determined by the teacher's own credibility. If the student is a figure who can be trusted, able and can be used as a model for the students then very teachers.
The improvement of the curriculum is very deep understanding of knowledge about democracy. The curriculum should be flexible and elastic, so there is an opportunity to provide important and necessary learning materials for students. The curriculum should contain values in the material in the material. The elasticity of the curriculum is adapted to the social changes that occur. While the specific purpose of the curriculum is to foster a sense of tolerance, the ability to think simple and erode prejudices in giving value judgments. The curriculum has a very close relationship with the theory of education. A curriculum is composed of quotations on one or several curriculum theories, and a curriculum theory or elaborated from a particular educational theory. theory.
Creating a classroom climate, in an important school process not what the material is taught or who is important, saddle how it is taught. How does the teacher matter what is called a classroom climate. The open and loose class climate is conducive to disseminating democratic values because with such a climate the classroom atmosphere will become dynamic.

Conclusion

The educational component consists of goals, learners, educators, tools and the environment.
Education serves to develop the ability and build the character and civilization of a dignified nation in the framework of educating the nation. While national education for the development of potential learners to be human good, healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent and become citizens of a democratic and responsible.

Democracy is a form of government with a power in the hands of life. Education can be one of the strategic efforts of the democratization of the Indonesian nation, especially among the younger generation. Education is a model of education that is oriented to the development of the nation's character through the lessons that make learners as the subject of learning through democratic, participatory, critical, and self-actualizing ways of learning.

The process of democracy that we are experiencing now is what makes maze when some elements of the nation understand democracy through anarchic behaviour that is shown in real lately. The behaviour of political figures who should give the role of democracy is the same as doing political acrobats that sometimes make us sad. This fact has caused the democratic situation to be sagging and drowning in this unfavourable situation. The country is like no human-made. Here (my region) democracy has not fully become consciousness and mentality. The political behaviour of some party cadres occasionally appears uneducated behaviour. Also the attitude of the people about freedom and tolerance between religious people who are still far from the democratic fire. Similarly, the onset of political violence that occurs in society to solve problems, such as assume a conflict, behave anarchist as a picture of democracy in our country.

The role of education that can be expected to create a culture of democracy in society through the internalization of value in schools. Education is expected to be a cure for diseases suffered by society as described above.
To cultivate the values of democracy that for a long time shackled by various problems that exist, also needed things like; socialization of moral values, improvement of teacher quality, curriculum improvement, and climate class.