DECLINING INDONESIAN CHILDREN’S MORAL EDUCATION
By Sholihin (10131024)
Education is the process of receiving
or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university (oxford dictionary). It has kind of
educations such as formal, non-formal and informal education. One of the
important things is informal education. Why? Because informal education is
education where has relation with family, society and environment. Someone’s
character will built when someone has social interaction to others. Reality,
many children do not know the moral education or character education of their
culture. So, this is irony of the youth who has responsible in the next
generation. Some problems are: first, the effect of western culture; then,
unawareness of cultural value; and lessening of character education in the
school.
Western culture is the modern culture
of Western Europe and North America. Its culture is influence some children
such as life style and technology. Now, most of them imitate the fashion,
speaking style and lack of respectable to others. Many children also called
their parent directly just the name, so this is impolite in Indonesian culture.
Then, for the technology is like internet that children can access pornography and things that are not good for children.
Cultural values are character values that are important to children. They
forget the cultural values that have been passed down ancestors.
One of them is spirit nationality. It is important because developed country
is a country that takes into account
the culture and the
youth.
Character education can be
interpreted by the deliberate us of all dimensions of school life to foster
optimal character development. School is one of place that increase student’s
character such as social interaction and respect each other. But, they are less
attention about it. So, many students are who
dare to teachers,
leaving religious values and breaking the school rules.
The problems above are some problems
that happen in majority of Indonesian children. So, it needs solution to solve
them. Things are important to solve them such as limitation of students to take
Western culture by emphasizing the local culture. Then, it is additional of
moral education or character education in curriculum. The last, it is increasing
educational character in each material that can get benefit to students.
