Pelatihan praktis model pembelajaran kontekstual berbasis living values activity bagi guru PKn SMP ....

Critical thinking ability is one of the competencies that must be possessed by students. Critical thinking is an intellectual skill of one character that has become an issue in education in facing industrial revolution 4.0. This study aims at describing the development of students' critical thinking ability in learning Civic Education. The method of this research is descriptive-analytical with a qualitative approach. The results show that the development of critical thinking ability through Civic Education learning in the era of industrial revolution 4.0 brings better results on students' critical thinking. This shows that it has developed on the aspects of knowledge, political, law, moral values, education characters, and citizenship identity so that as young citizens have earned a result in developing a critical thinking ability. This study is expected to be able to describe critical thinking, civic education learning and industrial revolution 4.0.

The negative influence of globalization has eroded the values of the Pancasila Ideology as a character of national identity and is a severe problem in Indonesia. It can be from the violent acts of child violence both as perpetrators and victims such as frequent student brawls, bullying, cyber pornography, children dealing with the law. This study aims to examine and describe the role of Pancasila education teachers and citizenship in the development of the embodiment of Pancasila character values to students. This study conducted by building academic thinking for the revitalization of Pancasila Education and citizenship and its implications for strengthening the content of the values of Pancasila characters in Pancasila Education and citizenship. This research uses a qualitative approach with the method of literature study. This method based on the review of literature such as books, journals, laws, and regulations, and other related research. Data analysis is data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results showed that the process of character building based on Pancasila values requires the teacher's strategic role as a professional educator. Habituation and exemplary methods are appropriate methods in character education in learning Pancasila and citizenship education. Both ways cannot separate from the teacher's role as an educator. It is the core of strengthening Pancasila education and citizenship in shaping the character of citizens who have the goal of creating excellent and intelligent citizens.

This article aims to observe students' perceptions of the MB-KM student exchange program, as well as what obstacles and barriers are experienced by students participating in the student exchange program. This research uses a case study method, with a focus on the implementation of an off-campus learning activity program, namely student exchange organized by the Citizenship Education study program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Observations were made on 23 Citizenship Education students in implementing a student exchange program at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in Islamic law courses. Triangulation of data from observations, interviews, and field notes was used to analyze data collected during the implementation of student exchange activities. The findings of this study indicate that students have a favorable opinion of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia implementation of the student exchange program. The student exchange program is viewed as a means of developing an innovative learning culture through collaboration; however, the obstacles that activities frequently face are unexpected; there are issues with credit transfer, as well as student difficulties with adapting to a new environment and time management.Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengamati persepsi mahasiswa terhadap program pertukaran pelajar MB-KM, serta apa saja kendala dan hambatan yang dialami mahasiswa yang mengikuti program pertukaran pelajar. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi kasus, dengan fokus pelaksanaan program kegiatan belajar di luar kampus yaitu pertukaran pelajar yang diselenggarakan oleh program studi Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Pengamatan dilakukan kepada 23 mahasiswa Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan dalam melaksanakan program pertukaran pelajar di Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia pada mata kuliah hukum Islam. Analisis data menggunakan triangulasi data dari hasil observasi, wawancara, dan catatan lapangan selama proses pelaksanaan kegiatan pertukaran pelajar. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, mahasiswa memiliki persepsi positif mengenai pelaksanaan program pertukaran pelajar di Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Program pertukaran pelajar dianggap sebagai pengembangan kultur pembelajaran yang inovatif dalam membangun kerjasama, kendala yang sering dihadapi kegiatan terkesan mendadak, adanya dilema ketika mengambil SKS, serta kesulitan mahasiswa ketika beradaptasi dengan lingkungan baru dan manajemen waktu.

Civic skills need to be possessed by students to improve their quality in facing the challenges of the global world. Today's problems, such as unemployment and poverty, occur due to low student civic skills. Civic skills cannot develop if students are not given the opportunity to develop them. Therefore, the government makes a policy to provide opportunities for students to improve their competence as a whole and are ready to work, namely the Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka policy. Student exchange activities are one of the programs of the policy. The purpose of this study was to determine the development of student civic skills in the student exchange program. The method used in this research is a case study, the data collection tools are observation, interviews, and field notes, and the research subjects are 23 Citizenship Education students. Data analysis was carried out by means of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that student exchange activities were able to develop intellectual abilities and student participation. Student exchange program, have a high awareness of communicating and being able to understand new knowledge.