The Utopia of History Education Teacher to Build the Millennial Generation

Abstract

This research about the goals of pre service history education teachers in preparing for the millennial generation. The research was obtained specifically from student of Universitas Negeri Jakarta and Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta and described how they built their minds to become critical teachers and understand in this digital era. The research method used survey with 40 student random sampling and deep interview technique. The results show that pre service teacher students who including the millennial generation, have dreams and goals to become history teachers who influences their perspective on foreign cultures and receive information that tends to be uncritical. According to them, one factor that threatens national culture is globalization. Therefore as a young generation, must be able to themselves position in globalization. Based on the research deep historically is an integral part in analyze the events understand various national issues. This research contributes to the development of adaptive curriculum for building character of the millennial generation.