The Concept of Human Literacy as Civics Education Strategy to Reinforce Students’ Character in the Era of Disruption - Proceedings

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The rise of opposing ideals to Pancasila principles driven by rapid information technology development presents a serious challenge for the younger generation. This qualitative study seeks strategies and a new learning concept of human literacy, emphasizing strengthening civic literacy to support students’ character formation and personal resilience amid youth social issues. Findings define human literacy as an education-oriented approach balancing science mastery and technology use through humanism, enabling character education programs via mentoring, school habituation, social engagement, and integration into Civics classrooms.

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Abstract

Introduction

Disruption era and digitalization in education

Character challenges for young citizens

Gaps in prior research

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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 397 3rd International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2019) The Concept of Human Literacy as Civics Education Strategy to Reinforce Students’ Character in the Era of Disruption Dewi Ika Sari 1, Triana Rejekiningsih2*, Moh. Muchtarom3 1Student of Postgraduate in Civics Education, Sebelas Maret University 2,3 Lecturers of Postgraduate in Civics Education, Sebelas Maret University [1](1 dewiika@student.uns.ac.id)[ dewiika@student.uns.ac.id](1 dewiika@student.uns.ac.id),2* [triana@fkip.uns.ac.id](triana@fkip.uns.ac.id), [3](3 Muhtarom1974@staff.uns.ac.id)[ Muhtarom1974@staff.uns.ac.id](3 Muhtarom1974@staff.uns.ac.id) Abstract: The rise of contradicting ideals against the principles of Pancasila due to the fast development of information technology has been a great challenge to our younger generation. This study aims to seek strategies and new learning concept of human literacy and its process of strengthening civic literacy oriented strategically at establishing good citizens as an alternative solution to the growing youth issues in society and its implications for young citizens‟ personal resilience. Students need to be provisioned with the abilities to wisely access the digital devices. This research is methodologically designed with qualitative method. The data were technically obtained by purposive sampling. The results elaborated that human literacy is a new literacy concept developed in the world of education that mainly aimed to achieve students‟ balance between mastery of science and technology use which take into account the humanism aspects. Human literacy is relevant to humanism learning theory as one of the approaches to shape students‟ excellent moral characters. Human literacy as an educational strategy is applicable through programs oriented at strengthening character education in schools such as mentoring (coaching) activity, students habituation activity at school or directly involve them in social activities which relevantly adressed subject matter, and integrate them directly in Civics education classroom teaching. Keywords: human literacy, character, civic education, disruption era INTRODUCTION Indonesian people were ranked in sixth major internet users in the world. This expanding connectivity is closely associated with what many consider to be the peak of cellular communication technology. Sophisticated smartphone which integrates various functions in one hand (Ketelaar & van Balen, 2018) . Nearly every day, people access the internet through smartphones or PCs. In 2018, as many as 3.6 billion people on earth would access the internet at least once in every month. The disrupted era has entered a new phase which greatly takes part in advancing both science and technological developments, some of the impact are vividly seen in the education sector (Williams, Beardmore, & Joinson, 2017) . The resource devices such as smartphones and access to the internet are mostly received directly by young citizens in many countries (Siddiq, Hatlevik, Olsen, Throndsen, & Scherer, 2016) . This condition leads the emergence of disruption due to changes in the order and lifestyle of the younger generation who would rather explore the use of various digital technologies in their life activities. Thus, being a technology-savvy citizen becomes a major challenge especially for millennial students (Janssen et al., 2013) . This certainly there is no doubt that disruption encourages the digitalization on the education system. The emergence of technological application innovations in the industrial world would certainly inspire the birth of similar applications in the field of education. Ie. MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and AI (Artificial Intelligence), these are the openly designed online learning innovation, which provide assistance for people to easily share and connect eac

FAQs

What is the main goal of the study on human literacy?

To find strategies and a learning concept of human literacy that strengthens civic literacy and supports students’ character formation as an alternative to growing youth issues.

How is the research method designed?

The study is designed with a qualitative method, using purposive sampling to obtain the data.

Why does the disrupted era create challenges for students’ moral character?

Because digital technologies are widely accessed by young citizens, disruption changes youth lifestyle and can contribute to ICT deviations and negative character impacts.

In what ways can human literacy be applied in schools?

Through programs focused on character education, such as mentoring/coaching, student habituation activities at school, involvement in social activities, and direct integration into Civics classroom teaching.

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