- Authors: Haikal Jadid
- From: Universitas Negeri Malang
Abstract:
In the modern era, a decline in the character of Indonesian people, especially the youth. Juvenile delinquency and promiscuity, a few small examples which can be an indication of poor quality of the character of the nation. Coupled with the current onslaught of modernization and globalization, making the character Indonesian youths lost their identity. In fact, the attitude and behavior of today’s youth increasingly distant from the values of Pancasila. In addition, the norm or customs of a region that has the wisdom and philosophy of life is also faded existence. One character value of the identity of the Indonesian nation is to uphold the unity, and always in cooperation and mutual help between the members. Instead, the value of the character began to shift toward individualistic, indifferent and antipathy towards the surrounding social environment. Moreover, Indonesian youth today seem indifferent to the condition of others. Moreover, education is now also very minimal attention to the establishment of a positive character and solid. This reality shows that education in Indonesia is more oriented to the results achieved, and not on the learning process is carried out. As a result, cognitive intelligence learners become more mainstream size, than the moral intelligence and morals. Not surprisingly, that today many students do not have the knowledge that good manners, and not knowing a positive learning ethics. If intelligence knowledge is not matched with moral intelligence and morals, of course ideals of the Indonesian nation to be a sovereign country, just, and prosperous will be difficult to achieve. Therefore, to overcome gaps and degradation character of the nation, then the attitude of resilience and prosocial do. Resilience and pro-social attitudes have compatibility with the character of the identity of Indonesia, so that both the attitude will be able to become a powerful formula to improve the character and behavior of the nation today. Both attitudes are also very relevant if applied in education, and can be injected to students since the level of childhood, primary and secondary schools, up to college level. Both of these attitudes can be done, if it begins with mutual open, followed by a positive prejudice against others, and the willingness to help others. In addition, one of the factors that determine is the trust factor.
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