Optimization of the Civic Education as the Effort to Strengthen National Character in Multicultural Community

Abstract

Civic Education has a strategic role in strengthening the character of Indonesia that has diversity in its tribes, religions, races and classes. Therefore, the optimization of civic education as a subject is very important and needs to be continuously improved. Thus, the study will examine the optimization of civic education as the effort to strengthen the nation's character in multicultural society with the object of research in Senior high school (SMA) especially in SMA Negeri 7 Manado. The method was qualitative-descriptive method with data collection technique through observation, interview and documentation data. The results of the study indicate that the implementation of Civic Education in SMA Negeri 7 Manado is quite optimal with the existence of school programs that emphasizes the aspects of character, student activities and interaction in school environment in their learning process.