ERIC Number: EJ1355915
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1309-1506
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Urgency of Social Media-Based Civics Education Instruction in Higher Education
World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, v14 n3 p630-643 2022
This study aimed at formulating the relevance and urgency of social media content with civics education learning material. This study used the qualitative research method. The instruments used were interview guidelines, observation guidelines and documentation study guidelines. Strategic issues on social media related to citizenship skills were Pancasila ideology, law enforcement, black campaign, politics of identity, conflict of diversity, national disintegration, terrorism, intolerance, spreading of hatred and hoaxes. These social media content deserve to be the problems that are examined in the process of civics education instruction because they are contextual, challenging, value-based, meaningful and fun for the students. Studies on social media content were very important because all students used social media and made it as a source of learning; the contents of social media were related to citizenship skills; social media content that was not analysed comprehensively created misconceptions; the content on social media was contextual; social media content was more attractive for the students to be studied in lectures; and studying the citizenship issues that existed on social media familiarised the students to a critical and democratic thinking. Social media has become an essential means of communication in global life with increasingly sophisticated technological means.
Descriptors: Social Media, Civics, Citizenship Education, Political Attitudes, Learning Processes, Guidelines, Law Enforcement, Ideology, Self Concept, Activism, Conflict, Diversity, Terrorism, Social Values, Teaching Methods, Misconceptions, Course Content, Higher Education, Antisocial Behavior, Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Needs Assessment, College Faculty, Religion, Civil Rights, Social Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. Sht. Ilmiye Sakir Sokak, No: 9, Ortakoy, Lefkosa, 2681, Cyprus. e-mail: wjet.editor@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.un-pub.eu/ojs/index.php/wjet
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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