The Efforts of Civic Education Teachers in Strengthening Students' Civic Disposition

The core issues presented in this research stem from the actual Civic Education learning process which emphasizes more on the process of knowledge transfer than the process of strengthening and character building particularly students' civic disposition. The purpose of this research is to elaborate the efforts which have been done by the teachers in developing and strengthening Civic Disposition of the students in State Senior High School I Lobbo. The underlying theory used in the research is the notion that civic disposition is one of the important elements in civic education, and teachers have a significant role in the process of civic disposition strengthening through Civic learning at school. This research conducted by using the descriptive qualitative method and data collected from the interview, observation, and documentation. The result of the research underlines some important characteristics in the effort to strengthen student's civic disposition, such as the importance of different implementation of value-based learning model, diversity of implementation of value-based learning model, strengthening core values building, and strengthening the function of teachers as the role models through the dialogical and interactive process. Various implementation of value-based learning model can be done by reinforcing core values as preferences for both individuals and schools by providing interactive and dialogical learning experiences between students and students, students with teachers, and students with their environment. This study recommended that teachers strengthen in developing value-based learning models through practical activities in and out of the classroom.