Demystify Civic Education through the Educational Neuroscience on Indonesia Curriculum

This article investigates and identify the neurobiological basis of Civic Education learning outcomes in our social brain processes. Pancasila as a state ideology of Indonesia have included on civic education in Indonesia education curriculum as known as Pancasila and Civic Education (PPKn). On this subject the neurobiological basis for assessing the successfulness of the educational processes are not included as learning outcomes, especially in elementary school context. Based on interpretive philosophical approach with hermeneutic methods, result of the study recommend that PPKn move to alternative curriculum framework and perspective of assessment related to Educational Neuroscience for enhancing evidence-based education policy. For the long run, educational neuroscience will contribute to the practices and evidence-based policy, especially for civic education curriculum in Indonesia.