Pengembangan Kompetensi Profesional Calon Guru PKn MI: Pemahaman tentang Paradigma Baru PKn

Abstract

Education is a process by which teachers help learners into a change that is considered good. The essence of an education is a process of teaching and learning. Teachers as the main role-holders, where teachers guide a learning process and create mutual relationships between teachers and learners in the learning environment for the achievement of learning objectives. Civic education as a curricular program serves as a medium for the development of democratic and responsible character. Through Civic learning in schools as a center for the development of insights, attitudes, and skills in democratic life. Therefore, for the learning process and guidance can be directed and achieve the goals that have been determined then a candidate of Civics teacher of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah should begin to develop his/her professional competence related to the ability to package a lesson that includes mastery of learning materials in the field of study and the substance of science on the curriculum subjects (materials, structures, concepts and scientific minds that support the civic education).

The task of Civics with its new paradigm (the paradigm in this context is a new way of thinking about basic Civics such as: the subject matter of science, vision and mission, and the model or frame of mind used in the civic education process in Indonesia) that is to develop democratic education with three functions to develop civic intelligence, to cultivate civic responsibility, and to encourage citizen participation. A candidate of Civics teacher of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah must prepare his ability in understanding the new paradigm of Civics so that later in the future the candidate of Civics teacher of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah no longer have difficulty in selecting and arranging the material and determine the appropriate learning model for a particular subject.