Promoting global citizenship through Kurikulum Merdeka: Indonesian primary school teachers’ perspectives
Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is crucial for fostering values such as empathy, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility, essential for addressing complex global challenges. In Indonesia, the concept of GCE remains underexplored and is not yet widely understood or systematically im...
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| author | Nissa Aulia Belistiana Utami Rahmatika Dewi Tatsuya Kusakabe |
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| description | Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is crucial for fostering values such as empathy, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility, essential for addressing complex global challenges. In Indonesia, the concept of GCE remains underexplored and is not yet widely understood or systematically implemented by educators. While GCE is integrated into the current curricula, Kurikulum Merdeka, through the Pancasila Student Profile Reinforcement Project (P5), it is not a standalone subject. This qualitative study examines how Indonesian primary school teachers, including general classroom and physical education teachers, promote GCE within this framework. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 teachers (16 male, 4 female) in Bandung, Indonesia, using purposive sampling. The interviews, conducted face-to-face and online, were transcribed, translated, and analyzed thematically. Findings revealed two key themes: teachers’ unfamiliarity with the GCE concept and P5 implementation. Despite limited conceptual understanding, teachers enacted global citizenship principles through collaborative, culturally rooted practices. The study concludes that GCE can be nurtured through contextualized, project-based learning. It highlights the need for teacher training, institutional support, and integration of GCE across subjects. This study offers a unique contribution by showing how local values embedded in Pancasila can serve as an entry point to global citizenship, providing a culturally grounded pathway for implementing GCE in Indonesia and similar contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-df0ef8cd006c4de69dc031ebca0acef72025-08-20T03:41:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2025-08-0112110.1080/2331186X.2025.2545328Promoting global citizenship through Kurikulum Merdeka: Indonesian primary school teachers’ perspectivesNissa Aulia Belistiana Utami0Rahmatika Dewi1Tatsuya Kusakabe2International Education Development Program, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanInternational Education Development Program, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanInternational Education Development Program, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanGlobal Citizenship Education (GCE) is crucial for fostering values such as empathy, intercultural understanding, and social responsibility, essential for addressing complex global challenges. In Indonesia, the concept of GCE remains underexplored and is not yet widely understood or systematically implemented by educators. While GCE is integrated into the current curricula, Kurikulum Merdeka, through the Pancasila Student Profile Reinforcement Project (P5), it is not a standalone subject. This qualitative study examines how Indonesian primary school teachers, including general classroom and physical education teachers, promote GCE within this framework. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 teachers (16 male, 4 female) in Bandung, Indonesia, using purposive sampling. The interviews, conducted face-to-face and online, were transcribed, translated, and analyzed thematically. Findings revealed two key themes: teachers’ unfamiliarity with the GCE concept and P5 implementation. Despite limited conceptual understanding, teachers enacted global citizenship principles through collaborative, culturally rooted practices. The study concludes that GCE can be nurtured through contextualized, project-based learning. It highlights the need for teacher training, institutional support, and integration of GCE across subjects. This study offers a unique contribution by showing how local values embedded in Pancasila can serve as an entry point to global citizenship, providing a culturally grounded pathway for implementing GCE in Indonesia and similar contexts.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2545328Global citizenship educationprimary school teacherphysical educationcurriculumKurikulum MerdekaArts & Humanities |
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| title | Promoting global citizenship through Kurikulum Merdeka: Indonesian primary school teachers’ perspectives |
| title_full | Promoting global citizenship through Kurikulum Merdeka: Indonesian primary school teachers’ perspectives |
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| title_short | Promoting global citizenship through Kurikulum Merdeka: Indonesian primary school teachers’ perspectives |
| title_sort | promoting global citizenship through kurikulum merdeka indonesian primary school teachers perspectives |
| topic | Global citizenship education primary school teacher physical education curriculum Kurikulum Merdeka Arts & Humanities |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2545328 |
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