UNDERSTANDING OF REGIONAL HISTORY AND PERCEPTION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN DEVELOPING NATIONALISM

Abstract

This paper is a research article that aims to determine: 1) whether there is a relationship between the understanding of the history of the area and the attitude of nationalism, 2) the relationship between the perception between the cultural diversity and the attitude of nationalism, and 3) the relationship between the understanding and perception between the area’s history of cultural diversity and the attitude in the students of nationalism of History Education Program in FKIP Unlam Banjarmasin. The findings of this research are there is a significant positive relationship between the understanding between the history of the area and the perception of cultural diversity with the nationalism attitudes of students. This implies that fostering an attitude of nationalism among students of educational history should be done by strengthening the understanding of local history, especially the history of the struggle in the area and instill a positive perception of the nation’s cultural diversity.