Pembelajaran Sejarah Indonesia Berbasis Peristiwa-peristiwa Lokal di Tasikmalaya untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of local history teaching in schools developed. Learning history or local events are still perceived as a burden by teachers. The causes include a lack of creative teachers in developing the historical material, they focuses on the materials listed in the syllabus of teaching history and minimal or no sources of local history that can be used by teachers as teaching materials in school. This paper focuses on the urgency of learning local history, integrated with the teaching of history in Indonesia. More studies specifically performed on the characters and events that occurred in the area of Tasikmalaya. In this study, the author gives idea in the form of discussions based on periodization in the history of Indonesia. The result showed that in Tasikmalaya there should be plenty of local characters and events that should receive serious attention from all parties to be developed in the teaching of history at school. This is especially important considering the character development should start from the awareness of their identity as part of Indonesian history. Therefore, the development of local history is part of the development of identity as a nation of Indonesia Abstrak: Artikel