Renaissance Pedagogy, Dedication of Life, and the School of Life: Soekarno's Thoughts on Education

Abstract

Soekarno was an important figure in Indonesian history whose philosophy had contributed significantly to Indonesian development. Many studies have been carried out on Soekarno’s biography and historical narratives that had an impact on a global scale. Howev-er, the study of his thoughts and philosophy regarding education requires much more elabo-ration. The method used in this study is a historical method, done by exploring archival sources from ANRI (National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia) in the form of Soekar-no's speeches at various activities. These archives sufficiently describe Soekarno's thoughts on education. The exploration of Soekarno's philosophy and thoughts in this article is fo-cused on more general aspects of education. From exploring various sources, especially Soe-karno's speeches, several themes extracted from his thoughts regarding the philosophy of education, national education, Islamic education, the relationship between pure and applied science, as well as the relationship between science, ideology, struggle, and social welfare were obtained.