An Expert System-Based Evaluation of Civics Education as a Means of Character Education Based on Local Culture in the Universities in Buleleng

Abstract

Civics education as a means of character education based on local culture has the mission to develop values and attitudes. In the educational process, various strategies and methods of value education can be used. In Civics Education characters are developed as the impact of education and also as its nurturing effect. Meanwhile, other subjects, which formally have the major mission other than character development have to develop activities that have the nurturing effect of character development in the students. However, in the educational process this has not run well. Hence, there is a need to evaluate educational programs at public as well as private universities in Buleleng regency. One of the evaluation techniques that can be used is the CIPP model combined with certainty factor method in expert system. The CIPP Model can evaluated the Civics education processes at all the public and private universities in Buleleng regency objectively, especially in probing local culture in character educational development. Meanwhile, the certainty factor method is used to determine the extent or degree of certainty of a component being evaluated in Civics educational processes.