Internalizing Nationalism Awareness in Early Childhood Islamic Education Institution with The Spirit of Aswaja an-Nahdliyah

Dwi Istiyani,A.M Wibowo

doi:10.18784/analisa.v5i02.1168

Abstract

This study aims at describing and analyzing the internalization of national awareness through raudlotul athfal (RA; an Islamic early childhood education institution) with the spirit of Aswaja an-Nahdliyah. Aswaja an-Nahdliyah is an ideology adopted by Nahdlatul Ulama, a major Islamic religious organization in Indonesia. This study argues that the internalization of the national awareness needs to be instilled from early age to anticipate the inﬂuence of globalization which is feared to erode the original character of a nation. Within the study, the qualitative method was adopted in order to answer two research questions: (1) how Islamic early childhood educational institutions develop nationalism awareness through the teachings of Ahlusunnah wal Jamaah; and (2) how the institutions construct the awareness of nationalism through the teachings of Ahlusunnah wal Jamaah. The results of the study show that the internalization of nationalism awareness through Islamic early childhood education institutions with the Aswaja an-Nahdliyah’s spirit has been carried out through curriculum content which has been systematically arranged in each research subject with the principle of considering early childhood characteristics. At the same time, the results of the study also show that the construction of nationalism awareness in the Islamic early childhood education institutions can be seen in Islamic holidays and national activities which were held on the Islamic early childhood institutions.

Highlights

Globalization has eliminated boundaries among nations and cultures
Through the internalization in daily activities on raudlotul athfal (RA), it is expected that the children in their early childhood can understand the principles of nationalism and the teachings of Aswaja an-Nahdliyah since the learning process among early childhood will serve as a foundation for the children in the subsequent learning stage
Based on the results and discussion on this study there are two conclusions can be drawn as; first, the growth and development of the nationalism awareness among early childhood based on the principles of Aswaja an-Nahdliyah in the RA education institutions have gone through several processes in the form of both the already systematically designed curriculum contents and the less systematically designed curriculum contents

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Introduction

Globalization might have negative impacts in relation to unpreparedness to deal with it; the unpreparedness itself might include nationalism values due to the openness of information media especially among early childhood children. The values of nationalism should be internalized since early childhood to grow and develop patriotism toward state and nation (Nurhaidah 2015). Japan as a developed country has never left its traditional culture as a form of love for the country. In Asian countries such as China, South Korea, North Korea, one of the ways to Instill love for the country is the conscription program for 18 years old teenagers (China’s National Defense in the New Era 2019; Military Service in Korea 2020; Minnich 2005). The conscription program contains about growing the love for the country and how to defend the country from undermining foreign military

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