PELUANG DAN TANTANGAN MENINGKATKAN KETERLIBATAN WARGA NEGARA MUDA DALAM MEMPROMOSIKAN PERDAMAIAN DI MASYARAKAT

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF INCREASING THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG CITIZENS IN PROMOTING PEACE IN COMMUNITIESIn the current era where everyone has the convenience of interacting and communicating with each other across regional boundaries, student interest in gaining learning experiences not only in the "classroom" is also higher. Especially on content that tends to be theoretical like peace. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the service-learning learning model combined with peace education and the perspective of increasing citizen engagement which is the focus of this study. The method used is a qualitative approach with a participatory design involving lecturers and students in the Social Praxis course at the Department of Law and Citizenship, Faculty of Social Sciences. The results of the study show that: 1) the implementation of the learning model has the opportunity to increase the knowledge, skills and involvement of young citizens in promoting peace in society through material deepening activities, preparation of activity plans, to implementing peace education programs in the community; 2) the challenge of implementing the learning model is the development of a paradigm about the concept of imaginary peace in society with the category of social media users, so that students need to get more intense deepening of the material about this; 3) evaluation of the implementation of the learning model is an improvement in the intensity of guiding student activity designs by lecturers in Social Praxis courses to improve the quality of programs run by students. In general, it can be said that the service-learning model implemented could support increased student involvement as citizens in solving citizenship issues around them. As a follow-up, further studies are still needed on the effectiveness and efficiency of the program with the perspective of its benefit to the community so that a complete revision of a better learning model can be formulated.Pada era saat ini dimana setiap orang mendapatkan kemudahan ...