Defense Heritage Curriculum In Indonesian Schools

Abstract

This academic paper, that would be presented in The 2^nd International Conference and Innovative Exhibition on Global Education (ICEGE), 17-18 January 2020, University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta, offers a novelty about defense heritage curriculum in Indonesian schools, not just in text books, but also valuable activities. To explain the research output, this paper is using the theory of Defense Heritage, Modernism, and Education Evaluation by Prof. Abd. Rahman A.Ghani, with the qualitative method. The theory of defense heritage is used to explain the definition of defense heritage, while theory of modernism is used to explain that modern schools need modern curriculum to be more adapted with reality or threats that faced by Indonesian people. Education evaluation is used to know more about how this idea can be implemented in realistic way in some schools in Indonesia. This paper aims to raise more awareness about the importance of defense heritage in history curriculum and also to create more valuable activities for students to know more about the historical buildings, monuments, or museums around them, are important for Indonesian history.