Global citizenship: preparing the younger generation to possess pro-environment behavior, mutual assistance and tolerance awareness through school engagement

ABSTRACT

In a context in which academics and policymakers across the globe emphasise the importance of educators acting to encourage citizens to possess high social concern for their environment, this article reports and discusses qualitative research that explores perceptions and actions from within Indonesia. The purpose of the research was to identify what is being done through positively regarded Indonesian educational programs to promote globally relevant social concern. Semi-structured interview data were obtained from a total of 20 informants consisting of teachers, students, vice principals for student affairs and school principal who are active in the school environment. The obtained data were reduced and analysed using triangulation techniques. Data collection focused on several initiatives including the green school adiwiyata program, which aims to look after the school environment and foster a pro-environment behavior, service-learning activities or voluntary programs that teach students the procedure needed to conduct mutual assistance with other people and the torch parade festival on religious holidays. An argument is made that these activities are perceived to be successful in preparing students to become global citizens.

KEYWORDS:

• Global citizenship
• mutual assistance
• pro-environment behavior
• tolerance awareness
• school engagement

Acknowledgments

Thanks to every Students and Teachers in Banceuy Village, Subang Regency who are willing to take the researcher as a member to conduct this study. In addition, thanks to every member of researchers who have contributed in conducting publishing this research.

Author's Contribution

Asep Rudi Casmana – Conceptualization, formal analysis, data collection, data curation, investigation, methodology, supervision, writing– original draft, writing–review, Translator and editing.

Jagad Aditya Dewantara – Conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, data collection, investigation, methodology, supervision, writing–original draft, writing–review and editing.

Dwi Afrimetty Timoera – formal analysis and data collection. Adistyana Pitaloka Kusmawati – Review and editing, writing–original draft. Iqbal Syafrudin – formal analysis and data collection.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).