Journal of Civic Education

Students’ Perceptions of Fairness, Human Rights, and Conflict in Papua: A Civic Education Study

Jevan Alzayn Edwin Saaluddin, Putu Ega Yudia Mastika — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:50:49 +0000

This study examines how a contested national issue can be used as a civic education context for discussing fairness, human rights, and conflict. Using an exploratory qualitative descriptive design, the study combines purposive document analysis of public texts on Papua, justice, human rights, and peace with a school-based questionnaire administered to 18 respondents, most of whom were upper primary students. Four Likert-type items were used to capture perceptions of equal rights, mutual respect, fairness, and the relationship between injustice and conflict in Papua. The document data were analyzed through thematic grouping, while the questionnaire data were summarized using descriptive tabulation. The findings show that agreement and strong agreement dominated across all four items. Respondents strongly endorsed equal human rights, associated justice with fair treatment without discrimination, viewed mutual respect as relevant to conflict prevention, and tended to relate the Papua conflict to perceived injustice, although with greater neutrality on the Papua-specific item. The study contributes to civic education by showing that difficult national issues can be translated into age-appropriate, dialogic, and evidence-informed learning about rights, dignity, recognition, and peaceful coexistence.

Legal-Civic Reform and Moral Integrity in Indonesian Anti-Corruption Education

Mjolnir Aldeban Mahendra, Ihya Nurina Ratindra — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:42:21 +0000

Corruption remains a major challenge to Indonesian democracy, as it erodes public trust, distorts fairness in public services, and weakens the ethical foundations of citizenship. While Indonesia has established legal instruments and anti-corruption institutions, punitive and institutional measures alone are insufficient to address the cultural and moral dimensions of corruption. This article examines the relevance and effectiveness of Zainal Arifin Mochtar’s legal-civic perspective in strengthening legal compliance as well as ethical responsibility among citizens and public officials. Employing a qualitative literature review, the article analyzes academic works, legal scholarship, anti-corruption reports, and civic education studies concerning corruption, institutional reform, integrity education, and citizen participation. The analysis indicates that legal reform and institutional enforcement contribute to strengthening compliance, but their effectiveness depends on broader civic and moral support. Civic participation, integrity education, ethical leadership, and digital transparency play an important role in cultivating deeper anti-corruption awareness. However, these efforts continue to face obstacles, including political interference, inadequate whistleblower protection, uneven implementation of anti-corruption education, and persistent social tolerance toward corrupt practices. This article contributes to civic education scholarship by proposing an integrated legal-civic-moral framework for anti-corruption education in Indonesia.

Dialog Konstitusional sebagai Mekanisme Non-Litigasi dalam Resolusi Konflik Sosial: Peran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan dalam Internalisasi Nilai Konstitusi

Ichwani Siti Utami — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:11:03 +0000

The escalation of social conflicts in Indonesia reflects a communication crisis between the state and society within the democratic sphere. Demonstrations that end in physical clashes indicate the weakness of deliberative dialogue culture and the inadequate internalization of constitutional values in democratic life. This article aims to analyze Constitutional Dialogue as a non-litigation mechanism for resolving social conflicts and to examine the role of Civic Education in internalizing constitutional values. This study employs a literature review method with juridical-normative and conceptual approaches through the examination of deliberative democracy theory, constitutional dialogue, relevant legal norms, and related academic literature. The findings reveal that the failure of social conflict resolution is influenced not only by weak legal structures, but also by the absence of a participatory and deliberative public dialogue culture. Constitutional Dialogue offers a more inclusive, empathetic, and collaborative mechanism for conflict resolution. In this regard, Civic Education plays a strategic role in fostering civic virtue, legal awareness, and citizens’ dialogic competence to strengthen a participatory and civilized constitutional democracy.