URGENCY IN EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES

AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Setiawan Daris Wibisono

Education is a lifelong requirement. Every human being requires education, to when and where it resides. Education is very important, because no human being would be difficult to develop education and even going backward. Education is the conscious effort and aims to develop quality. Law Number 20 Year 2003 on National Education System, mandates that the national education serves to develop skills and form the character and civilization of the nation's dignity in the context of the intellectual life of the nation. Education carried out to develop the potential of learners in order to become a man who is faithful and devoted to God Almighty, noble, healthy, knowledgeable, skilled, creative, independent, and become citizens of a democratic and responsible.
In the era of the world without a bulkhead (globalization) is filled with clutter, this turned out to have a major impact on patterns of human behavior. Where, humans prefer to live in solitude and take off the mutual help-an, human more like a "Superman" and reluctant to collaborate to be "super team". Portrait of the students are always integrated as "true lover" Laptop and Modem with very lightly ignore their surroundings, ignoring parents encouraged bathing, eating, worshiping and so on. Reality is what causes the social sensitivity to very low, making man selfish, and trend is very difficult to share with others.

According to Nana Sudjana, learning in social studies education is still there were complaints that the passive attitude shown by the students in following lessons. This happens because one factor because teachers are less creative in learning. Very rarely do teachers integrate social studies teaching methods, learning models with a variety of media. In fact, to get maximum results in the classroom, there are two main components that need to be considered by the teacher is teaching methods and media. Both components are interrelated and inseparable.

Social studies in vocational learning is more likely to be theoretical and teachers tesk just based on the book that became the primary literature. The social studies teacher uses only the lecture method, students dictate, and rote methods that allow students to become passive. In the following each learning social studies. These realities also makes student learning in following social studies saturated so the impact on the attitude of lazy learning social studies. The passivity of students in conventional learning by the teacher will of course have an impact on the successful mastery of the concept is not so of course social studies educational goals are not achieved.

Learning processes in vocational conventional social studies and continues from year to year made the social studies as a marginalized subject matter in addition to other disciplines. Social studies in vocational learning during this expression has not given the space to hone students' social sensitivity that occurs in the surrounding community as the application of Social Sciences. As a result, one of the ultimate goal of social studies education is that students have the ability to solve problems of social issues surrounding each will be very difficult to achieve.

Social realities that exist in society and continues to exist today, such as juvenile delinquency, drugs, student brawls, wild race, and other negative behaviors must be recognized is the result of the inability of humans in problem solving in a wise and prudent. At least, if properly implemented social studies learning and engage students actively with approaches, methods and models appropriate learning, each student will be able to do problem solving in a positive way.

Social studies at vocational education level organized in a systematic, comprehensive, and integrated in the learning process toward maturity and success in life in society. With this approach learners will be expected to gain a broader understanding and deeper in the related fields of science. In addition, social studies education in vocational education is necessary for students to understand the social knowledge that is useful for their future, social skills and social awareness is very high so be prepared to work and full responsibilities.

Social studies learning paradigm shift must be done at all levels of the educational unit. Social studies in vocational learning tend to use Behavioristic view, how to learn to just be interpreted as the acquisition of knowledge, while the teaching is to transfer knowledge to the learner should be changed with the constructivist paradigm.

According Pror. Dr. I Nyoman Sudana Degeng, in the constructivist view, learning is a compilation of knowledge from concrete experience, collaborative activities, and reflection and interpretation. Teaching is arranged so that the learning environment motivated to explore the meaning and value uncertainty.
Revolutionary steps to restore the essence of education is a demanding teacher competence social studies in order to provide appropriate learning objectives. According to Kosasih, education social studies discuss the relationship between humans and their environment. Community environment in which students grow and develop as part of the community, faced with various problems that exist and occur in the surrounding environment. Social studies education also helps students in solving problems faced so that will make them more interesting to know and understand the social community.

Furthermore, the teacher must thoroughly understand and implement the objectives of social studies education in accordance with the standards of competence and basic competences in Education Unit Level Curriculum 2006, which aims to make the students have the following capabilities:

1. Familiar with concepts related to community life and the environment.
2. Have the basic ability to think logically and critically, curiosity, inquiry, problem solving and social skills in life.
3. Commitment and awareness of social values ​​and humanity.
4. Having the ability to communicate, cooperate and compete in a pluralistic society, locally, nationally and globally.