This study aims to analyze the integration of local wisdom into social studies education to enhance junior high school students' character in the digital era, focusing on the cultural context of the Kei Islands in Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku Province. Rapid digital transformation and intensive exposure to global cultures through digital media have potentially weakened traditional values and local identity among youth in remote archipelago regions. This research utilized a qualitative approach with a descriptive-analytic design. Data were collected through deep interviews, field observations, and documentation analysis at vocational and secondary schools in Southeast Maluku. The collected data were analyzed using thematic interactive analysis. The findings indicate that integrating the local wisdom of the Kei people specifically the philosophical values of the Larvul Ngabal customary law, which emphasizes mutual respect, justice, and social harmonyinto digital-based social studies learning materials effectively strengthens student character. This integration successfully promotes social responsibility, local cultural identity, and digital ethics among students. The learning materials are delivered through interactive digital modules, educational videos, and localized project-based learning, ensuring the content is highly engaging for digital native students in the archipelago. In conclusion, combining the local values of the Kei islands with digital pedagogy provides a strategic framework for creating global citizens who are technologically competent yet remain deeply rooted in their cultural identity. This model offers a sustainable blueprint for character education in culturally rich maritime regions.
Wiji Lestari, E. Lestari, Yanuar Bagas Arwansyah· International Conference on...· 0 citations
The rapid advancement of digital technology has transformed educational practices while simultaneously creating ethical challenges for students, including cyberbullying, digital plagiarism, misinformation, privacy violations, and the irresponsible use of social media and artificial intelligence (AI). These challenges indicate that digital literacy alone is insufficient without strengthening digital ethics and moral responsibility. This study aims to analyze the role of Social Studies learning grounded in Ki Hajar Dewantara's Tri-Center Education philosophy in strengthening students' digital ethics in the digital era. A qualitative approach was employed through a literature review by analyzing and synthesizing 42 scholarly publications published between 2018 and 2025, comprising peer-reviewed national and international journal articles, books, and policy documents from UNESCO and OECD. The literature was synthesized using a thematic synthesis approach involving literature identification, screening, coding, categorization, and interpretation to identify key themes and conceptual relationships. The findings demonstrate that integrating the three educational environments family, school, and community—creates a holistic educational ecosystem that effectively promotes ethical digital citizenship. Social Studies learning contributes to developing critical thinking, empathy, responsibility, integrity, collaboration, respect for diversity, and ethical decision-making in digital contexts. Furthermore, Ki Hajar Dewantara's educational principles of Ing Ngarsa Sung Tuladha, Ing Madya Mangun Karsa, and Tut Wuri Handayani, reinforced by the Among System, emphasize teachers' roles as moral exemplars, facilitators, and mentors in guiding students toward responsible digital behavior. The study's primary conceptual contribution is the development of an integrative framework that connects Tri-Center Education, character education, digital citizenship, AI ethics, and Social Studies learning as a foundation for strengthening students' digital ethics. This framework offers a culturally grounded and humanistic approach to preparing digitally responsible citizens who demonstrate moral integrity, critical awareness, social responsibility, and constructive participation in the increasingly interconnected digital society of the twenty-first century.
Ida Karim Ustawun Khasanah, Yanuar Bagas Arwansyah, Victor Novianto· International Conference on...· 0 citations
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