The Importance of Character Education Through History Education in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0

Abstract

The industrial revolution 4.0 challenges educational progress in a better direction, so managers must be able to prepare and produce graduates who are mentally ready to prepare knowledge and character-based jobs. The writing of this article aims to strengthen character education which is important to be carried out in anticipation of the negative impact of the industrial revolution 4.0. namely by integrating character education through historical education. This research uses the library research method. This method is a method that elaborates on various kinds of literature in the form of books, journals, or literature that is relevant to the theme of writing. The important stages of the library method are, choosing a research theme/topic, seeking information, setting a research focus, collecting sources, making reports, processing research notes, making research notes, and reading data sources. The result of this research is that strengthening character education through historical education during the industrial revolution 4.0 is important to do. Things that can be done in shaping these characters are through local history-based history learning and using media that developed in the 4.0 revolution, such as comics and the storyboardthat.com application that uses the internet network. Through history education, students can understand all kinds of national problems with historical messages, so that students have the ability to think critically, creatively, wisely, empathically, independently, with a national spirit and with dignity.