Diverging Paradigms of Citizenship: A Comparative Content Analysis of Elementary Civic Education Textbooks in Indonesia and Thailand

2026-01-11T08:01:09+00:00

Civic Education at the elementary level plays a strategic role in shaping students’ character, civic awareness, and democratic competence, while textbooks as primary learning resources strongly influence how civic values are framed, understood, and practiced. This study is novel in providing one of the first systematic, cross-national comparative analyses of Indonesian and Thai elementary Civic Education textbooks, integrating textbook content analysis with teacher perspectives to reveal divergent civic paradigms in Southeast Asia. Employing a qualitative descriptive design with a comparative content analysis approach, six officially approved textbooks were examined using an analytic matrix encompassing curriculum alignment, language readability, appropriateness of illustrations, and representation of civic values; these findings were triangulated with thematic analysis of responses from 25 Indonesian elementary teachers. The results indicate that Indonesian textbooks demonstrate relatively strong curriculum alignment, employ communicative language and contextual illustrations, and integrate Pancasila-based values through everyday narratives, although conceptual depth remains uneven across grade levels and often requires teacher adaptation. In contrast, Thai textbooks emphasize social harmony, loyalty, and national identity through more formal language and limited visual scaffolding. Overall, the findings reveal contrasting paradigms in textbook design: Indonesia is moving toward student-centered, competency-oriented civic learning, whereas Thailand remains largely normative and state-centered. The implications underscore the need for more consistent conceptual depth, multimodal resources, and structured opportunities for critical engagement so that Civic Education textbooks become more contextual, inclusive, and pedagogically robust in supporting contemporary goals of democratic citizenship education.

The Role of Campus Organization Participation in Student Academic Achievement: A Literature Review on Supporting Learning in Higher Education

2026-08-10T11:38:46+00:00

Student participation in student organization is an important part of the learning process in higher education because it provides a means of developing soft skills that cannot be fully acquired through formal academic activites. This study aims to analyze the influence of campus organization participation on academic achievement, identify role conflicts arising from these two demands, and formulate strategies for balancing organizational involvement and academic obligations. The study employed a literature review method, examining 15 articles published between 2020 and 2026 sourced from Google Scholar, DOAJ, and Neliti, which were then analyzed descriptively and qualitatively through data reduction, categorization, and synthesis of findings. The results of the study indicate that participation in campus organizations consistently has a positive effect on academic achievement in 11 of the 15 synthesized studies, particularly in the development of communication, leadership, and time management skills. However, organizational participation can have a negative impact if role conflicts identified across three dimensions, namely time conflict, pressure conflict, and behavioral conflict are not managed effectively. Four strategies priority based planning, task delegation, periodic evaluation, and campus ecosystem support have proven effective in helping students maintain a balance between their roles. These findings highlight the importance of campus policies that support a balance between academic and organizational activities. This study contributes to the formulation of literature-based strategies for students, faculty advisors, and student affairs administrators to maximize the benefits of student organizations without sacrificing academic achievement.

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Diverging Paradigms of Citizenship: A Comparative Content Analysis of Elementary Civic Education Textbooks in Indonesia and Thailand

The Role of Campus Organization Participation in Student Academic Achievement: A Literature Review on Supporting Learning in Higher Education