The Climate of Citizenship Education within a School Enviroment: An Empirical Study

This paper is about the climate of citizenship education within a school environment. The author picked interest to explore citizenship education within a school setting due to the fact that schools play an important role in developing of students personality and their academic competences. Besides, they are also important in shaping the future of a country through skills building in the young generation. In this study therefore, I aimed to investigate the condition of citizenship education climate in Banjarmasin. The study took place at SMA Negeri 5 (Fifth State Higher School) in Banjarmasin. The purpose was to discover the quality of citizenship education climate within a school setting. This investigation was expected to provide preliminary information concerning the initial condition of citizenship education climate at school, as a preliminary step for future studies on the condition of citizenship education in the country.