Social Studies in the Postmodernism Era
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SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL
Technium Social Sciences Journal
Vol. 49 (Special issue), 158-165, October, 2023
ISSN: 2668-7798
www.techniumscience.com
Social Studies In The Postmodernism Era
Ida Bagus Weda Wigena *, Grystin D. Sumilat2, Arif Sobirin Wibowo3
12Education Social Study Program, Manado State University, Indonesia
3Civic Education Study Program, Manado State University, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: baguswigena @ unima. ac. id
ABSTRACT
Postmodernism is a new perspective on science and technology and today's social culture. The main feature
of postmodernism is uncertainty. Humans today are in a condition filled with uncertainty, episodic and dynamic
lifestyles. Changes in society occur very quickly, it is not uncommon for cultural shocks to occur, including in the
world of education. The main goal of education is to humanize humans, so education must adapt to developments that
occur locally to globally. Social studies education has a central role in dealing with the dynamics of social change.
Postmodernism is one of the crucial challenges in social studies education learning. This study aims to 1) analyze the
conditions and challenges of social studies education in the postmodern era and 2) analyze the fundamental skills that
need to be taught in social studies education in the postmodern era. This research has a qualitative paradigm using
library research. Data collection techniques for the study of related books, articles, and journals, using the hermeneutic
data analysis method. Interpretive analysis shows that the emphasis on social studies learning is expected not only to
focus on affective and cognitive aspects but also on life skills in the global era, which is synonymous with
postmodernism. Adaptation skills, democracy, critical thinking, problem-solving, multiculturalism, socio-cultural
relativism, and collaboration skills are needed to equip students to face the dynamics of postmodernism. Therefore,
postmodernism in social studies education can be used as a philosophical foundation in the practice of compiling
curriculum, materials, and the learning process of social studies education at every level of education.
Keywords: Social Studies; Skills; Postmodernism Era
1. INTRODUCTION
of the term postmodernism is Arnold
Toynbee, with his famous book entitled Study of
History . Arnold Toynbee believed that a new
historical era had begun, although he himself changed
his mind about its origins, either during World War I
or as early as the 1870s. Although experts argue about
who first used the term, there is agreement that the
term appeared in the 1930s.
Postmodernism is a reaction from
modernism. Although until now there has been no
agreement on its definition, the term has managed to
attract the attention of many people in the West. In
1960, for the first time the term was successfully
exported to the European continent so that many
European thinkers became interested in the idea.
Basically, postmodernism wants to address the issue
of cultural understanding which is often neglected by
modernists. If modernists tend to push aside cultural
understanding from historical aspects, ignore isolated
cultures, colonized cultures, and tend to deify binary
oppositions, postmodernism is not the case.
Postmodernism actually wants to elevate the small
world, which was thrown away by modernism. So
that postmodernism is more towards democratic and
open [1].
Current living conditions require a new logic
or a new perspective on science and technology and
socio-culture . Understanding postmodernist thinking
is important for understanding various developments
in science and culture which are no longer sufficient to
be analyzed only based on the modern scientific
paradigm which emphasizes unity, homogeneity,
objectivity and universality. While science in a
postmodernist view emphasizes plurality, difference,
heterogeneity, local/ethnic culture, and everyday life
experiences. This is in line with the view of [2] that
postmodernism is a change in culture, especially the
lifestyle and mindset of society due to the
development of science and technology . The
characteristics of postmodern life are 1) many
uncertainties that give rise to various possibilities, 2)
global mindset but still based on local wisdom, 3)
situational and diverse identities, 4) episodic lifestyles,
mobile, easily bored, and work tends to be dynamic,
and 5) a multicultural society, prioritizing diversity
and pluralism. Postmodernism can also be defined as a
view that the reality of the world is not absolute, but is
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