Learning Local and National History to Develop Heroic Values

This study was motivated by the writer’s concern on the accumulating phenomena of social deviation in adolescent life. The writer’s think education were not able to develop the best character in students life. The historical teaching is a part of education have function as to develop a character, because in history be foundthe best value from the event and the historical figure. That is called a heroism value, a concept which we can to study about the best value in history from the event and the hero. The hero in history is the individual to prefoundly different if he had deternining an issue or event whose consequences would have been profoundly between if had not acted as he did. This concept still relevance in the adolescent fhenomena in Indonesia. Historical Education, especially a heorism teaching, is one of an effective media for chacater development. Historical education bases the heroes to build bravevy, casrifice, leadership, and responsibility character. Based on the introductory statement above, the research problem of this study would be stated as followed: “Are there any significant differences in students’ awareness in history before and after the teaching and learning of history according to the multiculturalism in local, national, global perspectives?”. The methodology used in this study was both quantitative and qualitative paradigms, with quasi-experimental design and data compiled by interview technique among lower secondary school students in Sumedang municipality. The research findings are firstly, that the influence of local history teaching towards the develop of heroism value are significant. Second, the influence of national history teaching towards the develop of heroism value is positively significant. Third, that the influence of local and national history teaching and learning towards the develop of heroism value is significant.