Description of The Commitment on Nation Heritage, Patriotism, and Nationalism among Elementary School Students in The Border Area Between Indonesia and Malaysia

Abstract

This study aims to describe the commitment to national heritage, patriotism, nationalism of elementary school students in the border areas of Indonesia with Malaysia. The research employed   quantitative and qualitative methods (mix-methods). This research was carried out from April to Mei 2019. The subjects of this study were elementary students in the Indonesia-Malaysia border area precisely around Entikong City, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan. The number of research samples was 99 students. The Data gathering instruments of this research is questionnaires, which were adapted from the questionnaire that had been used previously by Karasawa (2002)^[8]. Data analysis techniques of this research are descriptive statistics. The results of this study indicate that the commitment to national heritage, patriotism, and nationalism of elementary students on the Indonesian border with Malaysia is generally categorized as very high.