Habituation of Religiosity: Theoretical Exploration in Understanding Children’s Politeness Through Civic Education

Violations of the etiquette of manners that occur today are seen as a manifestation of the low manners of students. This is important because Indonesia is famous for its polite culture. Furthermore, how religiosity negotiating with habituation occurs to provide an understanding of manners to students. Therefore, this study wants to conduct a theoretical exploratory study of the civics teacher strategy. This research approach uses multi-site qualitative methods, combining content analysis with case study concepts. This approach is used to deepen the theoretical context of the research, which is discussed in a case study with interviews with three civil teachers in elementary schools. Furthermore, the data were analyzed with Pierre Bourdieu’s habitus, contextualized to students’ manners. The results show that character development in children occurs through a process that begins at birth and continues into adulthood. Individual morality develops slowly and through several stages of moral reasoning (the ability to understand why something is considered right and wrong) towards an individual with total moral capacity. The more children use their thinking skills to deal with problems in their daily lives. The more children master these stages of development. This will make it easier for children to move up to the next stage of moral development. Habituation will occur and continue through the character development of early learners in interpersonal conformity. Students at this stage try to please others by being good people and trying to meet the expectations of others. So, personal relationships become an essential part. So, courtesy must be a habit while instilling religious and habituation aspects in Civic at school.