The Urgency of Civic Education Teachers in Realizing Civic Education as Democratic Education

This study aims to describe the role of Middle School Civics Teachers in Buleleng Regency in realizing Civics' mission as Democratic Education. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method. The data analysis method used on this studies is qualitative data analysis. The results of this study indicate that the level of Civics teachers in Buleleng Regency generally agrees that Civics learning carries out the mission of having a democratic education. Specifically, found; First, from the Civics learning aspect, teachers have not been able to develop basic competencies, learning objectives and learning outcome indicators that refer to the development of students' democratic abilities. Second, many Civics teachers have not been able to develop the concepts and principles of democracy and their application in everyday life. Third, there are still many Civics teachers who do not have extensive knowledge and insight into democratic life, and also do not have democratic values.