Geography is an integral part of the overall education

Geography is an integral part of the overall education
, aims to develop the cognitive learning, motor skills, skills of critical thinking, social skills, reasoning, emotional stability, moral action, aspects of healthy lifestyles and the introduction of clean environment through the activities in learning, elected systematically planned in order to achieve national education goals. Education as a process of human development that lasts a lifetime, learning materials taught in school has a very important role, which gives an opportunity to students to be directly involved in a variety of learning experiences through learning activities, elected systematic. Debriefing learning experience that is directed to foster physical growth and psychological development of better, as well as forming a healthy and fit lifestyle for life. Education has a pedagogical objective, therefore education incomplete without their geography, because the motion as activity in learning is the basis for human beings to know the world and himself that naturally develops in line with the times. During this time there has been a tendency to give meaning to the quality of education that is only associated with aspects of cognitive ability. This view has been brought as a result of the neglect of the moral aspects, morals, manners, arts, psychomotor, and life skills. With the issuance of Law No. 20 Year 2003 on National Education System and Government Regulation No. 19 Year 2004 on National Education Standards will provide an opportunity to enhance the comprehensive curriculum in order to achieve national education goals. In Teaching and Learning Geography require the media to encourage the growth of physical, psychic development, motor skills, knowledge and reasoning, appreciation of the values ​​(attitude-mental-emotional-sportsmanship-spiritual-social), and habituation to a healthy lifestyle is geared to stimulate growth and the development of physical and psychological qualities are balanced.