Harmony in Diversity: The Implementation of Multicultural Education at Indonesian Schools

Abstract

Diversity is not only existed in society but also Education. It is the same with what society has, starting from the diverse ethnic, language, and social class in the school. From that diversity, the term multicultural education which is taught in schools emerges. Multicultural education is an education that teaches mutual respect and acceptance behaviors toward diversity in the school environment like diverse ethnic, religion, language, etc. this article reviews some literature related to the practice of multicultural education which has been applied in Indonesian schools.

Multicultural education for strengthening harmony in diversity

“…The integration of multicultural values in religious education is adjusted to the teachings of each religion carried out by religious teachers. Religious material is integrated into multicultural education, which is based on religious teaching material that is social and universal (Putri & Nasiwan, 2020;Sithole, 2019;Thornton et al, 2021). These materials do not occur constructively between one religious material and another, it has been mapped as religious material that can be integrated into multicultural education by each religious teacher (Pennings et al, 2018;Shalihin et al, 2020;Vallone et al, 2022).…”

“…In recognition of pluralism over the heterogeneity of human beings with various ideological, religious, paradigm, and ethnic backgrounds. (Putri & Nasiwan, 2020;Sithole, 2019;Thornton et al, 2021) The focus of this research is multicultural education in schools. The purpose of the study is to explore curriculum models, programs, and their implementation that are integrated with multicultural values.…”

Strengthening the Values of Multicultural Education to Develop Equality

“…Students who excel and have more competence than their peers will become school ambassadors in every competition activity in a championship, the selection of student delegations is carried out openly announced in each class and selected by the committee openly and accountably a) Various implementations of multicultural education in schools (Putri & Nasiwan, 2020;Sithole, 2019;Thornton et al, 2021) take into account the level of understanding and age of students, carried out by Contribution Approach. Its activities introduce various forms of culture (houses, traditional clothes, food, folk songs); Introduce warrior figures from various regions at home and abroad; Indicate the place and ordinance of worship of different faiths; Have students of different ethnicities recount their customary customs; Introducing important vocabulary from other races, ethnic groups, or countries.…”