Multicultural Education in the Globalization Era: Challenges and Expectations

Abstract

The challenges faced in organizing multicultural education in Indonesia in the current era of globalization are very complex, interrelational and interdependent. Practically whether the concepts and approaches that have been applied in educational units or institutions are still relevant to an increasingly dynamic and uncertain era. The challenges of monoculture guided by the globalization of communication and information have given rise to new ideas for the integration and adaptation of global culture. However, there are also new hopes to renew and strengthen concepts and approaches in multicultural education for the future of the implementation of education in Indonesia so that it is relevant to maximize the potential of students so that they are skilled in responding to changes that take place in a revolutionary way.

Multicultural Education in the Forming of Social Character in the Digitalization Era

“…Implementing multicultural education in Indonesia is considered relevant to the conditions of the Indonesian people with cultural diversity and complexity. Recognition of the various cultures of the Indonesian people is the primary key to respecting cultural diversity (Lonto & Umbase, 2020). This paper aims to include multicultural education in shaping the social character of children and the implications of multicultural education in schools in the era of digitalization.…”