2018
DOI: 10.18251/ijme.v20i1.1549
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Overcoming Ethnic Conflict through Multicultural Education: The Case of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of multicultural education provided after the ethnic conflict (1996–2001) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Research included textbook analysis, observation of practice, interviews with teachers and NGOs, and surveys of junior high school students’ social identity. Multicultural education was found to help students understand the past and the multicultural situation in the present. However, two problems were identified: stakeholders’ trauma and anxiety regarding teaching the … Show more

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“…According to the students on Figure 6, multicultural education integrated in a course builds up their self-confidence to be themselves and to interact with each other, and especially it builds togetherness among them. The same results were also reported by Nakaya [35] that the implementation of multicultural education could overcome ethnic conflicts which occured in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Based on the social identity analysis, this research recommends that multicultural education be implemented along with civic education that changes with the times.…”
Section: Student Responses Toward the Awareness Of The Integration Ofsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…According to the students on Figure 6, multicultural education integrated in a course builds up their self-confidence to be themselves and to interact with each other, and especially it builds togetherness among them. The same results were also reported by Nakaya [35] that the implementation of multicultural education could overcome ethnic conflicts which occured in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Based on the social identity analysis, this research recommends that multicultural education be implemented along with civic education that changes with the times.…”
Section: Student Responses Toward the Awareness Of The Integration Ofsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…Salah satu upaya untuk memperjuangkan multikulturalisme adalah melalui pendidikan multikultural. Pendidikan multikultural adalah upaya untuk mencegah konflik, (Nakaya, 2018) karena konflik yang terjadi saat ini bukan lagi sekedar fenomena atau gejala, tetapi sudah menjadi realitas dalam kehidupan masyarakat sehari-hari. James Banks (1993) mendefinisikan pendidikan multikultural sebagai (2004), yang mengatakan bahwa dalam pendidikan multikultural tidak mengenal fanatisme dan fundamentalisme sosialbudaya termasuk agama.…”
Section: Multikultural; Peluang Dan Tantanganunclassified
“…Metiri group mentioned that interactive communication skills that include social and personal knowledge are one of the major skills in the 21st century. (Nakaya, 2018). Social skills are also one of the main skills for students to develop.…”
Section: Social Skillsmentioning
confidence: 99%