Quo Vadis History Textbook (Internalization of Multicultural Values and Nationalism in High School History Subject)

Abstract

History textbooks as official history are historiographical works which in their use are permitted for educational purposes. The problem in the study of historical textbooks is that there is a dichotomy in the material orientation of the doctrine of Nationalism and multiculturalism, where these two values should be an integral and inseparable part. The internalization of the values of multiculturalism and nationalism needs to be understood by teachers and students in order to know the national identity without ignoring the sides of pluralism and multiculturalism as a form of socio-historical diversity of students as Indonesian society. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method with document study techniques (content analysis). This study aims to describe the process of planting multicultural values and the doctrine of nationalism in textbooks in building national identity (national character building) in learning history in the classroom.

The correlation of the understanding of Indonesian history, multiculturalism, and historical awareness to students’ nationalistic attitudes

“…Multiculturalism and nationalism are very vital attitudes towards positioning the diversity of the nation [34]. This means that from studying history, students will be able to understand the national context by honing their abilities through history learning so that indicators of multicultural attitudes and nationalism can develop [35].…”