The Urgency of Multicultural Education for Children

Abstract

Multicultural education is also interpreted as a social policy based on the principles of preservation of culture and mutual reverence between all cultural groups in a society. Basically, multicultural education is a national education program that multicultural community can participate in creating a democracy that is ideal for the nation. The study design was research and development while adapted the design of the models by McKenny. The research procedure was based on 10 drafts from Borg and Gall, which then were modified into 3 phases, namely: 1) Preliminary studies conducted at schools in Central Java-Indonesia; 2) development of multicultural learning designs a design development; and 3) testing the feasibility of multicultural learning products. The findings of this study state that the implementation of multicultural education can be carried out through curriculum at every level of education, student program and habituation in the daily learning process both in the school and family environment. The insertion of multicultural education can be carried out through planting the values of multiculturalism into the curriculum or learning activities which are responsive to promote respect for diversity: racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and territorial between citizens and more importantly, the discourse of value of local wisdom education can be implemented within the scope of a family as the smallest social institution.

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