Developing a Learning Module with Multicultural Content: A Source of Learning in the Millennial Era

Abstract

Multi culture-based learning is learning that integrates multi culture in the learning materials and the learning process. Integrating multi culture in learning activities makes students aware of the different culture around them and increase students' appreciation towards other culture. This study aims to develop a multicultural-based short training module for Indonesian language teachers. This research is a development research that refers to the model of developing teaching materials with designs carried out in stages: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. The subjects of this study were Indonesian language teachers as experienced practitioners in teaching Indonesian from different teaching places. The instruments used to measure the quality of the developed modules include the expert questionnaire, and module trial tests. The expert questionnaire was used to measure the validity of the module while the tryout of the module and multicultural attitude questionnaires were used to see the effectiveness of the module. The results of the development research that have been carried out showed that the short training module developed was categorized as an effective module and suitable to be used for the training. This study implies that an effective and well-developed learning module should be continually designed to improve the quality of learning process.