Abstract
The writing of this article aims to describe the learning of social studies in elementary schools as a medium to strengthen multicultural education in the era of the curriculum 2013. Writing methods used are qualitative descriptions and literature studies. Social studiesis one of the subjects found in the basic education curriculum.Social studies essentially examines human relationships with the environment. The environment in question here is one of the ethnic, religious, racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity in Indonesian. Become, the context of social studies learning is multicultural education.Multicultural education is a process of developing human potential that values heterogeneity as a consequence of diversity based on the principle of equality, mutual respect, and mutual acceptance and understanding of the moral commitment to bring about social justice. But in fact, social studies learning has not been applied as a medium of multicultural education.Therefore, through the implementation of curriculum 2013 Social studies subjects as a medium to strengthen multicultural education.This is because the implementation of the 2013 curriculum is oriented towards the formation and development of learners' character in diversity.
Highlights
Indonesian is a country of diverse people, composed of various religious, cultural, linguistic, ethnic, racial and ethnic groups
The diminishing sense of unity and the decay of nationalism can be seen from the life of Indonesian society today, especially among the young who are strongly influenced by outside cultures, resulting in many behaviors that are inconsistent with the national identity and the number of narrow fanaticism groups that can lead to disharmony in society
(3) Social studies learning is a learning that is directly related to multicultural education, especially in elementary schools
Summary
Indonesian is a country of diverse people, composed of various religious, cultural, linguistic, ethnic, racial and ethnic groups. The diminishing sense of unity and the decay of nationalism can be seen from the life of Indonesian society today, especially among the young who are strongly influenced by outside cultures, resulting in many behaviors that are inconsistent with the national identity and the number of narrow fanaticism groups that can lead to disharmony in society. In response to these problems, the government and society must overcome and anticipate early one of them through multicultural education
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