Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">This research aims to reveal the pattern of the multiculturalism-based civics education at higher education institutions in Surakarta, Indonesia. It applied the descriptive qualitative method with the dual case study approach, conducted at State University of Sebelas Maret and Slamet Riyadi University in Surakarta. The data were collected through observation and interviews to find the answers to the research questions in the field. The data were analysed using the interactive technique, consisting of data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The result shows that the teaching of multiculturalism-based civics education at State University of Sebelas Maret and Slamet Riyadi University has almost the same pattern, that is media-assisted teaching pattern and is always conducted by considering the material integration dimension, knowledge construction dimension, prejudice minimization dimension, equal rights to education dimension, and the dimension of school culture empowerment and social structure from the planning stage to teaching implementation and evaluation stages. The research findings suggest that the students of universities in Surakarta should be able to implement the goal of the teaching of civics education in universities, and the lecturers should always improve the materials, content, method, and strategies of the teaching of multiculturalism-based civics education.</p>
Highlights
Indonesia is a multi-ethnic country, which has diverse cultures, races, and religions
Based on the field findings at State University of Sebelas Maret in Surakarta, the lecturer of civics education integrates the values of diversity or multiculturalism in almost every example case is shown to the students
Semester lesson plan at State University of Sebelas Maret in Surakarta discusses the values in civics education in the form of the essence of civics education, the essence and urgency of national identity, values and norms in the Indonesian constitution, application of the harmony of rights and duties of the state and citizens
Summary
Indonesia is a multi-ethnic country, which has diverse cultures, races, and religions. In the plurality which emphasizes primordial power, the probability of conflict potential is very high (Garcia, 1982; Zamroni, 2015). Multicultural education aims at improving the knowledge about the diversity of cultures to improve inter-culture competence and group of people (Hjerm et al, 2018; Yilmaz, 2016; Hanum & Raharja, 2013). For this reason, the complex society ideology which emphasizes primordialism, the diversity of culture or ethnics, must be changed to multicultural ideology (Gay, 2005; Gorski, 2009)
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