Multicultural education through social studies subjects for junior high school students in Maluku, Indonesia

• Published in: Issues in educational research Vol. 33; no. 3; p. 937
• Main Author: Fatgehipon, Abdul Haris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Perth 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Critical Thinking; Cultural Differences; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Ethnic Groups; Junior High School Students; Junior High School Teachers; Justice; Learning Processes; Literature Reviews; Middle school students; Middle Schools; Minority Groups; Multicultural education; Racial Identification; Religion; Religious Conflict; Religious Education; Social Sciences; Social Studies; Social studies education; Teaching Methods; War; Indonesia
• ISSN: 0313-7155; 1837-6290

The purpose of this study is to describe the multicultural education learning model in the subject of social studies at the First Middle School in Maluku, Indonesia. Multicultural education has a very important role in every learning process, because multicultural education is able to have a positive impact on futures for Indonesia as a multicultural country. Maluku is one of Indonesia's regions that is very distinctively multicultural, so research into the role of social studies subjects is important. This qualitative study engaged with students, teachers and principals from various junior high schools in Maluku. Findings show that teachers have a high level understanding of multicultural learning, which facilitates teaching in social studies, using a number of learning models. Although there are differences, in general, cross-cultural interaction is a learning model often used by teachers in teaching multicultural education.