Menafsir Arah Pendidikan Multikultural: Sebuah Pendekatan Teori Belajar Konstruktivistik dalam Perspektif Pendidikan di Indonesia

Abstract

This article aims to understand the significance of multicultural education studies and to what extent its application is in the educational perspective in Indonesia. The method used in making this article is a literature study or library research by taking relevant reference sources and interpreting them in our own language. Multicultural education uses the constructivism learning theory approach, which has features relevant to multicultural education activities that are active, adaptive, and contextual. In general, it can be concluded that with the broad scope of areas and diversity in Indonesia compared to other countries, multicultural education studies are very important to continue and be studied. On the other hand, multicultural education needs to be continuously implemented integrally in the national curriculum, providing space for each region to apply it more contextually according to its conditions. Indonesia is believed to have adapted to multicultural education for a long time. Although the curriculum often changes, the uniqueness of the Indonesian curriculum, which always carries the character and values of the nation's cultural heritage, is evidence of continuous implementation.