Multicultural Education in Indonesia: An Islamic Perspective

Abstract

The delivery of knowledge about the histories, cultures, and contributions of diverse groups to the students is important for societies and nations. To deliver this knowledge to students, multicultural education has a pivotal role. Particularly, in Muslim populated countries such as Indonesia, the role of multicultural education along with Islamic values has major importance for students. In this way, this study examined the role of content integration, equality pedagogy, empowering culture, prejudice reduction and knowledge construction examined in relation to multicultural equation by considering Islamic perspective. Furthermore, this study examined the role of Islamic values as moderating variable. To examine this relationship, data was collected from the schools in Indonesia. Data collection was made through questionnaire survey in which 5-point Likert scale was used. Data analysis was carried out by using Partial Least Square (PLS). Results of the study shows that; content integration, equality pedagogy, empowering culture, prejudice reduction and knowledge construction play a positive role to enhance multicultural education. Additionally, Islamic values has the ability to promote multicultural education in Indonesia.