CURRICULUM OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN LOCAL HISTORY

Abstract

Curriculum is one of tool to achieve the goal of education for a nation that is
updated according to the needs and social conditions the country and in line with
developments in science and technology. Curriculum must always be able to
anticipate the conditions for a dynamic society. Multiculturalism is one issue that
should be concern in education since Indonesia is a multiclktural country complete
with multicultural problems. Education is a strategic container to stem the
multicultural issue. Multicultural education is not onlu education about cuktural
diversity but also provide space on education to change perspectives essential
monoculture, prejudiced and discriminatory to multiculturalist perspective that
value diversity and differences, tolerant and good attitude. In conjuction with
teaching history, multicultural education curriculum can be integrated with local
history. Multicultural education curriculum in local history study provides an
opportunity for local history cultural diversity and understanding of the past be a
reflection of the settlement terms of preventif basic and multicultural issue at this
time.