Multicultural Values: a Perspective Against Diversity

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze: 1) the importance of multicultural education in a plural nation-state; 2) government policies on the application of multicultural values in educational institutions, and 3) multicultural values as the embodiment of the Pancasila philosophy. This type of research used descriptive qualitative research design, while the form of research used content analysis as the foundation of analysis procedures. The results of the study concluded that: 1) multicultural education needs to be understood by the community because the values of multiculturalism can be an alternative means of solving the national socio-cultural conflicts; 2) government policies on the application of multicultural values in educational institutions can be "entrusted" in the subjects of History, Civics, Religion, and Guidance and Counseling teachers other than through extracurricular activities; and 3) multicultural education needs to continue to be comprehensively deepened, because it contains social values as a source that is not stagnant, only limited to discourse, but these values are in line with the precepts in Pancasila.