Textbook for Small Multiethnics Islands In Indonesia
Abstract: More than five
ethnics are living in harmony in five inhabited islands of Karimunjawa, the
west southern archipelago of Java Island. Karimunjawa has uniqueness of its
society and natural resources. One of the crucial problems of education in
Karimunjawa is the lack of reading resources or textbooks, which are contextually
promoting the localities. Commonly used textbooks describe facts, culture, or
society of common Indonesia, but locality, ethnicity-based indigenous
knowledge, nature, environment, fishermen life, indigenous technology, and
ethnic’s harmonious life had not been mentioned yet in those textbooks. This
research explored and identified what should students of multicultural society
learn about their diversity nature and society. The textbooks are suitable for
ES grade 4, 5, and 6. The draft of the textbooks had been validated as quite
good by three experts, and need to be revised on content and to be more inquiry
based, and suitable for ES students.
Keywords: multiethnics
education, special services education, local-based textbook, multicultural
education
Author: Murni Ramli, Yety
Rochwulaningsih, Singgih Tri Sulistiyono, Nailil Masruroh
Journal Code: jppendidikangg160046
