| ID | 124298 |
| Title Proper | Multicultural citizenship education in Indonesia |
| Other Title Information | the case of a Chinese Christian school |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hoon, Chang-Yau |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This study investigates how multicultural citizenship education is taught in a Chinese Christian school in Jakarta, where multiculturalism is not a natural experience. Schoolyard ethnographic research was deployed to explore the reality of a 'double minority' - Chinese Christians - and how the citizenship of this marginal group is constructed and contested in national, school, and familial discourses. The article argues that it is necessary for schools to actively implement multicultural citizenship education in order to create a new generation of young adults who are empowered, tolerant, active, participatory citizens of Indonesia. As schools are a microcosm of the nation-state, successful multicultural citizenship education can have real societal implications for it has the potential to render the idealism enshrined in the national motto of 'Unity in Diversity' a lived reality. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol.44, No.3; 2013: p.490-510 |
| Journal Source | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol.44, No.3; 2013: p.490-510 |
| Key Words | Indonesia ; Education Systems - Indonesia ; Education Policy - Indonesia ; Education Development ; Multicultural Citizenship ; Chinese Christian School ; Social Reforms ; National Education System - Indonesia ; National Pluralism ; Ethnic Chinese ; New Order ; Religious Order ; Catholics - Christian ; Western Education System - WES ; Japanese Invasion |