Multiculturalism in Children's Literature: Study on Prose Collections by Elementary School Students

  • Anang Sudigdo, St. Y Slamet, Retno Winarni, Nugraheni Eko Wardani

Abstract

Multiculturalism should be introduced early on to students in order to understand the values of multiculturalism. The values of multiculturalism can be instilled through literature of writing prose containing multiculturalism. This study aims to explore the prose collection books by elementary school students towards multiculturalism content. This study uses the qualitative study paradigm rules with the content analysis method. The object of this study is the prose collection by elementary school students. The data in this study are the values ​​of multiculturalism in the prose by elementary school students. The sources of data in this study are the prose collection books “Toleransi Antarumat Beragama” and “Aku Radio bagi Mamaku” by elementary school students. The data were analyzed using the interactive analysis technique consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The results show there are fifteen indicators of multiculturalism in the prose collection books; they are respect for cultural diversity, social class diversity, ethnic diversity, gender diversity, language diversity, disability equality, religious diversity, racial diversity, skin color diversity, pluralism, right equality, custom diversity, behavioral pattern equality, educational equality, and tolerance. Thus, the introduction of the values of multiculturalism to students can be done through prose to teach them to live in harmony and to have mutual tolerance between religious believers and respect for cultural differences, and to avoid discriminatory attitudes to social class, gender, and skin color.

Published
2020-04-14
How to Cite
Anang Sudigdo, St. Y Slamet, Retno Winarni, Nugraheni Eko Wardani. (2020). Multiculturalism in Children’s Literature: Study on Prose Collections by Elementary School Students. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(6s), 1167 - 1181. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/9250