Yogyakarta State University in collaboration with ISBN i 979-26-1819-8 *+.1'-'=. " JLICED Children, is conducting an Race and Ethnicity Learning Group Proceeding International Seminar Early Childhood Education in and for Socio Cultural Diversity building) [As a foundation to develop character Publishing Institute Yo gyakarta State UniversitY Director of Publication Sugito Chief Editor Widyastuti Purbani Secretary Ika Budi MarYatun Editor Anies RohidaYah Lay Out Aran Handoko Administrator Anies RohidaYah Address International Office, Yo gyakarta State University ISBN : 979-26-1'8L9'8 O 2010 Yogyakarta State University without the prior Att .igh, rell..r"d. No part of this publicatlon may be reproduced permission of Yogyakarta State University wrltten Printed in YogYakarta By Citra Media All arricles in the Proceeding of Early Childhood Education Diversity (As a foundation to develop character building) in and for Socio Cultural are not the official opinions and from the articles are soie responsibilities of standings of editors. contents and consequences resuited individual writers Table of Contents Words from the Rector Foreword from the Chairman Table of Contents ii ul iv Part One Multiculturalism & Early childhood Education in General I. Early Childhood Multicultural Education Patricia G. Ramsey Part Two How to Develop Programs in Multicultural and Early Childhood Education 2' Perspective Transformation: Making Meaning of parenting Experiences Sugito Preschool : Promoting Children,s Social Competence Siti Partini Suardiman 10 1B Developing Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Young Children to Lessen the Influence of Gender Stereotypes on the Impediment of Career Development 4. Yulia Ayriza 27 Part Three Educational Research in Multicultural Diversity 5' 6' How Gender and Race Intersect in Early Childhood Teachers'Account of South African Children Dheviaa Bhana Principles of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education: Multicultural Approaches Suyata A1 AL 50 Part Four Language 7 ' B. Parents'Attitude and Approaches to Supporting Children's Biliteracy Development and Bilingualism in Australian Home Context Muhammad Basri Jafar Child-directed Sueech: A way to Help children Develop Linguistic and Social competence Titik Su d artinah........ IV 55 6B Part Five Parenting & Parenting Education g. parental Involvement of Parents Without Special Needs Children in Inclusive Education Resnia Novitasari,. 75 10. Spiritual Parenting Education as an Alternative to Reduce Neglecting Behavior Rumiani..... B1 11. Role of Parents in Multicultural Awareness in Early childhood 92 Wuri Wuryandani 1-2. The Role of Parents and Teachers in Early Childhood Character Building 9B Fitri Lestarl /ssom........ Part Six Character & Character Building 13, 14. 15. 1,6. Wood Baby Dolls Vs Ragnarok: The Difference in Toy Preference of Children Based -l on Gender Reasons Arundati Shinta........ School, Home and Community Partnerships in Early Childhood Character Education L06 Winda Dewi Listvasari.........'... 177 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Character Building in Early Childhood Education Dyah N urwidita............ 1.25 Building a Nation Personality System in Cultural Diversity Through the Early Childhood Education S. Wisni Septiarti &MulYadi'.' 133 Part Seven Model - L7. A Compensatory Preschool Program for Children at Barak Sosial Ampera PInkan M.Indira.... 18. Negotiating "the Nationalist" and "the Islamic" Voices in Early Childhood Education Ali Formen. Ig. Receiving Socio-cultural Diversity in Reggio Emilia's Schools Ilnsight from the Visit to Reggio Emiiia) lka Budi Marvatun... Salatiga < A- l+J 1-4 t1l 161, Part Eight Teaching 20. The Role of Music in Character Building r69 Yeni Rachmawati.......... 21. The Child Goes Green via Traditional Games I A Part of Early-Childhood Character Euilding) 23. Khristianto 1E5 Utilize Play Activities during Recess/Break Time to Improve Multicultural Awareness in Kindergartens Wawan S. Suherman & Endang Sulistyowati L94 BRAIN GYM Improving Creative Potencies in Early Childhood in Social Diversity by Traditional Culture Siti Irene Astuti D................ 200 Part Nine Program, Multicultural Research & National Building 24. 25. Multicultural Values in Indonesian Primary Schools: A Case Study in Makassar Metropolitan Area Mansur AkiI & Amiru\\ah................. 2L5 The Instilling of National Vision Through Games for Young Children L. H endrowibows.......... 224 VI Rer 6a a343e 2a1a Ce rt i fi ca te This is to certify that S. Wisni Septiorti, M.Si has participated as a Presenler in the lnternational Seminar on Education in and for Socio-cultural Diversity Early Childhood (As a Foundation to Develop Character Building) organized by Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia, in coltaboration with Una (A Gtobal Learning Initiative on Chitdren and Ethnic Diversity) o.n May 19-20,2010 Rector, Yogyakarta, May 20, 2010 Chairperson t^^rql Dr. Rothmat Wahab, M. Pd., M.A. Dr. Sugito, M.A. NrP 19570110 198403 1 002 NIP 19600410 198503 1 002 Building a Nation Personality System in Cultural Diversity Through the Early Childhood Education Septiarti &Mulyadi Yogyakarta State University S. Wisni swseptiarti@yahoo. co. id Abstract Forming a society that has a cutturat diversity in Indonesia's heatth can not be taken for granted or a trial and error, but should be pursued systematicalty, programmaticatly, integrated and sustainable, and even necessary acceleration (acceteration). One important strategy to acceterate is the multicuttural education which was held early on through "the gotden trianget" atl educationat institutions, both format, non-format and even informat. Cuttural diversity or mutticulturalism is often referred to as a retatively new terminotogy present in the current gtobat discourse. MutticutturaI in perspective of the Indonesian nation is not something surprising. Personal character and the Indonesian peopte atready familiar with remarkable diversity of the Indonesian peopte who have this diversity. However, the current phenomenon for humans in some parts of the wortd is the diversity of mankind is deemed to be the cause of disintegration, disharmony, suffering and even misery. There is strife and war which is seen as a resutt of this diversity that gave birth to the human attitude toward superficiatity. So experts betieve that mutticulturaI awareness should be inculcated and become part of the consciousness of mankind in various aspects of tife. To instit[ an awareness of the need of effective methods. Education uttimatetv considered as a sotution to this, Ptanting mutticuttural consciousness at an earty age woutd be a step that is very creative and strategic efforts to manage cuttural diversity. When the system is a dynamic personatity to nationaI identity then it can not be separated from culture and socia[ system more open, inkutsif and adaptive to any changes. Mutticutturat approach in the education process, including community-based non-formaI and informa[ educationa[ institutions is considered to have a central role in the devetopment of the personatity system. Therefore an earty age is the most crucial period in the formation of personatity, the educational strategies with parents as the primary group that is most responsibte for the development of the personatity system that emphasizes respect for differences. Keywords: early childhood, the personality of the nation, multicultural education. 1331?;srr: W * *W qrt:| t;3',4 f ,.;4 "A Lx.n+t* LE ra&w * w * 4tg Introduction When a famity formed through marriage witl resutt in many consequences, especiatly when the marriage occurred between two different cultures. ln the terminotogy of the social sciences, a marriage between men and women is not only about the two peopte atone but has been involved in sociat, economic, cuttural and even two families or more. Perhaps the less pteasant consequences do not occur when the chitd has not been the resutt of their marriage, because of adjustments made as comptex if the comptex has not been any kid. This mixing of cuttures through marriage impties the growth of seeds of different conscious or unconscious witl bring many new problems and lasting at [east require conformity to completion during the current marriage. Adaptation to the norms, values for the individual society is a socio-cuttural activity that must be passed by every member of society in various forms. Infants born from a mixture of two or more cultures is a common social phenomenon in this pturalistic society. Ratph Linton, an anthropologist describes that every baby is born tike a barbarian who should serve as a civitized human. This means that a chitd witt have the abitity to be civitized if through a process that not onty through education witt be his parents but also through another process catted socialization, the process of continuous adjustment to the socio-cuttural value system of his community. ln connection with buitding a personatity that is never separated from the cutture of the nation's social system (the ptura[), dynamic, even futt of uncertainty because of the impact of gtobatization. When we look at the of socio-cuttura[ crises in society can occur in various events. Socio-potiticat disintegration, verticaI or horizontal citizen disputes originating from the euphoria that was atmost too far; loss of social control in the face of difficutt tife of our society easity cause a rampage, phenomena, the emergence doing a variety of anarchist actions, and even committed suicide. People are starting to lose my abitity to empathize, potiteness, mutuaI respect and respect for differences of variance. Building a mutticuttural awareness at an earty age for the development of the nation's personality system becomes very important in the context of Indonesia, which have such great cuttural diversity. Early age (0-5 years) is a crucial age, the formation of character and personatity of chitdren. Earty age wit[ determine subsequent growth and human development. Because, at an earty age the basics of chitd's personatity has been formed. At that time atso, the chitdren experienced one crisis catted the basic formation of a personatity crisis. lf they get a proper education witl form the basics of a strong personatity. Conversety, if you got the wrong education witl form the basis of personatity that is not good. Therefore, education is the cornerstone of efforts to form a personality. Besides, efforts to achieve and maintain the integrity of the nation and a mutticulturat country of Indonesia to another purpose of the conduct of communityL34li;:}ng;t W. m r # g *fu i 1 r;Y* * r*'t:,4 W tfr zs s * kE * vx liased edueation" As patterns and basic principles of national education systems, the systematic organization of education, programmed, integrated and sustained into an advantage" Strategic steps that can be done one of them is through an organized approach to multicuttural education through formal educational institutions, nonformal and informat. Non-formal and informal education have an equal rote to shape the personatity of eanly ehitdhood organized by and for people from as stated in Act No. 20 of the National Education System 2003 (Undang-Undang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional No.20 Tahun 2003). This article wi[[ ittustrate the complexity of cuttural diversity in its retevance to eanty chitdhood education by parents, society in generat in non-formal and informal education systems towards modern society an inctusive, adaptive and open. The ideas of inctusive education through a mutticutturaI approach into a toot for development of the nation's personatity system. Buitding a chitd's personatity system did not escape the social system, cutture is organized through a multicuttural approach to teaching the attitude of mutual acceptance, respect for cuttural vatues and even different betiefs does not grow itself automaticatty. Especiatly in a person there is a tendency to expect others to be tike him (Rustan lbrahim, 2008) Discussion Development of the Individual and the Situation of Cultural Diversity. i United States President John F. Kennedy and President Adotfo Lopez Meteos Mexico in 1962. When driving, pay attention to watches Kennedy President of i :: =r.tn praised Lopez " how beautiful your watches" Lopez immediatety i Atexico. Kerrrredy atso i ga',e his watch to the U.S. president said: "These watches belong to you now." I I t<ennedy was embarrassed by the gift. He tried to resist, but the president of "thot in his country when someone likes something, something that I Mexico exptained I shoutd be given to him. Ownership is a matter of feetings and human needs, not private property, "Kennedy was impressed by that exptanation and received the watch I i I with humititv. I i I Shortty thereafter, President Lopez turned to the U.S. president and said: " your wif e" was answered by Kennedy: "pleose take back your watch." I now beautiful | (Stewart L. Tubbs, Sytvia Moss, 2001) I 135 | i:' i:, V * +.fi u"! *fu m rkm $ fi e# I t* $.,$ te € eF * r si?p Diatogue between the two presidents as described can be expt3ined as fo[[ows: 1. How is the cultural diversity of social reatity which can be an inspiration how to understand a different culture is a form of continuous setf-adjustment, integrated into the norms and vatues of society. 2. That individuals in a ptural society groups claimed to respect, accept that other peopte or different groups have the same rights to live and thrive. 3. That every society has o woy of life different, unique, and may atso not be easily understood by other community members. In simpte communities generatty have a higher degree of homogeneity so that the values and norms has become ctear, while in modern society, more open, with the heterogeneity of vatues and norms are relatively ctear (muttipte meanings) according to Emile Durkheim and atso Talcot Parson (George Ritzer and Dougtas J Goodman with The Modern Sociologicol Theory, 2007\. When someone has the abitity to understand another culture it witt be wise in tife with o In the context of education, learning to tive together with others (tearning to live together) becomes retevant to be discussed in this paper to an understanding of cuttural diversity possessed by each individual even since earty chitdhood.thers, even though he was different social backgrounds, cultures and religions. In the perspective of symbotic interactionist theory, according to Herbert Btumer (George Ritzer and Dougtas J.Goodman,2007)) humans interact with other human beings through various ways including through symbots, signs and atso the [anguage which sometimes can onty be understood or not understood at att by the perpetrators of the interaction but the interaction continues Uniqueness is that humans interpret each other and mutualty define the actions both through verbal and non verbat communication. When a chitd is born he does not have a personatity for two or three years he lived and grew up with a variety of behavior. Son of the tiving, ftourished in a patterned interaction with the community, whether that community is good or bad, pteasant or unpteasant, which is expected or unexpected, such as can differentiate with other parts of the body and stitt many others until he was an adult . Attitude himself grew up with social interaction. In the process of interacting with others, the chitd begins to claim that the actions of others is definitety her and she began to respond with her own reaction repeated. Chitdren witt learn to think of personatity traits are copied from others, for example, a chitd is arrested or imitate something that he met with his intettigence he began to expect the introduction of new and creative re-use witt be considered with intetligence. The sociotogist, Peter L. Berger and Luckmann (George Ritzer and Dougtas J.Goodman, 2007\ defines sociatization as the primary sociatization of individuals 135 1',;rc $ir,an$y *$:sBdtu**d ffid*eces*iect served first as a chitd to learn to become members of society (famities). Primary sociatization took place when chitdren aged 1-5 years or when the chitd does not go to schoot. Chitdren begin to recognize famity members and family environment. Gradualty he began to distinguish themsetves with others around her famity. In this stage, the rote of the people ctosest to the chitd becomes very important because a chitd is doing in timited interaction patterns in it. When sociotogists of structuratist functionalism ftow assume that each component has a function of the other components because the social system which is Dahrendof Ratph buitt on the basis of the functioning of meaning. Not so with statement's (George Ritzer, 2007\, the originator of the theory of conftict by stating the that not atl of the integration, harmonization, or the social construction created through the adaptation course. Sociat confticts have become an integral part in the process toward a change, because the individual is active and has the abitity to change the existing social order. Similarty, an individuat, atso has a personatity that is not static, but develop with produce certain tendencies. lt's not against individuals but the cutture of individual deterministic influence on the cuttural environment, and this can be created through education from an earty age. The reason this is particutarty retevant because the peopte of Indonesia who have socio-cutturaI diversity. Multicultural Approach As Part of Building a Personality System Tatking about mutti-cultural society, our minds are focused on a diversity of valuabte but vutnerable to social conflict. Therefore, as part of its mutticuttura[ approach to learning becomes an important discourse to be apptied in the education system both in formal, non format and informat. Understanding diversity in the community mentioned that God created everything good there, and even human beings were created by him as the highest than any creature on earth. But instead there would be human intervention makes it evil (Things Every God make good; mon meddles with Them and they want changed from evil). One of the many treatments of adutts to chitdren is viotence. The low [eve[ of protection for chitdren in Indonesia is one of the causes of the increasing cases of viotence that occurs in chitdren. Increasing the number of cases of viotence against chitdren within two years from 1626 cases in 2008 increased to 1891 cases in 2009. From 1891 data on 2009 cases, there were 891 cases of viotence occurred in the school environment. The number of cases of viotence against chitdren continues to rise (Source: The Rifka Annisa; Resources Devetopment Center; For the Etimination of Viotence against Women in the Wotd Vision Indonesia rifka-annisa.or.id/...lworld-vision'diakses dated May 5,2010). t37 lF*'N,t:: W*w p* fu * r**: fi t.aaka $,f $ 1w*rs $*P:r Being true if the situation through a variety of ways inctuding the issuance of chitd protection laws continue to be disosialiasasikan to various parties as a reference to keep protect chitdren from a[[ interference irresponsibte adults. Ctearty mentioned in the Law of the Repubtic of lndonesia Number 23 Year 2003 on the protection of chitdren to make the wortd safe for the chitd (a word fit for chitdren). lf the famity environment and educational institutions are no longer providing security to children, where more chitdren can get their rights. Viotence instead of education, education does not have to with viotence. Being a responsible parent and can provide educational supplies for their children is not easy. Characteristics of education in the family, usuatly the most prominent is about the method of modeting. An educator prosecuted become mentors to their students (Titaar, 1999). The reason is the interaction within the famity was so intense, so that indirectty or directly that there are individuals in these famities ldentify and sociatize with each other after the first chitd doing imitations. Process hetd a multicutturaI approach to education with respect to the difference. Various educational praxis was even tabeted retigious, has not been effective to educate the youth (schoot) background to appreciate others. Tend to emphasize differences. Some community leaders and academics through the Centre for Research and Inter Retigious Diatogue (CRID) with the theme of the Brotherhood of Knitting Back to Indonesia's West Katimantan Syarif Hidayatuttah State lstamic University (UlN) Jakarta would [ike to extend it untit whenever that differences witI never run out, it shoutd rewarded rather than hightight his own retigion and cutture. Multicultural means ideatize each other differences, not etiminate them. Agreed with the above statements on numerous occasions seminars and writings HAR Titaar, a Professor of Education who are reatty concerned educationa[ praxis in retation to cuttural diversity (2002, 2004) suggests that mutticultural education does not aim to etiminate differences but etiminating prejudices, create diatogue, to know the difference so that the resutting sense of mutual respect and appreciate. From here is expected to show the cuttural capitat of a nation because the peopte who have lost their cuttural capitat witt be very prone to rupture. This cultural capital of local wisdom born of weatth nations that if etected coutd become a huge force. In the Indonesian context, known compound, into strategic mutticuttural education to be able to manage diversity creatively, so that the confticts that arise as a resutt of transformation and social reform can be managed intettigentty and be part of the enlightened tife of the nation into. More specificatty, T Raka Joni suggested had 4 (four) levets that are integrated to be done to facititate the growth of abitity to respect diversity. The four levets are: 138 lii,rgr: E|'w rEvp trfu i {# fu qF*{j ffi d *s cw *t * x 1. 2. 3. Personal tevet (personal [evet), through parenting (parenting) institt the abitity and the habit of respecting cultural diversity in a family to Organizationa[ levet (organizationa[ levet), both in formal education, institutions or emptoyers. Societal [eve[ (community tevet) in a broad sense, which shoutd always have to prioritize tribute to diversitY. (the [eve[ of systemic) through legistation. ptanting awareness at an earty age personal rnutticultural [eve[, Especiatty on a in a period of parenting is a very creative and strategic diversity management in the nation. As the saying goes "tearn in a smatl time like carving on a rock" so that respect for differences witt be embedded within a tifetong human chitd.the future. Introducing a paradigm of mutticulturalism on the chitd during parenting can be detiver messages about done through various ways, including with how mutticutturatism by exampte in daity [ife, or by submitting stories that contain 4. System-tevet to messages about mutticutturatism, among others, from the fairy tales, legends, inctuding through the medium of tetevision The abitity to respect diversity and differences in a ptural state of Indonesia becomes necessity that can not be bargained and shoutd be owned by each of its citizens, if this country wants to remain in existence. Mutticultural education for chitdren of earty age is very important to be encouraged as a foundation for the devetopment of Indonesian society more open, tolerant and democratic. One Day Seminar and Workshop on Multicultural Education Forum hetd lnterfaith Chitd We're Different We're Just in Love Humanity Nursery Agency (Percik) Satatiga, Central Java, Saturday (31/10). The seminar was attended etementary school teacher, Ml, school week, TPQ and TPA, as wetl as a number of parents. (Kompas.com. November 2, 2009). To devetop this capabitity, the path of education - whether informa[, formal and non formal education - is a media which is very strategic. Through this pathway, mutticuttural education is a theme that must be appointed to develop the abitity to respect diversity. These themes themes such as religion / divinity, humanity, national origin / nationatity, democracy and social justice. Earty Chitdhood Education aims to devetop various competencies chitdren from an earty age as a preparation for life and can sociatize with the environment. Associated with poticy development, earty chitdhood education through educational institutions and informal non format 2008 Enrotlment in Rough (GER) Earty Chitdhood Education (ECD) has only reached 50.62%, white the Ministry of Education Strategic Ptan target was 53.90% in 2009 , whereas the Mittennium Development Goats target of 75% in 2015. L39 | ti ': t;;: W*,SV tzfuffitk{a 2E**,*t Wtz EsFes*i*p Untit now, schoots or any educational institution is the ideal social system which consists of etements interretated system of behavior which, if managed in a system of inctusive education, is open can devetop a personatity system, develop a chitd's abitity and tatent, devetop the socia[ inteltigence of children, develop intettigence Interpersonal chitd, stimutates the devetopment of emotional intettigence of chitdren, and to devetop the chitd's social communication" UNESCO as a world institution in the fietd of education through various sociatization hightights the importance of strengthening the relationship between education and cultural diversity. Earty chitdhood education is in fact is a shared responsibitity between famities, communities and governments. SchooI as the assistant to the continuation of education within the famity, because education is first and foremost is obtained by children in the famity. Famity as the smattest social unit is the most important environmenta[ education and the first, in the sense of famity is the most responsibte environmentat educate their chitdren. Conclusion The system is described as the nation's personality patterns of behavior and habits of individuats who coltected within himself and used to adjust to att stimuti both from outside and from within. Personality system according to the theory of action systems Tatcot Parson, is a series of systems that can not be separated between the social and cuttural systems that have an inftuence on individuats continuatty resutted in the formation ndividu behaviors and ultimatety shape the personatity system. This ,rynamic personatity system that witt be increasingty characterized by the interaction between children and immediate famity members. Therefore the environnnental impact of diverse, unique and dynamic personatity system that chitdren survive and thrive in a diverse socio-cutturat systems create unique personalities as welt. The concept of system is used to anatyze the behavior and sociat phenomena with a wider variety of systems or with sub systems inctuded. An exampte is the interaction between the famity catted a system, the chitd is a sub system and society is the supra-system, apart relation verticatty can atso be viewed in a horizontal retationship of a system with a variety of systems equivatent. ln the view of Talcott Parsons, the community and a tiving organism is an open systems that interact and 'inftuence each other with their environment. As tong as children are trained to disciptine in learning and growing knowledge witt be more mature and stable personality. Mutticutturat education for young children is very important to be encouraged as a foundation for the devetopment of Indonesian society more open and advanced. Buitding a nation's personatity system through mutticuttural education that put "different" the same height and same vatues become very important in the paradigm of education for tolerance, democracy and inclusivism, and rejection of discrimination and exctusivism developed in the social L40 I 'ij a y. ;: ff * r$y #tni|s$ $stxad ffi #a,rr*exti*n system of cultural diversity. Then buitd a mutticuttural awareness at an earty age is very important in the context of socio-cuttural diversity of the nation Indoensia as fact. Educational paradigm that ignores the chitd's devetopment from an early age, and more emphasis on development of cognitive (intetlectuat) atone may produce a less civitized human beings. References Departemen Pendidikan Nasionat. 2003. Undang-undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 Tentang Sfsfem Pendidikan Nasional. Jakarta. 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