Unifying the Socio-Cultural Differences Among Students in Primary School Education

Santi Susanti, Kismiyati Elkarimah, Fitri Perdana

2017

Abstract

School is the right institution for leading the differences among primary students into unity. Students are guided and directed to appreciate the differences among them to create a harmonious life, away from conflict. The principle of togetherness and equality among students, embedded in an entrepreneurship-based school in Garut, SD Bestari Utami. This school provides equal opportunity to every child in Garut to get quality education without considering their social and cultural background. This study aims to describes the pattern of education at SD Bestari Utami, which educates students to get quality education with the principle of respect for differences and create togetherness based on local wisdom of Sundanese culture. This research uses qualitative-phenomenology method to reveal the experience the school managers in educating their students to be individuals with good characters such as intelligent, active, moral, and respect differences. In-depth interview, observation and literature study used to collecting data. The results showed that interactive teaching method used to build equality and togetherness among students at SD Bestari Utami. Teachers always encourage their students to involves actively in the learning process. In the classroom, teachers creatively provide teaching materials to encourage children to interact with each other. Togetherness is accustomed in every opportunity during study and during rest. Periodically, teachers provide learning programs to work within groups. The curriculum of Sundanese art is also applied as a binder of togetherness. Through art performances, all students participated without exception. The conclusion of this study is that schools have an important role in embedding togetherness and equality to their students. The right curriculum and methods, as well as creative and big hearted teachers, are a supportive force in building togetherness and equality to enhance quality in character education for students from different social and cultural backgrounds.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Susanti S., Elkarimah K. and Perdana F. (2017). Unifying the Socio-Cultural Differences Among Students in Primary School Education.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 695-699. DOI: 10.5220/0007173406950699

in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Santi Susanti and Kismiyati Elkarimah and Fitri Perdana},
title={Unifying the Socio-Cultural Differences Among Students in Primary School Education},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={695-699},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007173406950699},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Unifying the Socio-Cultural Differences Among Students in Primary School Education
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Susanti S.
AU - Elkarimah K.
AU - Perdana F.
PY - 2017
SP - 695
EP - 699
DO - 10.5220/0007173406950699