Social Engineering in Extracurricular-Based Multicultural Education at SMA Negeri 1 Purwokerto

Abstract

Indonesia's social diversity is a blessing, but it also holds a great risk in the life of the nation and state, namely the threat of disintegration and social conflicts that can arise at any time. One idea that can be taken is the participation of education in addressing these problems. Education has a conception of multicultural education. From various implementation models of multicultural education, at SMA Negeri 1 Purwokerto multicultural education is implemented based on extracurricular organizations as social engineering to strengthen the nationalism of students. This research is a case study type, with the object of extracurricular activities. Data were obtained by interviews, non-participatory observations, and analysis of activity documents. The results of this study show that social engineering in multicultural education at SMA Negeri 1 Purwokerto targets three dimensions, namely individual, social, and moral dimensions. The elements of change in multicultural education are social interaction, orientation direction, ideological maturity, change actors, big ideas and momentum space. Keywords: social engineering, multicultural education, extracurricular.