Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)

History Teachers’ Representation of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: A critical discourse analysis

Authors
Hermanu Joebagio, Djono Djono, Nur Fatah Abidin
Corresponding Author
Hermanu Joebagio
Available Online April 2019.
DOI
10.2991/aes-18.2019.121How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika; history teachers; unity, diversity
Abstract

This research elucidates the history teachers’ representation of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika that contains a paradoxical meaning between unity and diversity. Critical discourse analysis with the socio-cognitive approach was used to analyze the teacher’s interpretation and objectification. The subjects of the research were 25-history teacher of Senior High Schools at three provinces: Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta. The authors found two models of representation: valuing and contextualizing. Based on those models of representation, teachers tended to interpret Bhinneka Tunggal Ika in the form of "unity above diversity". This interpretation is then objectified in several terms such as nationalism, patriotism, unity, and sovereignty. From critical perspectives, the finding of research shows that the unity is posited above the diversity. Considering these findings, the authors indicate the problem between nationalism, unity, and diversity, in which those ideologies are posited in an unequal position.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2019
ISBN
10.2991/aes-18.2019.121
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/aes-18.2019.121How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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