Ethno-Pedagogy Perspective on Ethnic Minority Discourse of Education

Abstract

This study focuses on the contextualization of ethno-pedagogy perspective for creating a local specific educational model. As an educational approach, ethno-pedagogy concerns on the appropriation of local culture characteristics in the educational process. Sikep is a marginal ethnic minority in Central Java, Indonesia that has a specific way of thinking on education. The educational system in Sikep society is contradict with government or formal system of education. Consequently, most of Sikep people do not join regular schools. The main aim of this study is to create a local specific educational model that can be implemented for increasing the participation of Sikep people in regular school. The Ethnography of Communication theory is used in this research for exploring how everyday communication utterances in Sikep society create the local specific educational discourse. This study uses the ethnography research method. The method uses ethnography materials that are profoundly gathered to draw a detailed cultural description in the scope of macrosocial elements. The result of this study show how an education communication model is formed by appropriating four elements of local educational discourse; school model, information adoption, literacy, and access strategies. Those four elements are important in developing an education model that is suitable for Sikep community. The model emphasizes on Sikep community’s potential in agriculture while not diminishing the morals and spirituality that molding the unique character of Sikep