Multicultural Education: Efforts to Realize Religious Tolerance in Schools

Abstract

This study examines efforts to build religious tolerance through multicultural education in schools. This research was conducted at the BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta high school, as a school labeled a multicultural school. This is evidenced by the implementation of religious education as an effort to build awareness of religious tolerance in students. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. The subjects of this study were the principal, teachers, and high school students BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta. Data collection methods used in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation. Triangulation used in this research is triangulation of sources and techniques. The instrument in this study was researchers using observation guidelines, interview guidelines, and documentation guidelines. Analysis of the data used is data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The results of this study indicate that the form of religious education at Bopkri 1 High School in Yogyakarta is realized through religious education. religious education is a subject with a teaching system that is in the form of discussions about communication between faiths, both between students of the same religion and students of different religions. It aims to foster religious social values in students so that students are able to become human beings who are religious, moral and open. Teaching materials or materials in religious education are more about the values of faith, knowledge of each religion in general, and there is no material about the procedures for worship or creed of each religion. This research is expected to be a material of information and input for educators, researchers and education practitioners. Keywords—multicultural education, religious tolerance,