The Effectiveness of Multicultural Education Implementation Model in Social Science Learning Using Contextual Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The research to describe the effectiveness of multicultural education implementation model in Social Science learning using Contextual Teaching and Learning in improving creativity and social attitude of Junior High School students in Surakarta City. This research was conducted using research and development design, was conducted in three stages: (1) preliminary study, (2) model development, and (3) model evaluation. Subject of research consisted of students and Social Science teachers in Junior High Schools in Surakarta City Result of research showed that multicultural education implementation model in Social Science using CTL evidently improved creativity and social attitude of Junior High School students in Surakarta City effectively. During preliminary study before the model was applied, the students’ creativity score was 59.73 (belonging to low category); but after the model had been applied, this score increased to 84.40 (high category). Similarly, social attitude score of students was 58.60 (low category) before the application of model, and it increased to 82.55 (high category) after teachers implemented multicultural education model in Social Science learning using contextual teaching and learning.