Research
Child-Friendly School in Educational Settings For Elementary School in the Papua Island of Indonesia
The purpose of this research is to get deep meaning of child-friendly school in educational settings in the Land of Papua Indonesia, relate with (1) how children at risk at home or in the community; (2) how situational factors affecting child protection in schools relate with bullying (physical, verbal and psychological abuse) by staff and peers; (3) how peace building and child protection policy for educational settings in the elementary school. Location of the research was in ten districts, such as: Merauke, Boven Digul, Jayapura, Keerom, Lanny Jaya, Jayawijaya, Biak, Teluk Bintuni, Fakfak; and city of Jayapura. The result of this research indicate that peace building and child protection canbe intepreted based on: (1) strong education in the family; (2) the importance of attention to the socially outside of school; (3) atmosphere environment in school; (4) strengthen of friendship peers in the school; (5) atmosphere in the classroo; (6) methods of theaching by teacher; (7) strengthen the role of teaches as educator; (8) strengthen relationship teacher-student-parent; (9) exempary habituation; (10) acculturation character education in the learning systems; (11) strengthen of character education; (12) strengthen the role of school principal.
Challenge of Multicultural Education in Asean Economi Community
The ASEAN, which groups eleven countries, is a very diverse region, with different dynamics that are owned by their respective countries, particularly when associated with education. Diversities can be seen from the many islands, ethnicity, culture, language and religion. Regardless all those differences, these eleven countries share a similar emphasis on human resource development as a key in developing the whole nation to enter the knowledge-based economy and global environment. Pluralism that is the one of the power and uniqueness in the ASEAN economic community that can be interpreted as diversity in unity. Diversity, on the one hand is a blessing, because it actually reflects the diversity of the wealth of cultural treasures. But on the other hand, diversity is also great potential for growing proliferation of conflicts, particularly if such diversity is not able to run well. To build the ASEAN community who recognize and appreciate the differences required processes and better understanding through relevant education. Education, as a fundamental human right, is considered very important and strategic for developing their human resources. The right to education imposes an obligation upon countries to ensure that all children and citizens have opportunities to meet their basic learning needs. Promoting Quality and Equity Education is a common policy for countries in Southeast Asia region regardless their different levels of development. Herein lies the importance of multicultural education. Multicultural education becomes strategic for ASEAN nations to be able to manage the plurality creatively. And with the multicultural education can be interpreted also as a process of internalization of the values of multiculturalism itself in educational institutions.
