Miswanto, Agus. 2010. Introducing Human Rights Education in Indonesia: the Experience of Muhammadiyah Schools 2005-2010. MA Thesis - Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands.
Abstract
This research examines the introduction
and negotiation of Human Rights Education (HRE) in Muhammadiyah schools in
Indonesia. The content of the curriculum is a central concern of this research,
especially in how it reveals debates between the progressive and the
conservative tendencies within Muhammadiyah itself. Regarding the HRE curriculum model and the
strategies or approaches used in introducing HRE, the study explores both the
curriculum itself and draws on interviews with key actors in the process of
curriculum design. Through literature
study and in-depth interviews data was collected and a value-critical policy
analysis carried out. The research found
that the refusal of conservatives groups to acknowledge the importance of HRE
in the Muhammadiyah school curriculum arose from uncertainties about the
connection between HRE and dominant western ideologies, viewed as hostile to
‘Islamic values’. Since, in practice, implementing HRE in Muhammadiyah schools
has entailed positive impacts upon students’ learning experience, and has
improved of teaching performance, the assessment in this study is positive
overall; HRE has proven to be a valuable addition to the curriculum. Some of the fears and doubts among more
conservative educators and thinkers, have proven unfounded to the extent that
HRE in Muhammadiyah schools seems to have reinforced rather than undermined the
Islamic pillars of the Muhammadiyah educational system. The present curriculum is thus the result of
reconciled values which incorporate both Islamic values and universal values of
human rights. The study ends with a number of modest recommendations to
strengthen HRE in future.
Keywords
Muhammadiyah, Human Rights Education (HRE), Universalism,
Relativism, conservatives, progressives, Islam, Indonesia.
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