Hendi Pratama, 125914760 and Zulfa Sakhiyya, - Improving Sense of Equality through Debate Class: The Integration of Equality and Equity Values in Classroom Debate. In: 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019).

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Abstract

In recent years, some cases of violence against minority groups in Indonesia have been reported. The supporting aspects of the mishaps are twofold: (1) the lack of awareness of the society members on the issues of equality and (2) the lack of protection from law enforcement for minority groups. To tackle the problems and prevent them from repeating themselves in the future, educators shall integrate equality awareness in their formal educational process. This paper articulates a model of integrating classroom debate with equality and equity awareness program. Classroom debate has been underused in Indonesian formal education context. It is due to popular belief that debate is against our local wisdom. However, we argue that this under-usage can be overcome because debate is very fluid and adaptive to our native culture and education system. The education of young people on these very important matters is a way to prevent social injustice and violation of minority rights in the future. The model has been accepted and appreciated by the participants of the research and is ready to be applied in wider context.

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