Civic Education as Vehicle of Multicultural Education in Building Democratic Citizen

This study is departed from researcher anxiety toward the lack of Civic Education learning in responding to the needs and condition of multicultural students so it needs Civic Education learning based on multicultural in higher education. As for the aim of this study is to find Civic Education material development and learning design as vehicle of multicultural education in building democratic citizen in higher education. This study used qualitative approach with grounded theory method and the data were obtained by observation, interview, literature study and documentation study techniques. Subject of study consisted of Civic Education and Sociology experts who pay attention to multicultural education study, lecturers and students of Primary School Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Pedagogy, State University of Jakarta. The result of this study revealed that the concept of Civic Education learning implementation as vehicle of multicultural education in Primary School Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Pedagogy, State University of Jakarta can be seen from two aspects, namely: first, material development had been done by integrating some materials related to multiculturalism such as nation integrity, multicultural education concept, relation between multicultural principle and nationalism in Indonesia, concept and essence of multiculturalism seen from philosophical, juridical and empirical aspect. Second, learning design had been arranged systematically, but there are still many learning components which should be developed among others are planning (learning goal, the competences which want to be achieved), learning source and material which do not utilize natural environment and community so its learning strategy and approach should be more varied and innovative.