Towards a Moral Community: Moral Education Strategies in Indonesian Schools


 Moral education is a foundational yet contestable matter in any society. Debates about moral help to define the parameters of true and right conduct The nature curricula Indonesia perhaps indicates critical importance character development national cultural formation continuous creation recreation identity. This study junior secondary schools Yogyakarta region used qualitative focus group approach. Teachers, lecturers, trainee teachers were selected be formed into five groups designed provide deeper analysis conflicting understandings morality expression that curriculum. findings showed several areas contradiction confusion schools, including differences religious secular conceptualizations between those who wanted promote or exclude intercultural within state.
 Keywords: education, morality, Pancasila,