Fuzzy Delphi Method (fdm): Determining phase for multicultural-based model of peace education curriculum for preschool children

Abstract

Recently, peace has become an issue being discussed especially in regards tocultural diversity. With education, peace canbe conveyedto all walks of life and levels, in particular,the children as our future generation. This study aimedto determine phases and their interrelation towardsmulticultural-based model of peace education curriculum for preschool children.In order to acquire the accepted(agreement) value for each phase and their interrelation based on experts’ opinion, the Fuzzy Delphi Method was adopted. A set of questionnaire was administered to a group of 12 expertsselected based on specified criteria. Sevenphases(internal awareness, external stimuli, self-formation, personality cultivation, character development, identity development and action build-up)was given to each expert for their suitable selection of the model. Only 4 phases were selected based on the agreement value of above 75% while their interrelation was stipulated by defuzzificationvalue of the phases from high to low value. The interrelated and selectedphases were internal awareness, personality cultivation, character development and action build-up.