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This is my additional findings of the study on the education of migrant workers children living in Nunukan municipal, East Kalimantan. Despite the access of education is somewhat difficult, the problem emerge concerning with the identity formation of the children. It is arises since many of that children are born and spent their pre-school years in the neighbor country, Malaysia. But soon after they reach 7 years old their parents sent them to attend to the elementary school in Indonesia as part of the two governments agreements. Many of the children experience identity confusion, whether they are an Indonesian or Malaysian. This circumstance is understandable, for the reason that the lacks of socialization from their parents about Indonesia, they consider that nationalism does not reflect in their day-to-day living. This finding suggests that identity formation and nationalism is seemingly not manifest in the life of the children. And it is probably also part of the consequences due to most of the children already experienced classroom education with Malaysian curriculum. This findings strengthened by their familiarity about the socioeconomic situation in the plantation, and the language used in their social interaction. This situation unfortunately for some reason to the respect of a country is regretful. It may also conclude that the absence of nationalism curriculum in education imposing relevant factor in the deconstruction of nationality senses. This article would describe the identity formation amongst elementary students and would be analyzed with social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) and social construction as suggest by Berger & Luckmann (1966).
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