...THE POOR OF EDUCATION IN INDONESIA (Conversation V) By Okta Riyuni Br Rambe 10111138 S1 English Literature Higher School of Foreign Language TEKNOKRAT Bandar Lampung 2013 I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background All developed and developing countries in ths world must have good education, because education is very important for every society. Education will get well if they have the basic quality of the education and training can also be received through the education of families, schools and environment. According to Wikipedia, ”education is defined as a planned effort to establish a study environment and education process so that the student may actively develop his/her own potential to gain the religious and spiritual level, consciousness, personality, intelligence, behavior and creativity to him/herself, other citizens and for the nation”. (www.wikipedia.com) The quality of education in Indonesia is currently very poor. This proved that Indonesia's human development index decline. Now, in this era about the quality of education also very low competitiveness. Both formal and informal education has become the crutch in improving Indonesia's human resources for nation building. And that's what causes the low quality of education that impedes the provision of the human family who have the expertise and skills to meet the nation's development in various fields. The cause of the low quality of education in Indonesia among others is a matter of...
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...Asia’s Stumbling Giant Date: 11/15/2015 Business Brief (Case Analysis 1) General Description of Indonesia: In the early 17th century Dutch settled Indonesia. In 1942 to 1945 japan took over Indonesia. In 1957 first president Soekarno set up “Guided Democracy”. After that Suharto was the second president of Indonesia for 31 years until he resign in 1998. In 1999 the “fair legislative election” occurred in Indonesia. Indonesia is 255 million in population the world’s largest Muslims nation. It is located in the Southeastern Asia. 87% of the populations are Muslims. People speak more than 700 languages in Indonesia (CIA, 2015). The Central Issue of Indonesia: During Suharto rule, from 1967 to 1997, he utilized “crony Capitalism” and using the business enterprise for his personal and family support. That lead Indonesia to a “black hole” for ten years facing economic crisis and political issue. In 2004 Indonesia started its first fair election. However, at this time Indonesia faced many issues in the economic and politics, which let it behind the Asia neighbors such as China, Malaysia, and Thailand. The GDP fall, inflation declined, the unemployment stayed high, and the foreign investors left the country. The main central issue in the Indonesia was high level of endemic problem of corruption. According to the Transparency International, studies shows that Indonesia is ranked 100 out of 183 counties as most corrupt. Indonesian Lawyer Todong Mulya Lubis mentioned, “Change...
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...EESS (Education and Examination for Social Skill): Medical Students Pre-clinic Education and Assessment System based on "Socio Cultural Community" to face the AEC Jodii Arlan Kurnia1 and Arlinda Silva Prameswari2 1Third Year Medical Student, University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Indonesia 2Second Year Medical Student, University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), Indonesia Abstract Problems of communication in medical field, exactly for clinical phase frequently happen. Fault diagnosis on patients is one of those effect. In some case, doctor and patient himself have different perception to understand the meaning of "mbliyur" (dizziness) from Javanese Language. In fact, 60% diagnosis comes from anamnesis, which is one implementation of the ability to communicate in society. On the other hand, the graduates of Indonesian doctors will be faced with the medical world job competition as an impact of the AEC (ASEAN Economic Community). In order to answer these two problems, new education system and assessment needed and must be developed. EESS (Education and Examination for Social Skill) expected to be a solution to train and develop the capacity of “community-based physicians” who only owned by Indonesian doctor (something unique). EESS is able to educate students to understand the socio-cultural community, Includes two aspects: communication and socialization. As the education system and assessment, EESS final score will be added in the total assessment system within...
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...The main independent variables were problems of accessing to health care service. The participants were asked if a problem of accessing to health care was a big problem or not. As other independent variables, we included socio-demographic, socioeconomic, and maternal health care status. The age range (15-49 years old) of the sample was considered as women’s reproductive age. The age group was categorized in 3 groups; the younger group (15-24 years old), reductively appropriate group (25-34 years old), and the older group (35-49 years old). The younger and older groups were generally considered as reproductively high risk age. The wide and dispersed area of Indonesia was divided into 6 regions: Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, and Bali and Tenggara. Residence (rural and urban), birth order (under 4 and more than 4), family size (under 5 members and more than 5 members), religion (Muslim and non-Muslim), and women’s employment status (working and not working) were dichotomized into categorical variables. Wealth index was a proxy for long-term standard of living in the household. DHS constructed it by the data of household ownership of consumer goods. Husband’s and women’s education attainments were categorized as incomplete primary education or none, completed primary or some secondary education, and completed secondary education or higher. We made an interaction term of working status and wealth status to add...
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...1.0 Question 1 Indonesia began a process of rapid government decentralization in 1999 from a formerly strong centralized government structure (Keith Green, 2009). According to Darmawan (2008), under former president Habibie, this reform process was conducted due to the introduction of new decentralization guidance in 2001 under Law 22/1999 on regional governments and Law 25/1999 on fiscal balance between the central and regional governments have changed the intergovernmental relations in Indonesia. Then, they were replaced by Law 32/2004 and Law 33/2004. The World Bank declared that decentralization is defined as “the transfer of authority and responsibility for public functions from the central government to intermediate and local governments or quasi-independent government organizations and/or the private sector”. Decentralization is also regarded as a way of diffusing social and political tensions and ensuring local cultural and political autonomy (Bardhan, 2002, p. 185). Local governments in Indonesia started to develop and to govern their regions by gaining huge transfer of authority and ability to make their own decision-making from central government with these laws. Indonesia begins with the components in political decentralization and then move forward to fiscal decentralization and finally the administrative decentralization. According to Cheema, Nellis and Rondinelli (1999), political decentralization aims to give citizens or their elected representatives more...
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...Spaces and provide education through creative learnings for childrens in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The tagline of Living Root is “Before you grow up, you have to be down to earth”. This tagline is encourage Parahyangan Catholic University’s students from various background study in Bandung to learn and share more. And be an impactful youth for society. Due to value of Parahyangan Catholic University, “Based on out knowledge, we have to service others”, my team and i conducted this project as our services for the society. 1. Introduction: 1.1 Name of the project; Living Root 1.2 Aim (general vision); Aim of the project is about: 1. To raise awereness about how important green open spaces is for the society. And provide a playground for childrens in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. 2. To encourage and engage Indonesian Youth especially Parahyangan Catholic University’s students to be the agent of change and hand in hand together tackle social-environmental problem. 3. To inspire childrens in Bandung to dreams more, to be more creative and brave to achieve their dreams.s 1.3 Field of the project: a) Modern Learning Environment 2. Main body: 2.1 Objectives to be resolved (SMART objectives). How can my team and i provide a green open spaces (playground) and for childrens in RT 02/RW 10 Bukit Jarian, Bandung, Indonesia within 1 year? How can my team and i encourage and inspiire childrens in RT 02/RW 10 Bukit Jarian, Bandung, Indonesia to dream more, to creative...
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...Being Better or Getting Worse Nowadays, there are many countries that have social development’s problems. Not only developing countries, but also well-developed countries have those problems. The different is, whether they succeeded to pass it or not. Social development is not an easy problem because it is linked to human life. The government cannot make a random decision because human life is very dangerous and sensitive. If the government takes the wrong decision, it may become a big problem. Like other countries, Indonesia has social development problems too, and there are three most crucial social problems in Indonesia, which are about social service, Indonesian’s bad culture, and Indonesian’s mind set. First problem is about social service. The government has already tried to pay attention with all of Indonesian so that they can give all the people the best social service, such as by going to the pedestrian to build more schools, increasing the middle business communities by loaning the modal, building many public places, etc. But then, those examples cannot solve the problems yet, because the government exceedingly too focused on the development of Java Island. However, they forgot that Indonesia consists of many islands that also need to be taken care. And thus, it makes this problem cannot completely be solved. The second problem is about Indonesian’s bad culture. Today, corruption rampants Indonesian, especially peoples who sit in the top position either in government...
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...on Growth Diagnostics of Indonesia February 6, 2013 I. Introduction The goal of every country is to achieve not only sustainable development but also inclusive growth. Sustainable development, as defined by the Brundtland Commission, is a "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Inclusive growth on the other hand, pertains to an equitable allocation of resources to every sector of the society which in effect decreases the rapid growth rate of poverty, at the same time increasing the involvement of its people to the growth of the country. To be considered as an industrialized and developed country, one must take consideration on the political, social and most importantly the economic aspect in order for the country to be competitive in the market and also promote a high standard of living. Those prerequisites can be achieved by determining first the factors that trigger the economic growth of a country and that include infrastructures, human capital, literacy, safety, and other indicators. In layman’s term, an economy can be defined as the system that is used to manage the resources in a country. It is often used as an indicator to measure how rich or poor a country and its people are. When an economy is doing well, the government is able to meet the needs of the people and its country. In this paper, we will study the growth diagnostics of Indonesia to determine how far the...
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...Why did you choose your proposed course and institution? Indonesia is one of the countries which has the diversity of flora and fauna because this country is a tropical country. Each of region in Indonesia has the different type of plant and animal and has its own characters in adaptation, breeding, and reproduction. The diversity of plant and animal in Indonesia is used to support the economic society and it can show Indonesia as a country that is rich with biodiversity. Not only that, the existence of plant and animal in nature will balance the natural ecosystem. Aceh is one of the areas that supply the biodiversity for Indonesia, especially in Seulawah Mountain and Leuser ecosystem. Many environmental problems like human activity occur in those of areas such as deforestation, opening the forest land...
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...Curriculum In Quality Education By : Rohmat Muflikhul Huda 1. Introduction In education we are never separated from the curriculum. The basis for the creation of curriculum educational settings. The curriculum is said to be successful if the trip went smoothly, and can be said to be in accordance with the plan. However, the curriculum is said to fail when encountering many obstacles along the way that makes the pace of the curriculum itself becomes obstructed. There are at least 4 times a change of curriculum in Indonesia, that began 94 years, from 1994 to the enactment of curriculum, until now is curriculum 2013. I chose this topic, because of the many debates every time to discuss curriculum that affect the level or quality of education itself. Basically, the quality of education itself is not only influenced by the course curriculum, but the way teachers teach and also the effectiveness of the learning process also greatly affect the quality of education. That which will be discussed later in this article, so it is not just the curriculum that will be discussed in this article, but the effectiveness, a great system in education, and also a good way of how the education will also be discussed in this article. 2. Discussion Background Research Education is very important in the lives of individuals around the world. It is also generally recognized that education is a key element in the socio – economic nation building. Each level has its own...
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...National Competitiveness Based on World Economic Forum Report and Doing Business Report THE INDONESIA CASE MAIN SOURCES: * World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 * World Bank, Doing Business Report 2015-2016 * “The Economist” * “The Age” * “CNBC, World Economy” * “Indonesia-Investments” LORENZO TRABACCHI 4502720 INDONESIA: A CASE OF COMPETITIVENESS The World Economic Forum approach: Indonesia case Overview According to the WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, Indonesia has an overall position of 37 out of 140 countries, with a score of 4.52 from 1 to 7 and a positive trend line which shows the evolution in percentile rank since 2007. Even the rank among 2014-2015 economies was 37, while the GCI 2014-2015 rank was 34 out of 144 economies. The graph here, shows that, the GDP per capita in Indonesia, since 1990 to 2014, had always grown in parallel with but more than the average of other countries in the same regional area (Emerging and Developing Asia). Since 2012-2013, Indonesia has always grown in terms of GCI, moving from the 50th to the 37th position with a score shifted from 4.4 to 4.5. Overall position of the country in the regional area Behind Singapore (2nd), the five largest members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)—namely Malaysia (18th, up two), Thailand (32nd, down one), Indonesia (37th, down four), the Philippines (47, up five), and Vietnam (56th, up 12)—all rank in...
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...century. But nowadays, there are varies of reason that motivate immigration. In this essay, I will write about the factors that motivate migration and challenges immigrants face in the new country. There are both pull and push factors that motivate migration. According to Lewis (1982),” environmental, economic, political and social problems can be categorized as push factors in migration.” Lack of employment opportunities is one of the main problems in immigration, such as in Indonesia. Indonesia ranks the 4 largest population in the world. With so many competitors to emulate with, it’s difficult to find job. The pays is not good and some are unable to support their family and is forced to be a labor in foreign countries. So, there are many people immigrate to another country hoped to get a job in there and start their new life. In Indonesia, safety is what people fear of. Criminality occurs everywhere, especially in big cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya. In 2011, there were reported 54,799 violent crimes, 64 murders, 68 rapes, 1,936 aggravated assaults, 6,807 burglaries, 7,702 thefts and 5,352 vehicle thefts. High criminality caused Indonesia to be an unsafe place to stay in. Pull factors are the attractive part of the host country which attracts the immigrants to come, such as opportunities for better employment, higher wages, facilities, better working condition and amenities. According to C.F.Piore (1979),”...
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...in whole or part, been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other resources it has been properly acknowledged in accordance with the University’s Regulations regarding Cheating and Plagiarism. Tutor’s Comments: GRADE AWARDED: Task 1 On Critical Thinking: A Brief Explanation and Its Importance on Education Name: Muhammad Septian Wicaksono Student Number: 339858 Date: 23 September 2013 Words count: 513 For a long time, people have always believed that the world is anything but round. It was Aristotle who finally came with a theory of spherical shape of Earth. Aristotle’s conclusion was withdrawn since the shadow of Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse is round (Stocks, 2013). It was not easy to come up with such theory which was against a common belief. But, Aristotle came with his critical thinking and proved that the previous theory was wrong. So, what is critical thinking? Paul and Elder (2006, p.4) state that “critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it”. Many experts believe that critical thinking is very important in education in order to create future leader that according to Barnett (2005 cited in Felix 2012, p.17) is “capable of shaping, changing, and even leading society”. Sanburn (2012) recent survey reported that 40 percent of general population believe that the...
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...UNICEF’s awareness, fundraising, relief work and research, very few people know much about its origin. UNICEF was founded in 1946 commencing with a mission of proving emergency food and health care to the children in the countries that had been destroyed in world war II. Its original name was United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. It was later changed to United Nations Children’s Fund in 1954 after being officially adopted as a permanent branch in UN. In 1959, UNICEF being a permanent member of the UN, the UN General Assembly adopts the declaration of the Rights of the Child, which defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care, shelter and good nutrition. In 1961, UNICEF decides to not only focus on the health issues of the child but also focus on the needs of the child as whole beginning with education by providing teacher training and classroom equipment in newly independent countries. In 1982, UNICEF came up with Child Survival and Development Revolution where it takes responsibility to save millions of children each year. The revolution includes four aspects; growth monitoring, oral rehydration therapy, breast feeding and immunisation. In 1989, there’s a convention on the rights of the child and comes into action in 1990 where there’s the world summit for children. The convention of the rights of the child becomes the most widely and accepted humans rights treaty in history. In 1996, UNICEF focuses on children and conflict. It offers to...
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...I. Introduction In this big world, human race is widespread into many countries. The countries are divided into regions, after that the regions are divided again into cities. Finally, the cities are divided into territories. Each territory has different culture for instance, in a territory, people who wear short pants and crop tees are considered to be bad people. But in another territory, people who wear something like that are very usual. Even though every territory has different culture, but all of them will be united into one culture of a country. They have to follow and obey the rules of the country otherwise they will be considered as bad people. Because of that, this world has various types of culture that are adopted by different people. Still, even though every culture is different, we cannot judge the other culture is bad only because in our culture doing those behaviors are not considered as good things. The differences on culture make the leadership type of every country is different too. First we have to know what the meaning of leadership is. Leader is someone who gives positive direction to the organization and has the full responsibility of an organization. Leadership itself is the ability of someone to give directions to his or her organization in order to accomplish the mission of the organization. Not all people can have the ability to become a leader because by being a leader means that that person has a full responsibility of everything that has been...
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