Very good pointing out the need to move away from the 'traditional classroom' mentality. There are these days many radical education methods in the world, holistic, STEM, and others. But, for Indonesia and other countries to catch up with them, the national curriculum needs to be reassessed. Indonesia for example still uses the same national program since 2015 when it was last ratified. State schools, which are overwhelmingly outnumbering private schools, are restricted by government directives with little, if any, freedom for creative education. Character education is also very important in the schools but apart from Pancasila targetted ideological education there is little concern for aspects such as environment protection, heritage protection, and others vital for good citizenship. A recent study from Australia showed how Yogja schools followed environmental activities, public cleaning days, ONLY to get points for being assigned as a top school. NGO representatives I talked to also emphasized their disappointment when trying to establish environmental awareness activities in Indonesian schools. Most schools followed these activities only to abandon them after obtaining a "clean responsible recycling school" label. I can think of the example in Chandra Kumala, which advertised events aimed at picking rubbish from local streets, which are maintained anyway, while the local small lake nearby, a sanctuary for many birds, is filled with rubbish in every corner.
So for me, advanced tech in schools is not a priority, not for the sake of catching up with students' attention to phones or gadgets. Introducing gadgets in schools comes with responsibility for its use and without appropriate training, it can go really wrong.
Very good pointing out the need to move away from the 'traditional classroom' mentality. There are these days many radical education methods in the world, holistic, STEM, and others. But, for Indonesia and other countries to catch up with them, the national curriculum needs to be reassessed. Indonesia for example still uses the same national program since 2015 when it was last ratified. State schools, which are overwhelmingly outnumbering private schools, are restricted by government directives with little, if any, freedom for creative education. Character education is also very important in the schools but apart from Pancasila targetted ideological education there is little concern for aspects such as environment protection, heritage protection, and others vital for good citizenship. A recent study from Australia showed how Yogja schools followed environmental activities, public cleaning days, ONLY to get points for being assigned as a top school. NGO representatives I talked to also emphasized their disappointment when trying to establish environmental awareness activities in Indonesian schools. Most schools followed these activities only to abandon them after obtaining a "clean responsible recycling school" label. I can think of the example in Chandra Kumala, which advertised events aimed at picking rubbish from local streets, which are maintained anyway, while the local small lake nearby, a sanctuary for many birds, is filled with rubbish in every corner.
So for me, advanced tech in schools is not a priority, not for the sake of catching up with students' attention to phones or gadgets. Introducing gadgets in schools comes with responsibility for its use and without appropriate training, it can go really wrong.
Awesome thoughts, Mr. Cata! Your ideas gave me another perspective to enlarge the article.:)