EDUCATION CURRICULUM

COMPARISON IN FINLAND AND

INDONESIA

By: Arini Hasanah Setiati

Questions to be Asked

1.What is the purpose of curriculum?

2. What are the criteria of a good curriculum?

3.Why does Finnish curriculum become the best one in the world?

4.What happened to Indonesian curriculum?

5.What should we do concerning with education curriculum?

Curriculum

Teacher

Student

Studies, Daily Life,

Career

Personal

Developmen

t

Knowledge

Acquisition

Developmen

t of Thinking

Skill

UNESCO:

Good curriculum plays an important role in forging life-long learning competencies, social attitudes and skills. The main principles associated with good school curriculum:

• To enable students to use foundational knowledge to develop new skills

Coherent & Sequential

• To guard students to gain in-depth understanding & competency

Focus on Essential Topic

• To meet the needs of students’ specific interest

Include Core & Specific Knowledge

• Criteria as students’ learning measurement & high expectation to push students’ to achieve set goals

Include Rigid Criteria & High Expectation

• To create interactive learning environmentAdopt Inquiry-Based Pedagogical Methods & Hands-on Activities

Finnish Curriculum as the Best

Education Curriculum in the

World 20 years ago, Finland was a poor

country which only depends on

agriculture.

The country’s top ranking in the PISA’s

(Program for International Student

Assessment) hall of fame.

The Finnish model of schooling

offers a humanistic

approach to educating

children

Children are

accustomed to

reading since

their early age

Strict selection

of teacher

Teachers are

well-paid

Early

childhood

education

becomes the

emphasis of

education

Curriculum

applied

consistently

Minimized test

No students’

rank

Education

costs certified

by the state

Students

spend less

time in the

classroom

Teaching

methods,

curriculum &

course books

freely

determined by

teachers

Small class

with

competent

teachers

Less

homework to

do

Slow learners

get more

intensive

support

Indonesian Curriculum

Development• Dutch education orientation

• Character and love the nation

Kurikulum RencanaPembelajaran (1947)-

”Leer Plan”

• Daily life content of subject

• One teacher for one subjectKurikulum Rencana

Pelajaran Terurai (1952)

• Active, creative, productive, skillful & problem solving learning concept

• Focus on “Pancawardhana” program

Kurikulum RencanaPendidikan (1964)

• Integrated & theoretical approaches

• Genuine humanKurikulum 1968

• Effective & efficient curriculum

• Aims to build national development in various fields

Kurikulum 1975

Cont.• Contextual teaching &

learning

• “CBSA (Cara Belajar SiswaAktif)” teaching approach

Kurikulum1984

• Competency based curriculum/ “KBK”

• Focus on life skill

Kurikulum1994

• “KTSP (Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan)”

Kurikulum2004

• Integrated thematic learning approach

• prepare students who have qualified competence, meet the challenges of the age, encourage creativity, improve math literacy, familiarizing students with the data, to teach moral values

Kurikulum2013

What Should be Done? For Education & Culture Minister, education

agents as well as education stakeholders:

should focus on teacher’s quality, no money

oriented, evaluate the previous curriculum

before designing the new one, and emphasize

on humanism in curriculum issue to produce

students that can build in themselves discipline

and mental qualities that preempt cheating, or

fraudulently acquiring academic achievements.

They have also acquired integrated life skills

and become lifelong learners, creative thinkers

and motivated, capable individuals.