Indonesian Education: Teachers, Schools, and Central Bureaucracy (East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture)

Indonesian Education: Teachers, Schools, and Central Authority , the first published study of life inside Indonesian schools, explores the role that classroom teachers' behavior and locates their actions within the broader cultures of education and government in Indonesia. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Tables 8 List of Figures 10 Preface Glimpses of Life in an Indonesian Junior High School 12 Chapter One Introduction 18 Chapter Two Contextualizing the Puzzle 28 Chapter Three Creation and Development of Educational Decentralization Reform 42 Chapter Four Connecting Current Conditions to Their Historical Roots 56 Chapter Five Two Distinct Worlds 78 Chapter Six Indonesian Teachers' Attachments to the Education System 100 Chapter Seven Policy Implementation at the Local Level 130 Chapter Eight Autonomy and Resistance at St. Timothy's Junior High 146 Chapter Nine Conclusion 174 Notes 192 Bibliography 196 Index 204 This book can be regarded as a study in policy implementation and an ethnograhy of life inside six Indonesian schools. Rather than quantifying the effects of educational reform, the author has sought to uncover the intricacies of Indonesian educators' professional and personal lives, and to explore the interplay of institutional, political, economic, and cultural influences that modulated their activity on campus. --pref Christopher Bjork. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 179-185) And Index. __Indonesian Education: Teachers, Schools, and Central____Authority__