Reformation is a term that refers to changes occurring in a system. Such changesmay occur in the system of government, or the leadership system of a country or group. InIndonesia, the reformation refers to the college students’ movement that occurred in 1998, withthe aim of overthrowing the power of the new order (orde baru). It continued to grow andexpand to the education system in Indonesia so that the education system has changed. Thesituation is quite significant, due to the differences in viewpoints and educational purposes.Inequality among regions, human resources, and conditions of the society influence much on theeducation advancement in Indonesia. The author would like to describe the condition ofeducation in Indonesia. The education system can be known through discourse in society. Thiscan be determined by analyzing the poem by Wiji Thukul entitled “kenangan anak-anakseragam” by using AWK (Critical Discourse Analysis). The Discourse of Micheal Foucault andRoland Barthes’ semiotic were used by the authors as a knife in dismantling a reformationdiscourse of education existed in a poem.Keywords: Discourse, Reformation, Education
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