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Academic Journal of Educational Sciences (Jurnal Akademik bidang Ilmu-Ilmu Pendidikan)
ISSN : 26545969     EISSN : 26545624     DOI : https://doi.org/10.35508/ajes
Core Subject : Education,
Aims of Academic Journal of Educational Sciences (AJES): (1) To globally spread excellent ideas on informal, nonformal and formal education of such fields as language education, mathematics education, natural science education, and social science education, (2) To improve the quality of education worldwide by spreading ideas relevant to nonformal and informal education as well as formal education of any level, that is, from preschool to tertiary level, (3) To provide a learning source of great quality in which people in general, academics in particular, including teachers worldwide, can not only learn from but also write for, and (4) To unite all people working in education all over the world, regardless of their racial, religious, and national backgrounds, in such a way that they succeed and, therefore, a better world for all can be created. The AJES would publish peer-reviewed articles within the following scope (1) Research-based articles on language education, mathematics education, natural science education, and social science education from preschool to tertiary level; (2) Conceptual articles on formal, nonformal, and or informal education.
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REDEFINING OUR FORMAL EDUCATION Tans, Feliks; Nalley, H. M.; Bhae, Yohanes
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 4 No 1 (2020): June
Publisher : Postgraduate School, Universitas Nusa Cendana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35508/ajes.v4i1.2355

Abstract

In this article we argue that our formal education has failed, to a certain extent, to create good quality graduates, namely, those whoare not only competent and independent, but also slot zeus good in terms of such character traits as “grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude,optimism, and curiosity” (Tough, 2012: 76). Such a failure has been caused by some educational practices which are not pedagogically soundlike: institutional manipulations leading to our students’ highly consumeristic behaviours;nondialogical education; teacher-centered approach;misunderstanding of teaching and learning; and, centralised education.To prevent such a failure, we suggest that our formal educational systembe redefined so that it will be capable of creating good quality education that, in turn, can help our students be more competent, independent, andexcellent in terms of the character traits mentioned. It can be done by applying such methods as Ivan Illich’s learning webs, Paulo Freire’sdialogical education, and student-centered education in which teaching is seen as a means of faciliating students’ learning based on theirpotentials, interests, and learning needs. In this sense, it is important that school curricula be also designed by each educational institution andthat each individual instituion has its own independent management system and networking system to make it more successful in achieving itseducational goals.

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