Open AccessMENYELARASKAN ARAH PEMBANGUNAN PENDIDIKAN KHUSUS DI INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Totok Bintoro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
perspektif ilmu pendidikan/perspektif ilmu pendidikan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-2297
pISSN - 1411-5255
DOI - 10.21009/pip.162.7
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , perception , government (linguistics) , function (biology) , special education , political science , quality (philosophy) , public relations , public administration , psychology , pedagogy , politics , law , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , biology
This article is of the opinion that quality improvement of Special Education in Indonesia is slow due to ( a) perception of public and the Government assuming that education of students with special needs is less important, ( b) wrong perception about Special Education regarding special education is for handicapped children only,( c) incorrect orientation in the education management which gives priority to intellectuality aspect, ( d) management of Special Education by segregation , ( e) policy in the management of national education using approach of education production function or input-output analysis which is not executed consequently, ( f) management of education is executed in bureaucratic centralization ( g) education service paying less attention to individual requirement of students, and ( h) human resource in Special Education still has to be improved. After analyzing the existing conditions critically from various aspects, this article provides a set of recommendations, mostly concerning with policy at national and regional levels.