Problematic situation on schoolification of early childhood education in Indonesia: what early childhood education department can do about it?

Fidesrinur and Riza, Eva (2018) Problematic situation on schoolification of early childhood education in Indonesia: what early childhood education department can do about it? In: The 6th International Conference on Research in Teaching, Education & Learning (ICRTEL), 21-22 November 2018, Jakarta.

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Abstract

Early childhood is golden age whereas the most rapid brain development are crubecause the brain are most meleable. During the early years, the concept of whole child by educator or caregivers should be stressed inorder to support the development of child in all areas of growth. Many parents prioritize cognitive aspects as the outcome of children’s learning in kindergarten, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic, which called as “RWA” or “calistung” in Indonesia. Ideally, the outcome of children’s learning of learning in kindergarten is the school readiness or schoolification. However, the emphasis on learning outcomes in cognitive and language aspects is growing rapidly in the community, including parents so that many parents prefer to include their children in tutoring “RWA” or “RWA” courses rather than studying in the kindergarten. In addition, public and private elementary schools have also applied the calistung test a prerequisite for primary school admission. In primary and High School and even in University, it is prove that cognitive orientation make students. It is our duty for Early childhood Department to consolidate all the elements of micro system and macro system developing partnership with families is integral part of an early childhood professional. As a lecture we oblige to teach, to do research and community services based on the three important component they are routines, environment and oppotunities.

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