Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 17, Issue 2, Article 8 (Dec., 2016) Nadi SUPRAPTO What should educational reform in Indonesia look like? - Learning from the PISA science scores of East-Asian countries and Singapore Contents Next

What should educational reform in Indonesia look like? - Learning from the PISA science scores of East-Asian countries and Singapore

 

Nadi SUPRAPTO*

Department of Physics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, INDONESIA

E-mail: nadisuprapto@unesa.ac.id

Received 18 Oct., 2016
Revised 27 Dec., 2016

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Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Findings
• Discussion
  • 1. Assessment of Science Content in Indonesia
  • 2. Lessons Learned from Several Countries
• Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
• References

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Abstract

Indonesia always continually failed international assessments even though many efforts have been made. The results of PISA 2012 put Indonesian students in the worst position. In contrast, East Asian countries' performance well in mathematics, reading, and science. Indeed, Singapore has the best performance in the Southeast Asia region even in the world as well as Shanghai-China. The position of Indonesia is lower than Viet Nam, Thailand, and Malaysia in South-East Asia. Therefore, by carrying out a literature review, this paper analyzes what is happening in Indonesia beyond assessment, especially in science. Assessment reform from the above East Asian countries was also depicted to complete the discussion. Thus, this paper not only analyzed the lack of science content in Indonesia compared to other countries, but also described some lessons that can be drawn in relation to the content tested in the PISA science test from East-Asian countries.

Keywords: Indonesia, PISA, science, East-Asian countries, Singapore

*Ph.D candidate of education, Department of Education and Human Potentials Development, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1 Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien Taiwan, 97401.