Indonesian Education: Teachers, Schools, and Central Bureaucracy

by Christopher Bjork

Overview

Indonesian Education: Teachers, Schools, and CentralAuthority, the first published study of life inside Indonesian schools, explores the role that classroom teachers' behavior and locates their actions within the broader cultures of education and government in Indonesia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135484316
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2005
Series:	East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Christopher Bjork is an Assistant Professor of Education at Vassar College. His research interest include educational reform in Asia, educational decentralization, and teaching cultures in Indonesia and Japan. He has published numerous articles on these topics in journals such as Comparative Education Review, Anthropology &education Quarterly, and International Review ofEducation. He also co-edited (with Thomas Rohlen) an anthology titled Education and Training in Japan.

Table of Contents

Preface: Glimpses of Life in an Indonesian Junior High School Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two:Contextualizing the Puzzle Chapter Three: Creation and Development of Educational Decentralization Chapter Four: Connecting Current Conditions to Their Historical Roots Chapter Five: Two Distinct Worlds Chapter Six: Teacher Attachments to the System Chapter Seven: Policy Implementation at the Local Level Chapter Eight: Autonomy and Resistance at St. Timothy's Junior High Chapter Nine: Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"The book is succinct and well written….This book will be of value to students of Indonesian education and comparativists interested in the process of educational change and specifically in educational decentralization." – COMPARE, Vol. 36, No. 4, December 2006

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