Holistic Education

Educational paradigm
Although the government should be responsible for the quality of national education, the party most knowledgeable about the quality and capabilities of our students is an educator. Thus, the duties and rights pendidiklah to give the assessment. Determination of national standards for graduation to assume the quality of education in each region the same. In fact, there are still gaps between the educational process in the towns and villages, even between provinces and islands.
Determination of the minimum limit of 4.5 provides an illustration of graduation, the government viewed the process of education just as the transfer of knowledge that can be easily measured with numbers. The determination was to reduce the meaning of education as a process of personal maturation includes the development, cognitive, affective, mental, and personality.
John Dewey in the book Education and Democracy (1916) has mendengungkan concept of integral education based on the capabilities, needs and experiences of students. Reality-based education and experience of the students actually forms of resistance and criticism on the traditional educational patterns which only move the science of the past to each new generation.
Education is not just people who are good at memorizing print count, but gave birth to those impersonal cooked. Education is not just a place to hone the sharpness of the brain, but a place to sow the basic values of life to reach for the future and living in a society. Indonesian nation in desperate need of the education system like that, especially for young generations strong and responsible, and able to repair the nation's life
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Thus, the insistence on the government to remain establish a national standard exam, just because they want to encourage students to work hard, will not provide sustainable positive impact for the maturity and independence of learners. Even that standard is not representative as a reference point to know the quality of education of this nation.
While the revised articles of the Government Regulation No. 19/2005, as it urged the House of Representatives, will not be meaningful when there is no renewal and reconstruction of the educational paradigm.
Government task
In the context of holistic education, the government does not need to take over the role of educators to set educational standards because the government does not deal directly with learners. The task of government is to create conditions and an effective education system, integral, and develop educators and students.
First, the distribution of education infrastructure and superstructure. In many areas of educational facilities is very worrying. Lack of teachers in the country, many school buildings are not suitable to be used, and mental penggemblengan dedication of educators, is a big job that should be prioritized and completed government.
Quite absurd if the government suddenly graduation standards set nationally, while the development and promotion of education is still very partial.
Second, changes in the education system from centralization to decentralization. This change is very possible the school to explore, both in program and curriculum that truly contextual, which is based on the needs of the students and together with the local culture and character. So the assessment standards lies in the addition level of knowledge and personal development, such as respect for others, respect differences, discipline, and responsibility for self and others.
Third, a holistic educational process also requires a culture of learning in the community. Thus, the process can not be dikotakkan education in formal education only, but need to be made sustainable education system between schools, families, and communities. Educational process can not be separated from the rhythms of community life for the community to determine the educational process through the values and structures. Instead of education contributed to changing values of society. Building a culture of reading in society can be the starting point to build this culture of learning.
Whether developing nations educational system, lies not in the national exam standards imposed or whether the Government Regulation No. 19/2005 be revised, but at least born a new educational system that develops the essential values of humanity. During the process of education remains a certain model of teaching, knowledge transfer, education delivery only smart people but not necessarily true, but not necessarily expert humble, intelligent but not necessarily wiser.