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The 4 Educational Science International Conference
Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age

ECED-01

An Exploratory Case Study of Early Childhood Education Curriculum Reform in
Indonesia: Lessons Learned from Indonesia

Budi Rahardjo
Mulawarman University, Indonesia
budirahardjopaud@gmail.com

Abstract

This study explores early childhood education curriculum reform in Indonesia. The research
design adopts case study approach aiming to dig extensively about the result of analysis of
early childhood education curriculum especially parent involvement in the curriculum
development. The data gathering technique employs unstructured interview towards
participants, consisting of two teachers and two headmasters representing national and local
curriculum school model in Indonesia. This study discovers three important themes in the
research data: The role of parents in the early childhood education curriculum, parents as co-
collaborators of teachers in developing early childhood curriculum, and the learning material
contents in early childhood education curriculum in Indonesia. The implication of this study
result emphasizes on the context of parents’ role in developing the curriculum of early
childhood education as teachers’ main partners in the efforts of developing basic
competencies such as knowledge, skills, and the attitudes involved in the learning of early
childhood in Indonesia.

Keywords: Early Childhood, Curriculum Policy, Curriculum Reform, Curriculum
Transformation, Parent Involvement

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