English Teacher Education in Indonesia: How It Responds to Change
J. Bismoko
English teacher education in Indonesia
is no exception in confronting rapid change, obligatory and optional,
internally and externally driven, academic and managerial. One type of change
which is probably characteristically Indonesia
is the fast growth of newly founded teacher training institutions, which the
English education or applied linguistic department is part of. On a more
general ground, new education issues keep rolling, such as quality assurance
and etacher certification. All this, coupled with the large coverage of
geographical areas of characteristically varied sub-cultural background, makes
it hardly beneficial to attempt for any accurate generalization. This paper,
therefore, while touching upon general educational basis, will emphasize on
discussing the change mechanism of English teacher education institutions,
highligting their responses to two types of particularly English-related and
ongoing change in ndonesia: the competency-based curriculum and the wider roles
of English in school and society.
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Bismoko, J. (2006, April). English teacher education in Indonesia: How it
responds to change. Paper presented
at the 41st RELC International Seminar, Singapore.
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