education during the colonial time in indonesia
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This presentation slides were used to explain and to critically analyze the educational goals during the Dutch colonization in Indonesia in the beginning 20th century using a chosen artifact (a short video).TRANSCRIPT
Education During the Colonial Experience in IndonesiaBy: Iwan Syahril
Michigan State University, Fall 2011
The purpose
❖To explain and critically analyze educational goals during the Dutch colonization in East Indies/Indonesia (1920-1930) using a video artifact “Onderwijs in Indie”.
The Video❖ Title: Onderwijs in Indie (Education in the Indies)
❖ Length: 3 minutes 41 seconds.
❖ About: Mixed scenes of different schools in Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in late 1920s.
• Dutch Chinese School, National/Village School, Dutch Indonesian School, Dutch Chinese/Indonesian Normal School, Vocational School, European High School.
❖ Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fweO3Sfsj1M
❖ Original Source: Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam.
ORIENTAL EDUCATION
OCCIDENTAL EDUCATION
In summary...
The Colonial Power
The Social Economic Power
The Masses, The Majority
Labaree’s Educational Goals
❖ Democratic Equality - Education for the masses, through Ethical Policy, 1907. Separate but Equal?
❖ Social Efficiency - Education to fill the administrative positions, & keeping up with demand of growing industries.
❖ Social Mobility - Equal access to all provided language & money; credentials?
Separate but Equal? or Separate and Unequal?
❖ By 1930, Dutch East Indies’ national primary enrollment only reached 12.2% (Benavot & Riddle, 1988), 87.7% ???
❖ Different support: financing, administration, ethnicity. Video shows the quality of furniture and school supplies.
Language Policy to Maintain
Power/Credentials
❖ Similar cases in French West Africa, French Indochina (Kelly, 1984); in Taiwan during Japanese occupation (Tsurumi, 1984).
Conclusion: Educational Goals are problematic!
❖ (Low/High Quality) Education for All?
❖Language and Power.