EDUCATION 
CURRICULUM 
COMPARISON IN 
FINLAND AND 
INDONESIA 
By: Arini Hasanah Setiati
Questions to be Asked 
1.What is the purpose of curriculum? 
2. What are the criteria of a good curriculum? 
3.Why does Finnish curriculum become the 
best one in the world? 
4.What happened to Indonesian curriculum? 
5.What should we do concerning with 
education curriculum?
Curriculum 
Teacher 
Student 
Personal 
Developmen 
t 
Studies, Daily Life, 
Career 
Knowledge 
Acquisition 
UNESCO: 
Developmen 
t of Thinking 
Skill
Good curriculum plays an important role in forging life-long learning 
competencies, social attitudes and skills. The main principles associated 
with good school curriculum: 
• To enable students to use foundational 
knowledge to develop new skills 
Coherent & Sequential 
• To guard students to gain in-depth 
understanding & competency 
Focus on Essential 
Topic 
• To meet the needs of students’ specific 
interest 
Include Core & 
Specific Knowledge 
• Criteria as students’ learning measurement & 
high expectation to push students’ to achieve 
set goals 
Include Rigid Criteria 
& High Expectation 
• To create interactive learning environment 
Adopt Inquiry-Based 
Pedagogical Methods 
& Hands-on Activities
Finnish Curriculum as the Best 
Education Curriculum in the 
World 
 20 years ago, Finland was a poor 
country which only depends on 
agriculture. 
 The country’s top ranking in the PISA’s 
(Program for International Student 
Assessment) hall of fame.
The Finnish model of schooling 
offers a humanistic 
approach to educating 
children
Children are 
accustomed to 
reading since 
their early age
Strict selection 
of teacher
Teachers are 
well-paid
Early 
childhood 
education 
becomes the 
emphasis of 
education
Curriculum 
applied 
consistently
Minimized test
No students’ 
rank
Education 
costs certified 
by the state
Students 
spend less 
time in the 
classroom
Teaching 
methods, 
curriculum & 
course books 
freely 
determined by 
teachers
Small class 
with 
competent 
teachers
Less 
homework to 
do
Slow learners 
get more 
intensive 
support
Indonesian Curriculum 
Development 
• Dutch education orientation 
• Character and love the nation 
Kurikulum Rencana 
Pembelajaran (1947)- 
”Leer Plan” 
• Daily life content of subject 
• One teacher for one subject 
Kurikulum Rencana 
Pelajaran Terurai (1952) 
• Active, creative, productive, skillful & 
problem solving learning concept 
• Focus on “Pancawardhana” program 
Kurikulum Rencana 
Pendidikan (1964) 
• Integrated & theoretical approaches 
Kurikulum 1968 • Genuine human 
• Effective & efficient curriculum 
• Aims to build national development in 
various fields 
Kurikulum 1975
Cont. 
• Contextual teaching & 
learning 
• “CBSA (Cara Belajar Siswa 
Aktif)” teaching approach 
Kurikulum 
1984 
• Competency based 
curriculum/ “KBK” 
• Focus on life skill 
Kurikulum 
1994 
• “KTSP (Kurikulum Tingkat 
Satuan Pendidikan)” 
Kurikulum 
2004 
• Integrated thematic learning approach 
• prepare students who have qualified 
competence, meet the challenges of the age, 
encourage creativity, improve math literacy, 
familiarizing students with the data, to teach 
moral values 
Kurikulum 
2013
What Should be Done? 
 For Education & Culture Minister, education 
agents as well as education stakeholders: 
should focus on teacher’s quality, no money 
oriented, evaluate the previous curriculum 
before designing the new one, and emphasize 
on humanism in curriculum issue to produce 
students that can build in themselves discipline 
and mental qualities that preempt cheating, or 
fraudulently acquiring academic achievements. 
They have also acquired integrated life skills 
and become lifelong learners, creative thinkers 
and motivated, capable individuals.

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Education Curriculum in finland and indonesia

  • 1. EDUCATION CURRICULUM COMPARISON IN FINLAND AND INDONESIA By: Arini Hasanah Setiati
  • 2. Questions to be Asked 1.What is the purpose of curriculum? 2. What are the criteria of a good curriculum? 3.Why does Finnish curriculum become the best one in the world? 4.What happened to Indonesian curriculum? 5.What should we do concerning with education curriculum?
  • 3. Curriculum Teacher Student Personal Developmen t Studies, Daily Life, Career Knowledge Acquisition UNESCO: Developmen t of Thinking Skill
  • 4. Good curriculum plays an important role in forging life-long learning competencies, social attitudes and skills. The main principles associated with good school curriculum: • To enable students to use foundational knowledge to develop new skills Coherent & Sequential • To guard students to gain in-depth understanding & competency Focus on Essential Topic • To meet the needs of students’ specific interest Include Core & Specific Knowledge • Criteria as students’ learning measurement & high expectation to push students’ to achieve set goals Include Rigid Criteria & High Expectation • To create interactive learning environment Adopt Inquiry-Based Pedagogical Methods & Hands-on Activities
  • 5. Finnish Curriculum as the Best Education Curriculum in the World  20 years ago, Finland was a poor country which only depends on agriculture.  The country’s top ranking in the PISA’s (Program for International Student Assessment) hall of fame.
  • 6. The Finnish model of schooling offers a humanistic approach to educating children
  • 7. Children are accustomed to reading since their early age
  • 10. Early childhood education becomes the emphasis of education
  • 15. Students spend less time in the classroom
  • 16. Teaching methods, curriculum & course books freely determined by teachers
  • 17. Small class with competent teachers
  • 19. Slow learners get more intensive support
  • 20. Indonesian Curriculum Development • Dutch education orientation • Character and love the nation Kurikulum Rencana Pembelajaran (1947)- ”Leer Plan” • Daily life content of subject • One teacher for one subject Kurikulum Rencana Pelajaran Terurai (1952) • Active, creative, productive, skillful & problem solving learning concept • Focus on “Pancawardhana” program Kurikulum Rencana Pendidikan (1964) • Integrated & theoretical approaches Kurikulum 1968 • Genuine human • Effective & efficient curriculum • Aims to build national development in various fields Kurikulum 1975
  • 21. Cont. • Contextual teaching & learning • “CBSA (Cara Belajar Siswa Aktif)” teaching approach Kurikulum 1984 • Competency based curriculum/ “KBK” • Focus on life skill Kurikulum 1994 • “KTSP (Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan)” Kurikulum 2004 • Integrated thematic learning approach • prepare students who have qualified competence, meet the challenges of the age, encourage creativity, improve math literacy, familiarizing students with the data, to teach moral values Kurikulum 2013
  • 22. What Should be Done?  For Education & Culture Minister, education agents as well as education stakeholders: should focus on teacher’s quality, no money oriented, evaluate the previous curriculum before designing the new one, and emphasize on humanism in curriculum issue to produce students that can build in themselves discipline and mental qualities that preempt cheating, or fraudulently acquiring academic achievements. They have also acquired integrated life skills and become lifelong learners, creative thinkers and motivated, capable individuals.