A historical overview of mathematics curriculum reform and development in modern Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia has the fourth largest education system in the world in terms of student population; yet due to a variety of reasons, internationally there is little literature available about Indonesian education, particularly in its historical change and development. Th is paper focuses on Indonesian national school math- ematics curriculum, and provides a historical overview and documentation of the reform and evolution of the mathematics curriculum in modern Indonesia. Both external and internal factors in relation to Indonesian education that have infl uenced the mathematics curriculum reform and development in this period of time are examined and their implications to general mathematics curriculum reform and development are discussed in the paper.