Transformative education as a dialectic of indonesian culture and modern culture

Abstract

Indonesia has being an independent state more than 73 year, but it is not yet a modern state. It is due to a lack of continuity between Indonesian culture (in the forms of local cultures and religions) and modern culture. National culture, in the form of Pancasila state, is not similar to the original Indonesian culture as it is a mix of Indonesian culture and modern culture. This article is to elaborate transformative education which will synergize Indonesian culture and modern culture. This article is a kind of qualitative research, using observation and literature study methods. It focuses on the immaterial aspects of culture, namely supra-structure of both Indonesian culture and the modern one. Curriculum 2013 Revised that discards religious skills from all subjects, except Religious Education and Civic Education, reflects that government has not yet formulated clearly the national education system. National education should be transformative that enables to synergize the Indonesian culture to the modern one.