1. Reforming teacher deployment in Indonesia
- Author
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Edy Priyono, Mark Heyward, Mahargianto, and Aos Santosa Hadiwijaya
- Subjects
Economic growth ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,050301 education ,Distribution (economics) ,Sample (statistics) ,Development ,Decentralization ,language.human_language ,Indonesian ,Politics ,Software deployment ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,language ,National level ,050207 economics ,Comparative education ,business ,0503 education - Abstract
This paper reports on a mixed-method, multiple-site study of teacher deployment in Indonesian primary schools. Results from a sample of 23 districts were analysed at district and national level. Substantial disparities in teacher distribution were found in all districts, between schools, between sub-districts and between specialist subjects. Two main issues emerged: uneven teacher distribution and small schools. The study found that a policy research approach which addresses political and cultural, as well as technical, dimensions at sub-national level can succeed in improving teacher deployment where previous efforts have failed.
- Published
- 2017