Examining Inclusive Education of Minority Children in Indonesia

Muhayani, Ulfah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9644-6159 (2024) Examining Inclusive Education of Minority Children in Indonesia. Doctoral thesis, Queensland University of Technology.

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Abstract

This thesis examines the inclusive education of minority children in Indonesia. The minority children examined here include children from religious and ethnic minorities, children with disability/special education need (SEN), and children belonging to the Adat Indigenous community. Inclusive education was officially introduced at the Salamanca world conference in 1994 as a promising a new pedagogical approach. Since then, it has become a global education reform, with the cornerstone of this reform lying in the inclusion of minority children. The overarching question of this thesis was “To what extent does the Indonesian education system meet the needs of minority students and offer them an inclusive education?” To answer the question, this thesis examined the Indonesian government laws, regulations, and policies on education and compared them with practice by exploring voices within schools, including the views of school principals, teachers, children, and parents.
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory was used as the theoretical frame for this thesis. A multilevel mixed-methods research design was employed, involving data collection through surveys, document analysis, and interviews with school principals, teachers, and children from both minority and non-minority groups. Drawing data mainly from primary schools in Indonesia, the experiences of the children from minority groups in schools and the classroom practices of the teachers (microsystem), families’ perspective (mesosystem), and the government’s policies on inclusive education of minority children (exosystem & macrosystem) are described.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Keywords:	inclusive education, minority, children, Indonesia, ethnicity, religious minority, disabilities, school, special educatiob
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130101 Continuing and Community Education 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130102 Early Childhood Education 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130105 Primary Education 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130199 Education systems not elsewhere classified 13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies In Education > 130307 Ethnic Education 13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies In Education > 130312 Special Education and Disability 13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies In Education > 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1605 Policy and Administration > 160506 Education Policy
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of Islamic Education Management
Depositing User:	Ulfah Muhayani
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2024 08:08

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