Disorientation of National Education

Education is something that is vital to the formation of the character of a civilization and progress mengirinya. Including this nation who is now waiting for the implementation of the role of intellectual education, bringing the life of a civilized nation, highly competitive, qualified and independent. As diamantkan in the constitution of this country to individuals bear an independent, mature, responsible and sensitive to social problems in the neighborhood.

Unfortunately, as the ideals that have been mandated in the constitution of this nation as if still far from common expectations. History of education in this country it is always colored the various practical and political interests to be stunted for a few people caused. This shows disorientation national education becomes increasingly real. No wonder when the education in Indonesia today is not able to do anything constructive. That became blind to the middle of the capitalist world menghegemoninya, which fell on hedonic ideology and no longer able to reason critically.

Call it in the new order, for example, education in Indonesia is directed as a means of justifying his cronies. The World Campus was silenced and put in the stocks creativity so as not to raise our voice and endanger the power of the rulers. Even when the reform era has passed, the education in this country has not moved from the slump. Education pascareformasi precisely directed at komersialis education. Education is considered as a capitalist product that was expected to generate maximum profit for the owners of capital. Educational autonomy given to the unit level of education which only add clutter again students who become victims and tumbalnya.

This has identified that our education has experienced a shift from luhurnya ideals. Replace with the delivery of education products and animalistic egotism myself increasingly greedy, unfair and will void the philosophical values. Aksentuasinya lies in the formation of the intellectual insight that only trapped on the values of the dry life of morality and ethics in societal life.

Book "Education Menggugat Indonesia" by Moh. Yamin was dismantling the national education arrogance that always directed to justify the interests of the ruler and his cronies. Education in prison instead of power so that he could not improve the quality of this nation. Based on educational thinkers such as Paulo Freire Ki Hajar Dewantara dam reviews and discussions made in this book is a systematic and critical. Make this book displays the essence (spirit) true education. Expectations to be realized from an education is nothing but a life of harmony, peace, harmony and civilized to always forward the spirit of mutual cooperation and mutual assistance.

Review and extensive discussion of this book reflects serious enough to give offerings to the idea by trying to explain the scheme in detail. But, whatever it all, this book would still need a deep study. Laid the foundations of education thinking on the practical steps of our education to the demands of educational change in this country today. But clearly, at least, with this book we can begin to make changes in our educational world that is still far from our expectations together. Provide corrections or rethinking of ideas, concepts, theories and practices of national education is perceived by the author of this book is very urgent.

The author of this book is also as educational practitioners who are sensitive to the state of education in the country invites us all to rethink the nature of the meaning of education for the formation of national character. While forced to bring us all the Peduliâ on education in the country to work together to see the reality of education that happens in this country since the Old Order to the Order of the Reformation. Visit and thoroughly explore the concept of education Paulo Freire and Ki Hajar Dewantara in order to re-present in our education today. Moreover invites us all to make joint efforts to rescue the nation's education today.

Educational ideals that are supposed to not only promote humanist values and civilized, but also capable of reading the real condition of society in today's global world and the vision of the future. In other words, the future of this nation depends on the state of education today. Therefore, through this book, at least we can start to make this nation more successful humanize human beings and educational berintelektual too high and always be democratic, pluralist and humanist as well. A dream that would not only be a mere utopia, but we must try to make it happen right now.