SympI-4 SCIENCE EDUCATION IN INDONESIA AND THE ROLE OF JAPAN SCIENCE EDUCATION TO IMPROVE IT

Abstract

Supported by JICA, now three growth centers of science education in Indonesia improve them selves in all aspects of science education and collaborate each other in the project called IMSTEP. In the beginning of the project several surveys have been conducted in order to get the data base for restmcmring and improving the aspects of science education, such as curriculum and syllabi, teaching methodology, teaching materials, and cooperation between the university and its surrounded schools. In this project training in some aspects of science education for Indonesian lecturers has also been done in Japan in order to learn Japan science education. This training has great influence on the development of science education in Indonesia. The training affects the ingredient of the draft on new curriculum and the practice of science teaching in lndonesian middle schools. In order to make a better cooperation in science education between Japan and Indonesia, some activities should be done, such as joint researches in science education in promoting mutual understanding in science education between two countries, opportunity for Indonesian science teachers to visit Japan and learn science education in Japan, and the development of sister university between two countries.