Name : Ambar Wardah Hasan

Class/no abs : XII-P4/04

Pros and Cons of Curriculum 2013

Curriculum 2013 started to be implented on the school academic year 2013/2014.

Although it has been officially used but the latest curriculum is still still raising the pros and cons among
educational practitioners.

Those who support it state that Curriculum 2013 is actually aiming to solidify the lessons so
it does not burden the students. As a result, students will focus on the challenges of the future of the
nation. So also with the teachers, they are not burdened in the preparation of the Education Unit Level
Curriculum.

Further Curriculum 2013 itself is actually not something new. Curriculum 2013 is a
combination of two kinds of earlier educational curriculum in Indonesia; CBSA (active student learning)
and KTSP (education level curriculum). It is very advategeous as CBSA teaches students to be critical.

Conversely, those who do not agree with Curriculum 2013 state the new curriculum is less
focus because it combines the learning subjects. In primary school it combines science subjects with
Indonesian. According to them combining two subjects into one material may not be effective as it does
not consider teacher’s competences in most of schools in different regions in Indonesia.

Some parents also do not aggree with Curriculum 2013 as they still want that English is
given to students from primary school. They argue that mastering foreign language need long time and
prcess and it is good if statred from earlier. They added that many sources of common knowledges is
written in foreign language, especially English.

The reason for the application of Curriculum 2013 also does not have a strong foundation.
There is no in-depth study of the causes of the failure of previous curriculum which makes it to be
replaced with the new one

Finally the pros and cons are always there. Curriculum 2013 has been already
implemented. Will this new curriculum successfully lead education in Indonesia to move forward? We’re
all going to see it.
Paragraph 1 Stating issue – The implementation of Curriculum 2013

Paragraph 2 & 3 Supporting arguments

– Curriculum 2013 is aiming to solidify the lessons
– Curriculum 2013 is a combination of two kinds of earlier educational curriculum in Indonesia

paragraph 4, 5, dan 6 Against Arguments

– the new curriculum is less focus
– they still want that English is given to students from primary school
– application of Curriculum 2013 also does not have a strong foundation.

paragraph 7 Conclussion /Recommendation

– pros and cons are always there, dst
 THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION IN EDUCATION

Basically, technology is created to ease humans’ work. Nowadays technology has become the
primary needs of humans. Even technology has been used in all aspects of human life, such as in the
fields of medicine, communications, military, transportation and education. From those various fields,
the implementation of technology in education is still very limited. In reality, the implementation of
technology is more widely used in the field of entertainment. This utilization would have actually cause a
lot of problems such as abuse and harm to the health. Nevertheless, if implemented in education,
technology can assist and accelerate educational purposes. Here are some advantages of the application
of technology in education.

Technology can help teachers teach

It can be a tool for teachers to convey their teaching materials to students. With the use of technology
in the learning process, teachers can deliver course material with very easy and effective. Teachers who
teach will be easier to achieve learning goals, if using technology.

Technology will spark teachers’ creativity

It can create creativity sense of teachers. They can be more creative in creating teaching methods. With
it, they will be encouraged to be creative because the technology is just a tool that requires a person to
operate it. If without teachers, technology will not affect in education optimally.

Technology helps students learn

Implementation of technology in teaching and learning will make students more interested in following
lessons. If students had interested in what the teacher taught, it is not necessary to ask students to be
serious in learning. Students will be active automatically and will not feel the boredom due to learning.

Technology can create exciting learning activities

With the technology teachers can create exciting learning atmosphere. It is very good to trigger the
students’ understanding in learning so that they will understand quickly what is conveyed by the
teacher. In addition, the students also will not feel bored because they would love to learn with learning
methods that is interesting. If students excited learning, their grades would have increase in some
subjects that are usually considered difficult like maths, bhs. English, etc.

Make students easy to find source of learning

Technology information especially internet, provides a wide range of learning resources that can be
accessed by students anytime and anywhere. They can get all the references that they need for free.
The more they learned from different sources, the smarter students will be.

Technology can raise school standards

Schools which are using technology in the teaching process will improve their quality. The school will be
favorite school and become a destination for students to study at the school.
 Technology makes students have wide insight
If Students had use the technology properly will have extensive knowledge. Even they can be active in
the international forums of communication that can train them to be proactive students.

Based on the discussion above, it can be concluded that the technology is very useful in education
world especially good for teachers, students and schools. Therefore education practitioners should use
technology in education.

 If without teachers, technology will not affect in education optimally(type 1)

fact: without teachers might technology not affect in education
 If students had interested in what the teacher taught, it is not necessary to ask students to be serious in
learning. (type 2)
fact: students have not interested in what the teacher taught, so it is necessary to ask students to be
serious in learning
 If students excited learning, their grades would have increase in some subjects that are usually
considered difficult like maths, bhs. English, etc. (type 3)
fact : students didn’t excited learning so their grades didn’t increase in some subjects that are usually
considered difficult like maths, bhs. English, etc.