Comment on Dr. Marsigit’s Paper at One Day Seminar about The National Value, The Value Of Mathematics and The National Standard

Globalization effects influence in every aspect of human living for many country in the world including Indonesia. Quickly development in information technology and telecommunication in this global era obligating every country to progress their competition to stay exist in international level or just become global market object which manipulated by capitalists to their prosperous. Indonesia effort to increase human resources quality which have creativity, logical thinking, consistently, cooperating, not easy to give up, and also high spirit. But there is a question about how the managing of human resources in Indonesia, is it according with the national purpose of this country. Observing from the fact Indonesia still left behind in international competition that indicated by the low quality level of human resources if we compare with other country, it means that Indonesia are not ready to faced the globalization steam.

After read Dr. Marsigit’s paper titled Gerakan Reformasi Untuk Menggali dan Mengembangkan Nilai-Nilai Matematika Untuk Menggapai Kembali Nilai-Nilai Luhur Bangsa Menuju Standar Internasional Pendidikan, I interest to be more critically thinking about education problem in Indonesia that not have point of the solution yet until nowadays. National reformation that expected at this time are not according with the fact. National reformation in all over the side faced many obstructions which be more complex along the quickly of change. In the other hand, long economy crisis causing Indonesia hard to develop.

Dr. Marsigit said, national reformation of education are required in two level, both of macro and micro level. In macro level, national reformation of education should renovating the perspectives and developing educational paradigm by hold on and increasing quality also professionalism and manageable the society going to the new Indonesia that is opened Indonesia, democracy and united. Educational reformation in micro level means educational reformation in the level of lesson study practician have done in class by the teacher and it can be measured by how far teacher could be able in reflecting their educating ways from traditional in to progressive. Dr. Marsigit also explain about how mathematics value can be developed to catch back the nation’s glorious value. It based on how we interpreting mathematics value it self. mathematics value can be interpreted by using three approach, there are ontology, epistemology, and axiology in border of intrinsic, extrinsic, and systemic value.

This paper is really able used as reference to us as next generation in generally, and student of mathematics education in specially, to take a role in progressing national education quality up to international level.