Schools and Communities: A Partnership to Enhance the Quality of Alternative Education in Indonesia

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 7, 111 - 121, 04.12.2019

Herlina Herlina , Suparno Eko Wıdodo , R. Madhakomala

https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.615697

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The partnership
between school and community can have some benefits to reach students’
achievement. The present research aimed at analyzing varieties of school and
communities’ partnerships in providing alternative schools at the senior high school
level. A single case study research method was employed with two informants as
the primary data source and sixteen informants as the secondary data source.
The data were collected through open ended, in depth interviews, and direct
observations. The result suggested that Master Learning Center collaborated
with particular communities, is able to provide educational needs affecting
students’ achievement. This led to a general conclusion that
schools-communities’ partnerships are considered an effective type of
cooperation to supply the needs of schooling. The partnerships either assisted
marginal society with the education quality improvement.

Keywords

Alternative Education, Schools-Communities Partnerships, quality of education

Thanks

We gratefully thank to Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia, STKIP Kusuma Negara, Jakarta, Indonesia, Master Learning Center-Depok, East Java, Indonesia, Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education as the Proponent of Lecturers’ Scholarship.

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