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ItemThe qualities of parent-professional relationships that benefit children with disabilities in Jakarta, Indonesia( 2002)While the literature has consistently recognized the importance of an equal partnership in the relationship between parents and professionals from Western perspective, information about this kind of relationship in Indonesia is still limited. This study set out to investigate the qualities of parent-professional relationships in Jakarta, Indonesia, from the perspective of parents. This aim of the study was pursued by investigating parents' perceptions of professionals' behaviour who worked in the field of disability. An examination was also made of the significance of relationships between parents' perceptions and their personal and demographic characteristics, as well as the influence of the children's gender, age, education, type of therapy, frequency of therapy, length of therapy and length of schooling on parents' perceptions of professionals' behaviour. Finally, parents' perceptions were examined in relationships to the nature of their child's disabilities and the type of professionals they consulted. The fieldwork was conducted in 2002 in some special schools and treatment centers in Jakarta, Indonesia. Data was collected in two stages. In the first stage, a two-part questionnaire consisting of questions on personal and demographic characteristics of parents and children (Part I) and the Measure Processes of Care-Indonesia (MPOC-Indonesia) (Part II) were given to the parents whose disabled children were enrolled in elementary special schools or who attended treatment centers. In the second stage, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six parents. The data collected were then analysed using one-way analysis of variance and t-tests. The data from the MPOC-Indonesia showed that parents needed to be empowered and respected by professionals. In addition, parents also expressed the importance of two-way and equal communication between them and professionals. From this study it was revealed that the parent-professional relationship in Jakarta was still professional-centred, with professionals played a more active role in the child's education or treatment. The parents' personal and demographic variables had no significant relationship with their perceptions of the professionals' behaviour, nor did the nature of a child's disability or the type of professionals. However, child's age at diagnosis and child's length of schooling significantly contributed to parents' perceptions of the professionals' behaviour. The aspects of professionals' behaviour that were considered important by the parents in the interviews were: providing and sharing information, being empathetic, listening, and being informal, regardless of the type of professionals. These findings are consistent with the four factors of MPOC-Indonesia.
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ItemNew objectives for Indonesian education: a critical account of the present stage of development of a government educational system in Indonesia( 1956)My thesis is: "Taking into consideration all relevant factors, Indonesia is developing a modern educational system which is steadily being adapted to meet the needs of the country". It is inevitable that, in considering the degree to which a system has become modern, a foreigner must be influenced by his own "western" oriented background. I have .spent my educational life in the science section of a government secondary school and in a teachers' college in Australia. My particular interests will be reflected in the attention I have given to the state system and the relative neglect of the private systems in Indonesia. In any case, the total field is too vast for first hand study so that most attention is given to that part of education controlled by the Department of Instruction in the Ministry of Education, Instruction and Culture. (From introduction)