Curriculum of EFL Teacher Education and Indonesian Qualification Framework: A Blip of the Future Direction

Abstract: Indonesian Qualification Framework (IQF) is a description of qualification levels for all Indonesian learning outcomes or certificate statements in Indonesian schooling from year 9 to higher education. TheIQF holds a legal endorsement in the form of Presidential Decree no. 8/2012. This IQF will specify equivalencies between Indonesian and foreign qualifications, thus improving Indonesia’s international competitiveness and making the country more open to global trade. As a consequence, the structures of curriculum in all Indonesian educationsshould base on this document. Defined as the expanding circle countriesin Kachru’s concentric circles, Indonesia needs English language teachereducation with appropriate structures of curriculum relevant to the global world and 21st century learning. This article intends to describe the IQF,the 21st Century learning, and the upcoming structure of the EL Teacher education Curriculum in Indonesia. More specifically, this article aims atanalyzing: 1) how Indonesian Teachers should develop their curriculum according to the IQF descriptors; 2) how macro-social factors in SLA such as global and national status of L2, boundaries and identities, or institutional forces and constraints should be considered in thedevelopment of the curriculum structures of English language teachereducation; and 3) how the 21st century trends should be blended in the curriculum.

Keywords: Indonesian qualification framework, 21st century learning, SLA social contexts, and English language teacher education

Author: Susilo

Journal Code: jppendidikangg150155

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