A Scientific Approach for the Accelerated Preparation of Indonesian Senior High School Students: Development of Economics Tools and Teaching Materials

Abstract

Indonesia's educational system is becoming a concern, especially with regard to the 2013 curriculum, at the time of this study. Curriculum-based and student-centered approaches are a focus but its implementation is not ready in all aspects. Much has been considered on the pros and cons, revisions have been made, and those ready to apply the 2013 curriculum are welcome to implement this approach. Those not ready will continue to apply the 2006 curriculum. Indonesia has been using the Dual System (2006 and 2013) curriculum to include both strategies. The purpose of this study is to help map out tools and teaching materials in support of the 2013 curriculum, especially for the subject of economics for senior high schools in Indonesia. The development of tools and instructional materials in accordance with the principles of 2013 curriculum is very exciting for teachers and students. The results of this study found the current economics tools and teaching materials in high schools are ineffective for students. Second, the development of tools and teaching materials for economics in Senior high schools to help the stakeholders to improve the educational activities was very interesting in preparing students in the context of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The developed product is called E-conosmart and Econo-SmartCard (dual languages) which is displayed in every classroom in the 10–12th grades on the subject of economics, which students can read anytime they want as a mobile application without using economics textbooks.