COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES OF EDUCATION
Nation United States relies heavily on the ability of education, because it is through education that developed in terms of its programs, US nationals in their schools, were able to carry out its own government ( self-government ) in accordance with high intelligence. In through education in its schools they can be united as one nation berbineka Tunggal Ika, so that the nation of the immigrant Europe and America and so can be integrated into the American way of life ( the way of American life ) Serata taught about equality of rights and obligations.
Although the US education system is derived from European culture but its schools are not a duplicate of a European native country. Schools in the United States took the style and form in accordance with the ideals or new aspirations. The values are well maintained and the poor and not in accordance with the ideals of America abandoned.
US education policy commission set strategy that "Any system of thought and action in education is formulated based on the ideals and interests of the developing dominant and widespread in society at the time of the formulation was done".
Therefore, the purpose of education in the United States also formulated in a variety of formulations, for all groups of people were given the right and opportunity to participate in the formulation, for example: "The purpose of education is to provide reassurance, to ensure compliance, to maintain stability, to the preparation of life after death, to develop the potential of each individual, and to provide continuous improvement of society ".
In educational administration in the United States found a wide range of formulation of educational objectives as follows:
"To assure that the schools will provide for the education of all as democratic ideal" . (that education is to help the American people closer to the democratic ideal).
"To assure that the schools will provide for the education of all natonal as a basis for stability and progress" . (that the purpose of education should ensure that the school will provide education for all as a foundation for stability and progress.
That goal should be to guarantee that every individual should be given the opportunity to develop themselves so that it can be fully aware of the potential capabilities and at the same time, it can help to repair the community, state and nation.
That goal must recognize that education is the key to making a better life for all.
That goal should be deemed satisfactory if the destination where it was developed by the community through intelligent participation, discussion and mutual understanding in society.
The problems that occur in the world of education in the United States can be seen from the questions posed in the four issues as follows:
How should the relation between education and religious organizations?
How should the relation between education and state politics?
How should the relation between education and each individual citizen?
How should the relationship between the state with individual citizens and development?
The United States is a country that is made up of a wide variety of religious communities with the origins of the cultural ancestors of the native country, including other religion brought from their home country. There are many religious organizations or churches, religious organizations and even Jews and Hindus as well as Muslims are in variouscity big.
a.Basic principle of respect for human freedom, as proclaimed by Thomas Jeffreson, "that in establishing institutions kependidikanpun American people feel they have their own freedoms guaranteed by the Law of the State.There isabout 257 sects of the church in a variety of different flows from each other, feel the need to spread the religion through educational institutions in accordance with the special features of their sect. Then grow there developed a variety of forms / model schools run free. Central and local governments in the United States not to interfere with the religious education of each church organization, because the problem of religion is not the government's business, but the private affair of the American people.
b.Political statehood United States is a liberal democracy based on human rights as proclaimed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 consisting of four chapters, as follows:
1. Free speech and opinion.
2. Non worship according to their beliefs.
3. Freedom from poverty.
4. Freedom from fear
c.Citizens United were given the freedom to choose the appropriate work and expertise of individual talents and abilities.
d.In contrast to the state contained in the authoritarian state, the United States as a democratic state, the personal development of citizens are preferred.
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