REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM

Abstract

The implementation of the independent curriculum is an important part of the history of curriculum development in Indonesia. Curriculum changes in Indonesia have been frequent done throughout the history of education in Indonesia. The aim of this research is to reflect on one important issue in implementing the independent curriculum namely differentiated learning. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive with a field research approach, data collection was carried out by observation, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and interviews related to differentiated learning at the junior high school level. The target school that was the subject of data collection was the third generation of Sekolah Penggerak. The research results show that Teachers ' understanding regarding differentiated learning is still not optimal. Some teachers only understand partially the part of differentiated learning, while the whole aspects in differentiation of processes, content and products have not yet been fully understood. This is being particular concern because one the difference between the implementation of the independent curriculum and previous curricula is on the learning process.