5 As an organized set of intention, a curriculum articulates the relationships
among its different elements objectives, content, evaluation, etc., integrating them into a unified and coherent whole.
6 Both education and training are referred to in the definition to avoid the
misunderstanding that occurs of one is omitted. From the illustration above, I conclude that a curriculum is a subject
included in a course of study which is taught at a particular school, college, Hornby, 1995: 287, a set of formal educational andor training intentions Pratt
1980: 4, and also a kind of guidance that is developed to make teaching-learning activities progress well Skager, 1977: 23.
2.2.4.2 School-Based Curriculum KTSP
Realizing that there are so many changes happen in Indonesian community, the government, that is Department of National Education, reformed the curriculum
that has been used since 1954. There have been several English curriculums. They are the 1954 curriculum, the 1968 curriculum, the 1975 curriculum, the 1984
curriculum, the 1994 curriculum, the KBK as the sources for English teaching activities. And the latest curriculum applied is the KTSP Kurikulum Tingkat
Satuan Pendidikan. The main goal in reforming the curriculum is to increase the education
quality. The standards that should be achieved are that the graduate students have the capabilities, knowledge and manners that can be useful for the next, either
when they apply for a job or when they want to continue their studies.
According to Standar Nasional Pendidikan SNP chapter 1, article 15 School Based Curriculum KTSP is an operational curriculum which is
constructed and run by each unit of education. The unit of education constructs the KTSP based on the competence standard and basic competence SKKD
which have been developed by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan BSNP. The KTSP is constructed considering the following reasons:
1 UU No. 20 Th.2003 about Sisdiknas;
2 PP No. 19 Th. 2005 about Standar Nasional Pendidikan;
3 Permendiknas No. 22 Th. 2006 about Standar Isi;
4 Permendiknas No. 23 Th. 2006 about Standar Kompetensi Lulusan;
5 Permendiknas No. 24 Th.2006 about the application of Permendiknas no. 22
and 23. Moreover, KTSP is developed based on these principles:
1 Focused on the potention, development, need, and the interest and the
environment of the students 2
Various and united 3
Respond to the development of sciences, technologies, and arts 4
Relevant with the need of life 5
Troughout and continued 6
Long life education 7
Balance with the national interest and the region interest. There are four components included in School-Based Curriculum, they
are:
1 The education goal of the education unit elementary, junior and senior level 2 The structure and curriculum contents containing subject matters, local
content, self-development, arrangement of the study materials, criterion of study completeness, criterion of class promotion and graduation, life skill
education, and education on the basis of local and global 3 Education calendar
4 Enclosure annual program, syllabus, lesson plan, standard competence, basis competence, self-development program, and other instruments; for example
mapping basis competence or indicator
2.2.4.3 Characteristics of School-Based Curriculum KTSP
