Resilient and Sustainable Education Futures, Insights from Malaysia and Indonesia's COVID-19 Experience
Zainuddin, Z., Sumintono, B. & Perera, C.J. (2025). Resilient and Sustainable Education Futures, Insights from Malaysia and Indonesia's COVID-19 Experience. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/9789819649709
Overview
- Provides empirical insights into teaching and learning approaches using immersive technologies
- Suggests pedagogical strategies and support for curriculum development and realignment assessment methods
- Serves as a guide for remedial learning solutions and learning continuity relevant to sustainability education
About this book
This book creates awareness about effective and innovative learning using technology tools that can induce more fun and engagement in our present-day learning communities. It explores the post-pandemic educational practices of two countries, Malaysia and Indonesia, and presents reports of empirical evidence concerning the challenges and opportunities that have arisen due to the pandemic. This book also serves as a guide to provide educational practitioners, learners, and researchers with the knowledge required for curriculum development and realignment assessment methods, particularly in post-pandemic education. It provides further insights into advancing post-pandemic education, namely digital learning solutions for sustainable education, alternative assessments for remote education settings, continuous professional development for teachers in the COVID-19 recovery phase, learner engagement in virtual learning environments, and qualitative evidence of teaching and learning during the pandemic. This book serves as a point of reference and a useful resource for developing and underdeveloped countries that need to lean on alternative pedagogies that cater to the group of marginalized learners affected by the pandemic, and aligns with the goals of sustainable education worldwide.
Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program 2025, Batch 6 & 7 [extended to 24 Feb 2025]
The Faculty of Education at UIII invites all Ph.D. holders to participate in the Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program 2025, Batch 6 & 7 to spend three months as a research fellow.
During the grant period, awardees are expected to serve as guest lecturers, provide academic consultations, act as thesis examiners, present at a LunchTalk, and publish an article in Muslim Education Review (MER). The topic of the article should match the four areas of concentration at the Faculty of Education:
➡Curriculum, Teaching, & Learning
➡Educational Management & Policy
➡Educational Evaluation and Assessment
➡Education and Society
Each recipient will receive IDR 12 Million per month (excluding tax) and are expected to live in the campus facilities during the grant period (reimbursement of economic return tickets and on-campus accommodation are provided).
The awardees will start on:
➡May 1 – July 31, 2025 (Batch 6)
➡September 1 – November 30, 2025 (Batch 7)
Requirements:
➡CV
➡Application Letter
➡Writing sample (published article)
➡Research writing proposal (to be published in MER)
?Deadline: February 24, 2025
?Send your application to: education@uiii.ac.id
Please make sure to read all the details about the program. International applicants are encouraged.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Muslim Education Review (MER) 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS: Muslim Education Review (MER) 2025
The Faculty of Education at UIII is pleased to invite submissions for our 2025 editions of Muslim Education Review (MER). We welcome scholarly articles that explore educational concepts, practices, and policies in the Muslim world.
? Submission Deadlines:
April 15, 2025 (Volume 4, No. 1)
October 1, 2025 (Volume 4, No. 2)
Please submit your manuscripts via email to mer.journal@uiii.ac.id. For more information, including submission guidelines and past editions, visit journal.uiii.ac.id/index.php/mer.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Planning, Executing, Evaluating—Repeat: FoE Makes End-Semester Gathering a Tradition
Planning, Executing, Evaluating—Repeat: FoE Makes End-Semester Gathering a Tradition
February 04, 2025
Contributors: Supriyono & Virda Lalitya Umam | Editor: Dadi Darmadi | Photos: Virda Lalitya Umam
As part of its ongoing commitment to academic excellence, the UIII Faculty of Education (FoE) held a full-board meeting with all of its civitates on January 23, 2025, aimed at evaluating past semester activities while strategizing for the upcoming term. This routine gathering serves as a crucial platform for reflecting and evaluating its educational management activities to ensure it remains at the forefront of educational advancement.
The meeting provided an opportunity for the faculty members to assess the effectiveness of previous programs, address challenges, and refine strategies for the future. Discussions revolved around enhancing academic curricula, fostering research collaborations, and strengthening community engagement—three core pillars of Indonesia’s higher education, also known as ‘Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi’. Lecturers and academic staff actively participated, sharing insights on improving student learning experiences and adapting to the rapidly changing educational landscape.
A highlight of the meeting was the presentation delivered by Dr. Berry Juliandi, M.Si., Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at IPB University and Acting Director of Learning and Student Affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology. His session, titled "Impactful Education: Future Direction of Education Policy in Indonesia," provided valuable perspectives on higher education challenges and innovations crucial for the faculty to navigate its future orientation.
Following his presentation, an engaging discussion took place among faculty members, allowing them to engage with pressing educational concerns, including curriculum relevance, graduate employability, and the role of AI in education. These discussions reinforced the faculty’s dedication to equipping students with 21st-century skills and preparing them for cross-sectoral disruptions.
Through this meeting, the UIII Faculty of Education reaffirmed its commitment to continuous improvement and impactful education. By fostering dialogue for its educational management strategies, the faculty aims to drive meaningful changes that benefit students, academia, and society at large.
source: Academic Motivation Scale’s psychometric attribute: analysis using Rasch measurement model
Julianto, V., Sumintono, B., Almakhi, N.P.Z. et al. Academic Motivation Scale’s psychometric attribute: analysis using Rasch measurement model. (2025). Current Psychology 44, 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07142-7
Abstract
In an academic context, it is important to measure students’ academic motivation, which is closely related to learning improvement. One popular and widely used instrument to measure academic motivation is the 28-items Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) from Vallerand et al. (1989). This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indonesian version of AMS using the Rasch model measurement approach. A total of 1,193 Indonesian secondary school students participated in the study, and their self-reports were used to check instrument quality, including reliability, validity at the instrument level as well as at the item level. The findings showed that AMS Indonesia has adequate psychometric properties. However, four unfavorable items in one construct detected that they came from other dimensions, the rating scale used needs to be shortened, and a few items need to be revised because they have different item functioning. Further testing and refinement of the scale should be conducted
LPDP Scholarship to study MA and PhD in Education program at Faculty of Education UIII
We are delighted to announce that the Faculty of Education at UIII is opening applications for LPDP Scholarship!
Local Wisdom-Based Multicultural Education: Muhammadiyah Experience
Mu’ti, A., & Amirrachman, A. (2025). Local Wisdom-Based Multicultural Education: Muhammadiyah Experience. Intellectual Discourse, 33(Special Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v33iSpecial Issue 1.2241
Local Wisdom-Based Multicultural Education: Muhammadiyah Experience
Abstract
Local wisdom plays a role in helping to face every day challenges. Indonesia’s society is multicultural and has a variety of local wisdom. Local wisdom is a product of thoughts, views of life, behavior, habits, and other elements produced by certain communities that show the identity and uniqueness of that community. The diversity of local wisdom can be accessed and cultivated through education because education is a place for the nation's future generations to learn and be guided as citizens and leaders. Through its network of members spread across various parts of the country, Muhammadiyah has established a large number of educational institutions from early childhood to tertiary institutions spread across the archipelago. The motivation is the da'wah of Islam through educational institutions. At the same time, Muhammadiyah carries the spirit of inclusivity as it has organised education for all. It can be said that Muhammadiyah adjusts itself to the local wisdom by accepting students regardless of religious, ethnic, citizenship and economic background. This inclusivity of Muhammadiyah educational institutions is proven by the fact that it is mostly Christian students who attend many Muhammadiyah schools and universities in the eastern parts of Indonesia. The teachers play the most important role in ensuring that a democratic, peaceful and enriching schooling eco-system comes into existence. The training of the teachers and support staff can be perceived as emphasising on three major parts: awareness, knowledge, and skills.
Keywords: local wisdom, multicultural education, inclusivity, teachers
Bridging Education and Impact: Transforming Indonesia's Academic Landscape
Bridging Education and Impact: Transforming Indonesia's Academic Landscape
Contributor: Virda Lalitya Umam
As an effort to evaluate past academic activities and prepare for the upcoming term, the UIII Faculty of Education routinely organizes a full-board meeting with its civitates, most recently held this Thursday (01/23/2025). In this opportunity, Dr. Berry Juliandi, M.Si., Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at IPB University and Acting Director of Learning and Student Affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, was also invited as a guest speaker. His presentation and workshop, titled "Impactful Education: Future Direction of Education Policy in Indonesia," touches on the challenges, potential, and plans for Indonesia's higher education from a policymaker's perspective.
Opening his presentation, Dr. Juliandi began by addressing the challenges that Indonesia's strategic sectors face. These include, but are not limited to, climate change, global economic decline, technological disruption, and societal polarization. As the fourth most populated country, Indonesia naturally has one of the world's largest education systems, being the third largest in Asia and fourth globally, with more than 4.000 higher education institutions spanning 5.245 kilometers and over 17.000 islands. It is no wonder that these factors above make equitable access to quality education in Indonesia a critical concern. It also raises other questions in the realm of higher education, such as the employability of graduates, effectiveness and quality of research funds, disconnection from community needs, lack of talent development in science and technology, as well as regulation or policy.
Dr. Juliandi then mentioned Tri Dharma, the three foundations of higher education: education and teaching, research, and community service. He noted that this conventional paradigm no longer accommodates present-day circumstances and that Indonesia's higher education institutions are undergoing a shift to a fourth-generation paradigm. Universities are expanding the traditional focus on teaching and research to become powerhouses for regional innovation and national impact. This transformative approach not only applies to the teaching and learning process within classrooms but also considers the future contributions of institutions and their alumni, with the goal of bringing forth future socio-economic impacts on a nationwide scale, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Regarding this paradigm shift, Dr. Juliandi emphasized that higher education institutions in this era must concretely contribute to national economic development and not merely produce graduates. He shared priority concerns the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology laid out, including increasing access to impactful, quality education, talent development in science and technology, cultivating a scientific culture, and addressing national socio-economic challenges. He stresses that educational institutions must equip students with 21st-century skills to survive cross-sectoral disruptions, cultivating adaptive ways to think, work, live, and utilize tools.
Dr. Juliandi proceeded to explain the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in the education field, ranging from data security to environmental damage, and the importance of AI literacy to mitigate these risks. Dr. Juliandi states that in this era, it is impossible to detach AI from human activity wholly—he notes how a potential "AI war" will not be one between humans and AI as fiction commonly portrays, but instead between people who make use of AI and those who cannot or do not. He expresses that it is very much possible for educators and students alike to optimally utilize AI while also valuing academic integrity.
In his closing statement, Dr. Juliandi emphasized the importance of character above all else. No matter how advanced the system is or how brilliant educators and students are, it is imperative that character building must always be a core part of Indonesia's education. As Dr. Juliandi concluded his presentation, an engaging discussion session soon followed, with the Faculty of Education lecturers chiming one after another to share their concerns and inquiries.
This workshop provided the UIII Faculty of Education with an invaluable platform for reflection, dialogue, and strategies to address Indonesia's higher education challenges. Dr. Berry Juliandi’s insightful presentation shed light on the urgency to transform the traditional educational paradigm, preparing students to face a rapidly evolving world. Through this event, the UIII Faculty of Education's civitates reaffirmed their aspiration to drive students and alumni to broaden the horizons of education for Indonesia and the world.
