Our study explores challenges and opportunities associated with managing basic education in indigenous communities in Indonesia, using a qualitative descriptive approach with a critical paradigm as an analysis tool. The findings reveal two types of education patterns for indigenous peoples, i.e., education in the community, which is carried out…

Purpose: Literature indicates that open classroom climate (OCC) is a positive influence on civic outcomes. Few studies have explored factors that appear to facilitate OCC. Most research on OCC has focused on Western countries. The emphasis has been on individual student characteristics related to OCC with little attention made to school level…

Group activities developed in Western countries have been advocated for use in foreign and second language learning internationally. This article reports the views of 31 second language educators from six Southeast Asian countries (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) on the appropriateness of group…