THE IMPROVEMENT OF CULTURAL CAPITAL AS THE INDICATOR OF THE SUCCESS OF EDUCATION

Abstrak / Ringkasan

An old Latin saying says non scholae sed vitae discimus which means we do not study for the sake of academic
matters but for life. Therefore the ultimate aim of education is that someone can live well, or can be a good
citizen who is ready to bring about the reform of the social order as the Reconstructionists say. People sometimes
use objective orientated curriculum as the implication of the recontructionism. However, in practice the objective
here is simply interpreted as passing final passing grades, especially of the national exam. Therefore, the
teaching learning practices always refer to final exam orientation activities. Consequently, competence
achievement is not the priority in education and education cannot change someone’s behavior as proposed by
recontructionism. This paper is aimed to review the use of national exams to measure the success of education
instead of measuring the improvement of students’ cultural capital. Some research on cultural capital which
findings say that it influences the success of study will be the basis of the discussion. As we know, those who
have better cultural capital will achieve educational capital better. Those who have good cultural capital has good
habitus where the act or behavior comes from. Improving one’s cultural capital will improve one’s habitus which
will lead towards the improvement of students’ success of education.
Keywords: cultural capital, national exam, habitus, reconstructionism

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