ABSTRACT: A change in educational policy has resulted in changing of the old paradigm (centralization) to the new one (autonomy and democratization) in the educational conduct. Educational authority delegation towards the local authority is expected to encourage the local autonomy, which enable the public inclusion within the school programs development of intra-curricular, extra-curricular, and co-curricular constituents. This study tries to elaborate the educational conduct and the role of School Committee in Madiun Municipality, East Java, Indonesia that have not recently implemented the principles of school-based management. It makes the researcher feel interested in to observe the interaction pattern amongst the educational stakeholders. The objectives of this research are to identify the interaction pattern amongst the educational authority, school educational practitioners, and the School Committee board in conducting education and school matters. This research is served under qualitative approach by using the method of acquiring data of: (1) in-depth interview, (2) active-participatory observation, and (3) documentation. The data analysis is carried out by reflective methodology. The reflective method is applied by making use of grounded theory principles, offering the three steps coding procedure, i.e. open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. The research findings show that the interaction pattern amongst educational authority, educational practitioners, and the School Committee are varieties of communication flow which cannot reach the productive outcome.

KEY WORDS: Social interaction pattern, educational bureaucracy, educators, school committee, and principles of school-based management.

About the Author: Dr. H. Parji is a Senior Lecturer at the Study Program of Civic Education, Faculty of Social Sciences Education IKIP PGRI (Institute of Education and Teacher Training, Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia) Madiun, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No.85 Madiun, East Java, Indonesia. He can be reached at: parjiikippgri@rocketmail.com

How to cite this article? Parji. (2012). “The Social Interactional Pattern among Educational Bureaucracy, Educator, and School Committee in the Educational Conduct in Madiun Municipality, East Java, Indonesia” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Vol.4(2) February, pp.201-214. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung, West Java; and FKIP UMP in Purwokerto, Central Java, ISSN 1979-7877.

Chronicle of the article: Accepted (December 2, 2011); Revised (January 5, 2012); and Published (February 17, 2012).

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