Comparison of Turkish and Indonesian Secondary Mathematics Curricula

Turkey and Indonesia have very competitive neighbouring countries respectively such as Germany, Netherlands, France and Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan which give them educational challenges and also make some changes in their education systems. To have a better place among developing and competitive neighbour countries Turkey and Indonesia have made some reforms in primary and secondary school mathematics curricula respectively. The aim of this study is to compare the secondary mathematics curriculum of Turkey and Indonesia with respect to the paradigm embedded into them. Methodologically, this is a comparative study with qualitative approaches. We argue that Turkish and Indonesian governments may use the similarities and differences in the comparison for the sake of the need for improving the quality of education in the two countries because of the similar cultural facts.