ADOPTING SURAU EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT AS A LONG DISTANCE LEARNING MODEL

Abstract

One of the current issue in global education has changed to the paradigm of local wisdom
concept. This trend was caused by the failure of “modern” concept of education which is not
able to humanize the human. For several years educators have conducted teaching and
learning process in formal schools but some of them still failed in educating their students.
The failure of modern concept of education has made many researchers to do research in
local wisdom concept because this concept was considered as an alternative to answer the
question. Years ago Minangkabau people were educated in surau as an informal school.
Many great persons have been produced in surau. The concept of education in surau is very
interesting because learners are educated in three main subjects namely religion, culture and
the knowledge of social life aspects. These subjects become a basic knowledge for learners
so that they are beeing well-prepared in facing this life. This article tries to propose the
concept and how to apply the concept of surau in modern life. The concept will be applied in
a model of long distance learning of surau. Informational technology will have significant
role to apply this concept where all learners can learn as if they were in surau. Long
distance learning has helped many people in learning. It has no reason for modern people
not to learn in surau because surau has been created in their home.