DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES THROUGH LEARNING MATHEMATIC TO FACE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

Abstract

To enter the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), it is needed the readiness of government and
Indonesian people to develop the wealthy. The topics that are explained in this study: (1) Howdoes
government regulation prepare human resources to face the AEC? (2) How is the way to develop of
human resources quality through learning mathematics. The study uses qualitative approaches with
descriptive theoretic approach. To face the AEC, the government has stated some regulations, which are:
(a) Constitution number 20 year 2003 about National Education System, (b) Constitution number 17 year
2007 aboutNational Long Term Development Plan Year 2005-2025, and (c) President Instruction number
6 year 2014 about Improving National Competitiveness to face AEC. Policy of human resource
development is to make Indonesian people with good quality, excel and competitive and also have
Pancasila characteristics. Education is done by improving potency of learners. The five (5) potencies are
developed: thinking, “physical”, sense, intention, and spiritual. Learning mathematics is able to develop
potencies of thinking, physical, sense, intention, and spiritual. Through development of inner side (feel,
intention, and spiritual) they will be made of human resources who has characteristics: (1) have faith to the
Almighty God, (2) obey to the Almighty God, (3) fair and democratic, (4) discipline, (5) consistent, (6)
responsible and (7) independent.

Key words:development of inner side, learning mathematics, Indonesian Human Resources Characteristics.