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We entered the 21st Century, known as the century of knowledge. Forecasters of the future said that the century of knowledge, because knowledge is the basis for all aspects of life. Century is an era of knowledge about the needs of an increasingly complex and difficult. After a few specifications that a very large influence in the world of education and employment. The changes also occur as a result of technical progress very quickly, because of the prominence of science, psychology and transformation of cultural values. The effect is the change in the perspective of the people, the prospect of formation, the changing role of parents / teachers / professors, as well as changes in the patterns of relationships between them.

There are several factors that the lack of professionalism of the teachers, so that the government is looking to teachers, which is the century of knowledge of teachers who are really professionals who are able to anticipate the needs of education.

Education in the Era of Knowledge.

Experts say that the 21 Century is the century of knowledge, because the knowledge base in all aspects of life. According Naisbit (1995), there are 10 key trends to education in the 21st Passing century, namely: (1) from the industrial to the information society, (2) technologies that are imposed on the high-tech, (3) of the economy in the world economy, (4) short-term planning to long-term planning, ( 5) from centralization to decentralization, (6) institutional support to help themselves, (7) of representative democracy, participatory democracy, (8) in the hierarchy to a crawl, (9) from north to south, and (10) of / or one or more choice.

Various consequences of the development impact on the world of education, including aspects of the curriculum, the administration of education, staff training, strategies and teaching methods. It also proposes Naisbit (1995) that there are eight major trend in Asia, that the influence of the world, namely: (1) of the nation state on the network, (2) exports to the requirements of consumer demand (3) the influence of West on the way in Asia, (4) the government to the market demand valve (5) in rural areas of the metropolitan area, (6) of the workforce High-Tech (7) the appearance of male domination of women, (8) of the West to the east. Eight trends that will affect the values ​​in the various aspects, habits and lifestyles of people in rural and urban areas. Favors in return for influence on the teaching models of the requirements of this trend. In connection with this type of training has the challenge of the situation, human resources, meeting the challenges of the trend, without preparing the values ​​of the personality and culture of their people.