PENGEMBANGAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM MENGGUNAKAN METODE INQUIRY

This study aims to develop learning for Islamic education subjects based on reasoning and problem solving. The inquiry method is reasoning-based learning and problem solving that should be actualized in order to develop Islamic education learning, because Islamic education is in a strategic position in the formation of a complete human being to develop reason, knowledge, intelligence, skills, noble character, and personality. Based on the challenges of the times, Islamic Religion teachers are expected to have new innovations related to their learning. Meanwhile, in the community itself, there are many criticisms aimed at the implementation of Islamic religious learning, because it tends to memorize, and lacks reasoning. In fact, many studies show that, Islamic education are just secondary subjects that are not important. In the end, this study found that the inquiry method stimulates students to think, analyze a problem, and find a solution. Inquiry learning emphasizes the development of cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects in a balanced manner which can provide space for students to learn according to their style. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan pengembangan pembelajaran bagi mata pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam berbasis penalaran dan pemecahan masalah. Metode inquiry adalah pembelajaran berbasis penalaran dan pemecahan masalah yang seharusnya diaktualisasikan dalam rangka mengembangkan pembelajaran Pendidkan Agama Islam. Pasalnya, Pendidikan Agama Islam berada di tempat strategis dalam pembentukan manusia secara utuh untuk mengembangkan akal, pengetahuan, kecerdasan, keterampilan, akhlak mulia, dan kepribadian. Di tengah tantangan zaman, guru Agama Islam diharapkan memiliki inovasi-inovasi baru terkait dengan pembelajaran. Sementara itu, di tengah masyarakat sendiri masih banyak kritik-kritik yang ditujukan pada pelaksanaan pembelajaran agama Islam, karena cenderung pada hafalan, dan kurang penalaran. Bahkan, banyak penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, mata pelajaran pendidikan Agama Islam hanyalah mata pelajaran sampingan yang tidak penting. Pada akhirnya, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa, metode inquiry merangsang murid untuk berpikir, menganalisa suatu persoalan, hingga menemukan pemecahannya. Inquiry learning menekankan kepada pengembangan aspek kognitif, afektif dan psikomotor secara seimbang yang dapat memberi ruang kepada siswa untuk belajar sesuai gaya mereka.

Upaya Guru PAI dalam Pembentukan Akhlaqul Karimah di Sekolah Dasar

This study aims to determine the morals of students at the UNP Laboratory Development Elementary School, to find out the efforts of Religion teachers in providing examples, guidance, historical stories, encouragement, and fostering students' conscience and to know the supporting and inhibiting factors for teachers in shaping students' morality. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive method, because the research describes, tells, and interprets a situation or event as it is. The results of this study were that students still spoke in high-pitched voices, running around in front of the office, and their hair was still long. Efforts made by Religion teachers are a) Providing an example with Tahfiz, b) Encouraging performing Dzuhur prayers in congregation, c) Equipping common sense with knowledge through historical stories, d) Advising parents to get along with good people, e) Encouraging to leave the nature of lazy. The driving factors in the formation of akhlaq karimah are parents, student motivation, and the community. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors in the formation of akhlaqul karimah are socio-economic conditions and education level.

Religious Teachers’ Quality of Life After More Than a Decade of Reform

This research examines religious teachers’ quality of life after more than a decade of teacher reform in Indonesia. The research utilizes a survey that involves a total sample of 212 religion teachers. They represent more than one thousand religion teachers teaching at elementary and secondary schools in Manado City, North Sulawesi. While the data collection employs a simple random sampling, the analysis applies a non-parametric procedure so-called the independent Chi-square test. The results of the study show that teacher certification, the most outstanding feature of the education reform in Indonesia, has improved teachers' objective quality of life. Hence this certification, we assume, would have some association with their stress level, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction due to the increasing workloads and changing demands. Such association, however, does not exist. Instead, this study suggests that religious teachers responded to the reform in a neutralized manner, and at the same time, the government and schools failed to create a professional yet challenging environment for them during the reform processes.AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kualitas hidup guru agama setelah lebih dari satu dekade proses reformasi guru di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei yang melibatkan sampel sebanyak 212 orang guru agama. Jumlah ini merepresentasikan sekitar seribu lebih guru agama yang ada di sekolah dasar dan menengah di Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara. Sementara pengumpulan data menggunakan metode sampling acak sederhana, analisa data menempuh prosedur non parametrik, yakni tes Chi kuadrat independen. Hasil studi ini menunjukkan bahwa sertifikasi guru, elemen reformasi guru yang paling menonjol, telah meningkatkan kualitas hidup obyektif mereka. Kami berasumsi bahwa sertifikasi ini akan memiliki hubungan dengan tingkat stres, kepuasan kerja dan kepuasan hidup mereka karena adanya peningkatan dan perubahan beban dan tuntutan kerja. Namun demikian, hubungan seperti itu sama sekali tidak muncul. Studi ini, dengan demikian, berpandangan bahwa guru-guru agama telah merespon reformasi tersebut secara netral tanpa beban. Pada saat yang bersamaan, pemerintah dan sekolah gagal menciptakan lingkungan yang profesional sekaligus menantang bagi mereka selama proses reformasi berlangsung.

Religious Education in Poland during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Religion Teachers of the Silesian Voivodeship

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced all spheres of life. It has an impact on the education of children and youth. The authors’ research focused on religious education during the pandemic by the Roman Catholic Church in Poland in the Śląskie Voivodeship. The criterion for choosing the environment was dictated by demographic conditions. The Śląskie Voivodeship has the highest population density per square kilometer, which contributed to the largest number of virus infections. The principal purpose of the research was to gather religion teachers’ opinions concerning organization and implementation of the remote teaching of religion in the Silesian Voivodeship (Województwo Śląskie). So far, there has been no research conducted in the field of the abovementioned issues in the area chosen by the authors. The authors’ research, carried out from June to August 2020, covered 700 people, which accounts for 18.7% of the religious education teachers working in the Śląskie Voivodeship. The results of the authors’ own research allowed formulating a conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the development of modern information and communication competencies of all participants of religious education. Entities involved in this type of education recognized and used multiple opportunities offered by information and communication technologies, which can be seen in the respondents’ declarations describing various forms of their didactic and educational on-line work. The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated parents to become more involved in the religious education of younger school-age children. The surveyed religion teachers declared that, thanks to the activity and the help of their parents, the children systematically participated in religion lessons and carried out orders and educational tasks without major problems. Thus, indirectly, parents of children of a younger school age were covered by religious education and were subject to pedagogy. Nevertheless, as teachers have pointed out, the virtual world makes it impossible to form authentic interpersonal relationships. The research confirmed the thesis, according to which religious education carried out in distance learning limits the complete implementation of its objectives, since an upbringing in faith calls for community that necessitates direct contact between the pupil and the teacher.

Theological Preparation of Religion Teachers in the Light of Current Indications of the Church in Poland

John Paul II, in one of his catechesis dedicated to evangelization and catechesis, distinguishes the formation of catechesis as an essential element of the common commitment to the development and vitality of the Church. He points to the need for the formation of all those who are responsible for teaching the truths of the faith, that is, pastors, catechists and all those who have expressed their willingness to help proclaim the Good News. Lack of adequate preparation among those who undertook catechizing leads to small effects and lack of required fruit in catechized people. The broadly understood intellectual formation is intended to deepen the life of faith of the person who serves in catechesis. However, besides the theological knowledge itself, it is important that the catechist is able to develop his own catechetical style. This article analyses the current indications of the Universal Church and the Church in Poland relating to theological education of lay and clerical religion teachers, which is carried out within the framework of studies and later in continuing formation.

HUBUNGAN RELIGIOSITAS DENGAN MULTIKULTURALISME PADA GURU AGAMA SEKOLAH NEGERI DI JAKARTA

Intolerance and radicalism that occur in the community proved to have entered the realm of the world of education, especially in schools and colleges. The role of educators in instilling values in students is important. So the rise of religious intolerance and radicalism in the world of education raises questions about the role of educators, especially religious teachers. This research tries to explain how the relationship between religiosity and multiculturalism in religion teachers in public schools. Research participants are religion teachers in state schools in Jakarta (N = 152, 83 boys and 69 girls).The sampling technique used was accidental, in the data retrieval stage.The level of religiosity of religious teachers was measured by the adaptation measuring instrument The Centrality Scale (CRS) which had a reliability value of 0.83 (Huber and Huber, 2012). While the multiculturalism attitude of religious teachers was measured by the adaptation measuring instrument Multicultural Efficacy Scale which has a reliability value of 0.87 (Guyton & Wesche, 2005). Research results show that religiosity has a significant and positive relationship with multiculturalism. This is seen from the correlation value of 0.319, which confirms that a high level of religiosity will result in a high attitude of multiculturalism, and vice versa.

Cooperation between religion teachers and police psychologists in the prevention of domestic violence

This article aims to show the importance of cooperation between religion teachers and police psychologists in preventing domestic violence. The method of analysis the literature and state documents (e.g. law of education) was used. The conclusions were presented in a synthetic way. It was noted that the cooperation of religion teachers with police psychologists serves to eliminate risk factors that can lead to domestic violence. The parties must therefore remain open towards one another, be ready to engage in dialogue and share knowledge and experience in the area of the prevention of domestic violence.

The Role of Religion Teacher and Students' Interest in Islamic Spiritual Activites at SMPN 17 Bandung

Among the roles of religion teachers are directing students and animating religious extracurricular activities. What motivates the students to take part in Rohis (Kerohanian Islam) extracurricular activities is the students' interest in Islamic religious lessons, and the direction from the religion teacher. The purpose of this study, to examine the role of religion teachers and student interests. relation to spiritual activity. This study uses a descriptive quantitative approach with multiple variables. The respondents are active 8th grade students. Data collection through questionnaires, interviews, observation. Then the data was analyzed, then the correlation was calculated using SPSS 20 and then concluded. The find research religion teachers in guiding and motivating, as well as students' interest in learning religion is closely related to the spiritual activities.

A Qualitative Study on the Use of the Concepts and Subjects of Life Sciences in Religion Courses

This study aims at determining the science concepts and subjects used in the "religion courses" taught in secondary schools and the contribution of science to religion courses, which is not a widely studied topic in the relevant literature. Like qualitative research, this study is a multiple case study. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview with five Muslim religion teachers working in an eastern city of Turkey. The interview data were analyzed using the basic descriptive and content analysis methods. The findings showed that religion teachers benefit from the concepts and subjects of science in their courses; using life sciences in their religion courses had a positive impact in teaching religious subjects better to the students; the use of the concepts of life sciences in religion courses enabled students to perceive the subject better; students enjoyed the use of science concepts in religion courses and also students asked questions to their teachers about many subjects of life sciences. Religion teachers expressed that they did not feel competent enough in the life sciences. Some recommendations, such as organizing in-service training have been made for religion teachers to feel competent enough in life sciences.