Innovative Strategies in Revitalizing
Islamic Education: Case Studies in Pesantren as a Model of Community
Empowerment
Muhamad
Rikza Saputro1, Sukiman2
UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Central
Java, Indonesia1,2
Email:
[email protected]1, [email protected]2
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ABSTRACT |
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Innovative Strategies, Revitalizing, Islamic
Education, Pesantren, Community Empowerment. |
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This research
delves into the pressing challenges faced by Indonesia's education system in
preparing the younger generation for global demands, amidst issues like
lawlessness and social conflicts. Focusing on the revitalization of Islamic
Religious Education, particularly within pesantren
(Islamic Boarding Schools), the study employs a Systematic Literature Review
(SLR) methodology to analyze existing literature. The findings underscore the
need for holistic development in faith, morals, ethics, intelligence, and
skills within Islamic education. The study identifies innovative strategies,
including personnel standardization, contextualized learning materials,
positive habitat creation, and cultivating students' passion for learning.
These insights contribute to the enhancement of Islamic education within pesantren, aiming to equip the younger generation with
the skills and knowledge necessary to confidently face global challenges in
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INTRODUCTION
All
levels of society, parents, educators, and religionists,
are currently facing a big problem in education, namely about how to educate
the younger generation and prepare them to face global challenges
The problem faced by society in general
is not decreasing and disappearing, but quite the opposite, increasing and
worrying every day. This can be shown, among others, by the increase in
unlawful practices, such as drug abuse, having sex outside marriage, corrupt
practices, collusion and nepotism, brawls between students, social conflicts,
thuggery, acts of violence, murder, and so on. Such a situation causes human
life to become more uncomfortable, causes anxiety and fear, and increasingly
worries about the nation's future
Several studies have been conducted to
address the challenges faced by various levels of society in providing quality
education, especially in the context of religious education. Rakhmat
On the one hand, various efforts have
been made by families, schools, and communities to overcome these problems.
Still, they seem unable to produce maximum results, even losing their strength.
The role of Islamic religious education, especially in learning in Islamic
boarding schools, is highly demanded to fortify the younger generation and
equip it with the strength of faith and piety, the depth of knowledge, and the
height of akhlakul karimah, without having to drift in the flow of
globalization
The existing studies often focus on
general challenges in education and the need for integration between religious
and general education. However, there is a lack of in-depth exploration of
innovative strategies specifically tailored for revitalizing Islamic religious
education within the unique context of pesantren. The
gap lies in the absence of comprehensive studies that delve into the
effectiveness of specific strategies in addressing the contemporary issues
faced by the younger generation within Islamic boarding schools.
This research aims to bridge the
identified gap by exploring and elaborating on innovative strategies for
revitalizing Islamic religious education, using pesantren
as a model of community empowerment. The study will investigate how these
strategies can contribute to preparing a brilliant generation capable of facing
global challenges while maintaining Islamic traditions. The overarching purpose
is to provide insights that can guide educational practitioners, policymakers,
and community leaders in enhancing the quality of religious education within
the pesantren system. By doing so, the research seeks
to contribute to the overall development of Indonesian human resources in
alignment with national education goals.
METHODS
The method used is a Systematic
Literature Review (SLR). Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is a term for
identifying, evaluating, and interpreting all relevant research available to formulate
the problem or topic area under study
This study collected data from various
sources, including books, empirical studies, and articles published in various
access technologies today
During the research process, data
analysis and evaluation were carried out using descriptive data analysis
methods, as explained by Miles and Huberman
RESULTS
Innovation
Epistemologically, innovation comes
from the Latin word innovation, which means renewal and change. The verb is innovo which means to update and change. Innovation is a
new change towards improvement; others or different from those that existed
before, which were done deliberately and planned. (Ihsan, 2003:191). Likewise,
the term innovation, according to Ibrahim in Nurul Zuriah
and Hari Sunaryo, contains meaning;
An idea, practical things, methods,
ways, or man-made goods that are observed or perceived as something new to a
person or group of people (society). What is new can be the result of an
invention or discovery used to achieve a specific goal or solve a problem
(Nurul and Hari, 2009:12)
It can be understood that innovation
has two meanings, namely the discovery of new things that are completely new
and different from those that have existed before and renewal, namely the
development of something or things that already exist. So when we talk about
innovation in learning techniques, the target of discovery and renewal is
related to learning techniques. The learning techniques referred to here are
the efforts, efforts, and methods educators use to carry out learning in class face-to-face
to present and solidify learning materials to achieve learning objectives at
that time. That is, the technique is implemented and occurs at the stage of
implementing learning. Learning techniques are ways that an educator implements
a specific media or method. If you pay attention to educators teaching in
class, then learning techniques appear in the activities of educators and
students. Put, learning techniques are strategies or ways carried out by
educators in carrying out learning activities to be able to obtain optimal
results. Thus, learning techniques are closely related to two important things interconnected
in the learning process: learning methods and media.
While educational innovation according
to Fullan
Talking about innovation (renewal)
reminds us of two terms: invention and discovery. Invention is the invention of
something completely new, meaning it is man's work. At the same time, discovery
is the discovery of something (an object that has actually
existed before. Thus, innovation can be interpreted as finding new
objects by inventing and discovering.
In
this connection, Fullan
The Purpose of Innovation in Education
The planned goals should be clearly
detailed about the goals and results to be achieved. The purpose of innovation
is efficiency and effectiveness, regarding the target number of students as
many as possible with the maximum educational results (according to the needs
of students, society, and development) using resources, money, tools and time
In this century, the purpose of
learning is to form and train a person in a certain pattern of behavior
according to predetermined standards. The education results are graduates with
behavior according to the demands of the routine production process, namely
those who behave statically, and their behavior patterns can be predicted in
advance. However, the world of work described today almost no longer exists. In
the global era, what is certain is that uncertainty. Therefore, the task of
education and training is to prepare human beings who can think, behave, and
act creatively to face unexpected changes. From the description above, it is clear that the role of education in the future is to
prepare human resources in the global era who have hard competencies and soft
competencies in an integrated manner to be able to think, behave, and act
creatively in situations that cannot be predicted. In an
effort to meet these demands, several countries have taken various
approaches to their education in response to changing demands for labor quality
Awareness of the importance of changing
the orientation of education will only become rhetoric if the operational
implementation is not followed by the stability of the implementation strategy,
in this case, learning. For this reason, it is necessary to study the learning
approach that will be used so that the compatibility of this vision and
strategy together ushers in achieving the mission to prepare human resources
who can succeed in the global era. Learning is the essence of education.
Therefore, solving educational problems must focus on the quality of learning. Quality
learning requires all learning components to be good and integrated into a
system. The search for new approaches or strategies causes the realization of
various kinds of innovations in learning. These forms, forms, and innovation
efforts vary. Still, all have the same general goal, namely the realization of
a quality learning process to improve graduates' competence, ability, skills,
and competitiveness. Innovation aims to make changes in a positive direction.
If innovation is successfully adopted, there will be various changes, renewals,
and quality improvements in the field of education. To innovate well, we need
to understand the relationship between innovation and the nature of change,
which often has to deal with various cultures,
practices, and habits in society
Innovative Strategies in Revitalizing Islamic Education:
Case Studies in Pesantren as a Model of Community Empowerment
Santri
is a "raw material," or raw material, in the transformation process
in education in Islamic boarding schools. Therefore, parents and teachers have
an important role in children's education. At home, the child is the responsibility
of the parents. Still, if the child is in an Islamic boarding school, the child
is handed over directly by the parents to the teacher, which becomes a big
responsibility. Referring to Piaget's cognitive theory, the thinking of
children aged (6-12 years) enters the stage of operational concrete thinking,
this means that children already have the ability to think through a sequence
of cause and effect and begin to recognize the many problems they face
Religious education taught in
Pesantren, which consists of the subjects of Al-Qur'an Hadith, Fiqh, Aqidah
Akhlaq, SKI, Aswaja, and local content materials, must be able to touch the
very basic essence of children, especially in terms of values, attitudes, or
religious experiences. Therefore, learning Islamic Religious Education in
Islamic Boarding Schools needs to be revitalized. The need for innovation
strategies in revitalizing character building in preparing a brilliant
generation of students in Islamic boarding schools are:
Standardization
of Islamic Boarding School Personnel
Teachers who teach in these
institutions must be standardized to revitalize religious education in pesantren, meaning they have professional, pedagogic,
social, and personality competencies. Teachers with professional competence
will understand the material to be delivered to students so that when students
do not understand, the teacher can explain logically and systematically and not
cause multi-perception understanding. Without pedagogic, personality, and
social competence, professional competence will not be effective. With a
teacher having pedagogic competence, the teacher will recognize the psychology
of students so that they can determine the models and methods to be used in a
learning activity. Pedagogic competence will be supported by personality and
social competence, so students will easily understand what the teacher conveys.
So
teachers who already have the four competencies above will tend to be
authoritative, and with their authority, can be an example for students who
display a Muslim personal figure, honest, clean and neat dress, humble,
compassionate, disciplined, friendly, helpful, democratic, and charismatic.
Contextualization
of PAI Material Learning
In addition to improving religious
teachers, religious materials given to students must also be a matter of
attention because, so far, the facts have proven that learning materials do not
answer the challenges of the times. As explained in the learning and learning
book, materials or materials are a medium to achieve teaching goals consumed by
students. Teaching materials or materials are materials that continue to
develop dynamically in accordance with the times and society
This approach will make the teaching
and learning process more concrete, broad, actual, real, realistic, fun, and meaningful.
The learning outcomes of students in pesantren
increase because with a contextual approach, all five senses are activated and
utilized simultaneously in the learning process so that they can foster
creativity, reasoning, curiosity, and experimentation to find new
possibilities.
Positive
Habitat in Pesantren
To form behavior is not as easy as
turning the palm of the hand. Still, there must be habituation that must be
given to children, even if it is necessary to hold punishment, meaning that if
there is reinforcement, then there must also be punishment so that there is a
deterrent effect on children, or in Islam called targhib
wa tarhib
Building
Ghirah Santri in Learning
The word ghirah is also
interpreted as motivation or spirit, where the meaning of motivation comes from
the Latin "movere" which means to move, based on this
understanding, the meaning of motivation develops, woldkowski explained that
motivation is a condition that causes or causes certain behaviors that give
direction and resistance to these behaviors
Problems like this are the teacher's
task to solve; this can be overcome in the first two ways: a teacher must be
able to understand and be able to apply learning models and methods so that
students are enthusiastic again to follow learning in the pesantren.
Second, teachers must be able to make students aware of the importance of
religious education both in the world and the hereafter, and third, teachers
must be able to master the class to create a conducive class and always up to
date with the times.
So, to build ghirah
santri in religious learning in Pesantren,
a teacher must understand the psychology of students at their level so that
they can apply the right models, strategies, and methods for students. Teachers
can use the pakem learning model (active, creative, effective, and fun) so that
students in Pesamtren are not only active but creative, so it will make
students motivated to learn because the teacher has done a learning activity
with fun
Fun learning is not a learning process
that requires students to laugh but a learning process in which there is strong
cohesion between teachers and students without feeling pressured. In other
words, what is meant by fun learning is the existence of a good relationship
pattern between teachers and students in the learning process. Teachers are
considered and positioned as learning partners of students in pesantren, so there is no burden for students in the
learning process
CONCLUSION
Religious education needs to be
directed to develop faith, morals, conscience, ethics, and aspects of
intelligence and skills to realize balance. Innovation is an invention that can
be in the form of an idea, item, event, or method observed as something new for
a person or group of people (society). The purpose of innovation is efficiency
and effectiveness, regarding the target number of students as many as possible
with the maximum educational results (according to the needs of students,
society, and development) using resources, money, tools and time. In Pesantren,
Santri is a "raw material," or raw material, in the transformation
process in education. Therefore, parents and teachers have an important role in
children's education. At home, the child is the responsibility of the parents.
Still, if the child is in an Islamic boarding school, the child is handed over
directly by the parents to the teacher, which becomes a big responsibility.
Religious education taught in Pesantren, which consists of the subjects of
Al-Qur'an Hadith, Fiqh, Aqidah Akhlaq, SKI, Aswaja, and local content materials,
must be able to touch the very basic essence of children, especially in terms
of values, attitudes, or religious experiences. Therefore, learning Islamic
Religious Education in Islamic Boarding Schools needs to be revitalized. As for
what needs an innovation strategy in revitalizing character building in
preparing a brilliant generation of students in Pesantren, namely: (1)
Standardization of Pesantren Personnel, (2) Contextualization of PAI Material
Learning, (3) Positive Habitat in Pesantren, (4)
Building Ghirah Santri in
Learning.
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