Advancing learners’ Islamic knowledge through a parenting education module

Abstract

Parenting activities have been conducted in junior high schools in the city of Padang and the Solok Regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with the goal to increase the involvement of parents in educating teenagers in accordance with Islamic teachings. However, the material presented in the parenting activities has not been well planned nor arranged systematically. Therefore, it is necessary to develop Islamic-based parenting education modules that contain material on the subject of educating adolescents according to Islamic teachings. The valid and practical module presented in this study is teaching material developed by following the Plomp research and development model for parenting activities at school, as well as a reading material for the speakers and the parents. There are 12 sections developed from three scopes of Islamic-based parenting education material: the nature of humanity and education, the nature of Islamic teachings, and contemporary Islamic education studies about educating teenagers. The materials are presented in parenting activities held twice a semester, therefore, in three years, every section in the module would have been presented in parenting activities. It is hoped that this module can be used in junior high schools, especially for Muslim parents with teenagers.