Assessment for Islamic Education Learning and Its Impact to Student’s Religiousness of Islamic University

Zurqoni Zurqoni

doi:10.21093/di.v18i2.1183

Abstract

Being religious person is absolute for everyone, including the students of Islamic University. That’s why PTKI (Islamic University) does some efforts to strengthen the student’s religiousness. This research is intended to assess the quality of Islamic Education learning and the religiousness of PTKI students and also to observe the implication of this study to student’s religiousness. All students from selected Islamic University in East Kalimantan were taken as the population, and 374 students were chosen as the sample by multistage sampling technique. The technique of dominant data collection was done by doing the survey. The data analysis technique is descriptive analysis and inferential linear regression, through calibration test (validity and reliability), requirement analysis test, normality test, homogenic test, and linearity test. The result of the research has shown that the learning of Islamic Education in Islamic University in East Kalimantan is done well (µ= 4,17). The learning process of Islamic Education in Islamic University has significant influence to student’s religiousness. The learning process of Islamic Education in Islamic University has contributed 54,6% to the increasing of student’s religiousness, while the rest of 45,4% is influenced by other factors. The student’s religiousness in aqeeda aspect is greater than shari’a/muamalah and morals.

Highlights

Zurqoni and Mukhibat (2013: 152) mentioned that “religion and religious life can only be achieved from education about religion”, because religious education is oriented to the effort to make someone understand about religion
Religious education is mentioned by Muhaimin (2003: 44) as the effort to continuously build students‟ creativity; to enrich kinds of human cultures; to enrich nature and religious value; to prepare productive human resources who are able to anticipate future challenge and to give new colour in future working culture based on Islamic basis
Through religious education learning in university level, it is expected that students have better understanding about religion and show elegant attitude and behaviour in their daily life based on religious manner

Summary

Assessment for Islamic Education Learning

Through religious education learning in university level, it is expected that students have better understanding about religion and show elegant attitude and behaviour in their daily life based on religious manner. Learning process of Religion Education in Islamic University level commonly oriented to the effort of religion understanding and comprehension, the increasing of faith and trust, the actualization of praying and the strengthening of behaviour. The study of Islamic Education in university level which is included to group of Character Development Subjects pays much attention to methodological aspect, such as conducting interactive, inspirative, and fun learning process; and emphasizing students engagement. It means that the instrument is useful for measuring the quality of learning and level of student religiousness

Islamic Education Learning

Very Poor

Findings

Sum of Squares