Children's Spiritual Development Research Articles

Internalization of Religious Values through Dhuha Prayer in Early Childhood

This study aims to explore the process of internalizing religious values through the implementation of Dhuha Prayer in early childhood, using a Qualitative approach and Case Study type. Data collection methods involved Participant Observation, In-Depth Interviews, and Documentation. Data analysis followed the Miles & Huberman Technique, including data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The research findings show that the application of religious values through Dhuha Prayer in early childhood at RA Muslimat NU 024 Ponorogo has a significant positive impact, especially in the spiritual and social dimensions. A holistic approach involving education and parental participation in introducing the Dhuha Prayer contributes greatly to children's character building. Values such as patience, discipline, responsibility, gratitude, humility, and tawakal become an integral part of the children's spiritual development. The positive impact is also reflected in the social dimension, where children show concern and empathy for others.

Introduction of Early Spiritual Awareness in The Family Room

<em>Every child born has the potential for goodness, namely the will to grow a sense of self-potential, the need to know, and be aware of the existence of God who created them. Communication that is built will bring out a commendable attitude and always side with virtue. These are the characteristics of the potential for spiritual awareness that contains high human values. The values of wisdom and making coverage always present the deep meaning and value of early childhood in their actions. The introduction of spiritual awareness can be used as a means or tool to activate the potential of children's spiritual intelligence in addition to their emotional and intellectual. From here, it is important to examine the introduction of spiritual awareness for early childhood starting in the family room. The goal is to introduce early childhood spiritual awareness through Islamic dimensions (faith, Islam, and ihsan) in every aspect of children's spiritual development in the family room. This research method uses descriptive qualitative by taking seven samples of Purwokerto families, seven families that teach, apply, and reflect on as well as families that have succeeded in being aware of the spiritual intelligence of early childhood through various Islamic activities. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation, and documentation with an active participation model. The results of the study show that the introduction of spiritual awareness from early childhood through, (1) Spiritual Awareness with a Sense of Love, the family introduces spirituality with a democratic parenting pattern that is not too authoritarian and permissive; (2) Spiritual Awareness with Morals, the family exemplifies good morals to children through daily activities; (3) Spiritual Awareness with Diversity, the family teaches basic worship; (4) Spiritual Awareness with Sincerity, educating a sense of sincerity to children also requires continuous sincerity, practice, and understanding so that children are sincere in studying and sincere in worship. These four points, children get kindness by growing a sense of awareness of humanity, a sense of God, and nature</em>

Uncovering the Key Elements and Supporting Factors of Tahfiz Houses in Shaping the Spiritual Education of the Younger Generation in Indonesia

Tahfiz houses have become the choice of parents for their children's education, while spiritual education for children has become a challenge for urban families due to the busy schedules of their parents. The presence of tahfiz houses is one solution to this challenge. This study aims to uncover the key elements and supports of tahfiz houses in shaping the spiritual education of young people in Indonesia. This research uses a case study approach, which emphasizes in-depth analysis of specific cases with the aim of finding specific aspects of tahfiz programs. The research findings indicate that the presence of An-Nur tahfiz house has brought spiritual education to children through a trilogy of education programs: Night of Building Faith and Piety (MABIT), Quranic camp living, preserving Islamic traditions, shalawat, creativity, and the role model of Mudabbir-Mudabbirah. This program has instilled a sense of consistency in performing night prayers, morning prayers, fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, reading good readings, eating and drinking in accordance with religious teachings, and a love for the Quran. Not only does it foster spiritual attitudes, but it also nurtures social cohesion. These findings suggest that the integration between tahfiz programs and worship practices with consistent and sustained spiritual education has resulted in children's spiritual development

THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CAREGIVERS IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

The study employs a descriptive approach to examine the significant role played by Sunday School Caregivers in shaping the character, faith, and spiritual development of children within the Toraja Church. The research aims to offer valuable insights into the diverse roles of Sunday School Caregivers and their contributions to facilitating spiritual growth and character development among the young generation. To collect data for this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with Sunday School Caregivers from various congregations within the Toraja Church region. The data gathered from these interviews provided valuable perspectives and experiences directly from the teachers, shedding light on their practices, challenges, and approaches in nurturing the faith of the children under their care. By exploring the lived experiences and insights of these dedicated educators, the study seeks to enhance our understanding of the profound impact of Sunday School teachers in shaping the spiritual journey of the future torchbearers of the Toraja Church.

Maharishi Arvind evm Unki Shikshan Paddatiyan

A child's education should not start with the alphabet. He should observe nature and be introduced to natural things. After this knowledge of words should be given. The child should first understand the dedication of word, form, meaning, then understand the similarities and dissimilarities of different words. This also gives grammar education and also increases literary ability. Arvind ji has supported such teaching methods which awaken the latent powers of the child. Arvind talks about a gradual method, that is, after studying one or two subjects, starting the study of other subjects and at some places for the physical, mental and spiritual development of children, talks about teaching many subjects and development together. The presented research paper evaluates the teaching method of Maharishi Arvind.

MANAJEMEN AKHLAK DAN KARAKTER PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI

This study aims to determine the management of morals and character in early childhood. Many found various kinds of behavior that can determine the character of different early childhood. So, a rule is needed to minimize the attitudes and behavior of children in early childhood starting early, especially in the influence of this increasingly advanced era. Education is basically in the form of guiding and consciously teaching educators to students with regard to the physical and spiritual development of children so that the formation of a good and neat personality. This study measures all aspects of moral and character management, namely: positive and negative, the purpose of this study is also to find out how the influence of character education management on morals in early childhood. The method used is a quantitative method with research data with data analysis. Data collection techniques in the form of interviews (interviews) by way of one-sided question and answer which is carried out systematically and based on the research objectives. Sources of data in this study in the form of respondents and observations. Data collection techniques in the form of research reports. The results of this study indicate that students are also expected to be able to follow and make themselves effective in order to establish unity in education which will later be in the form of good morals in developing learning character.

PENDIDIKAN SPIRITUAL ANAK DI TENGAH TANTANGAN DEKADENSI MORAL

The family is a place where God expresses His love through a relationship of mutual love, mutual respect and mutual care among all family members. God in His wisdom has given mankind the best model and way of maturing faith, namely through the role of parents as God's representatives to guide children. Given the many negative influences from the development of modern life, both through technology, culture and a free lifestyle that can undermine and hinder the growth of children's faith, every parent should realize that the task of fostering the spirituality of children is not the full responsibility of the church and teachers. -school teachers, but a joint task between parents and the church. The research method used in collecting data for the formation of this journal uses qualitative research with a descriptive analysis approach. It is called descriptive because it explains and describes carefully to get a clear picture. In the spiritual development of children, the most important thing is how faith grows in a child. In the growth of children's faith, parents play the most important role. Parents instill the attitude of a child who grows in the Christian faith.

THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLES OF FATHERS IN CHILDREN’S UPBRINGING

The study is a conceptual investigation of the biblical ideas that address and support the fatherly role in children’s upbringing both spiritual development and at-home training. The information was acquired using a biblical lexicon, commentaries, the internet, journals and other sources that discuss at-home instruction on children's spiritual development. The primary claim of responsibility for children’s upbringing belongs to the parents. The father’s involvement has huge implications on their children in terms of cognitive, social and emotional developmental abilities and a decrease in negative behavioural outcomes. The study exposed the fathers to the reputation of raising their children in the way of the Lord. It was deduced that God holds parents responsible for the teaching and upbringing of their children. The father-child relationship quality plays an active role in organizing family life and also strengthens the relationship with the children’s upbringing. It was recommended that Christian fathers should be educated about their role and responsibilities in children’s upbringing, live an exemplary life for their children and disengage from using abusive words or curses on their children.

Motivasi Mahasiswa Memilih Masuk Prodi PAI di UNP (Studi Kasus BP 18)

Parenting is a technique used by parents or caregivers to help and enhance the physical and spiritual development of children. Along with the times, there are currently many bad influences that will occur if children do not get parenting or even get the wrong parenting pattern. The purpose of this research is to describe the parenting style at the Nurul Hikmah Orphanage, Padang. This research uses a descriptive approach and qualitative research techniques. The results showed that there were two types of parenting used, namely democratic and authoritarian. Authoritarian parenting is used for elementary school students, authoritarian and democratic parenting is used for junior high school students, and democratic parenting is used for senior high school students.

SINGLE PARENTING IN SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT: CAUSES AND EFFECTS ON CHILD WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

This study examined how single parenting in South Africa impact child welfare and development. Extant studies revealed that most African children are raised by single parents in diverse South African communities. African young adults both male and female were sampled to establish findings for this study. 150 single parents responded to the study’s survey questionnaire, while 15 single parents were engaged in semi-structured interviews. The instruments were descriptively and thematically analysed for questionnaire and interview respectively. Most of the single parents sampled struggle to provide for their children. It is also evident that for parenting, the physical and spiritual development of children are influenced by single parenthood. It is clear from the survey data that the socioeconomic status of single parents impact child education, feeding, housing and protection. It is suggested that adequate attention be paid to marriage among young youth by looking at the current cultural marriage rites which are crucial in building a sustainable and healthy family. Marriage allows partners to put available resources together to take care of children and this enhances the welfare and social development of the children.research significance in brief, research process, overall findings and conclusion or implications of the study.

Pola Asuh di Panti Asuhan Nurul Hikmah Padang

Parenting is a technique used by parents or caregivers to help and enhance the physical and spiritual development of children. Along with the times, there are currently many bad influences that will occur if children do not get parenting or even get the wrong parenting pattern. The purpose of this research is to describe the parenting style at the Nurul Hikmah Orphanage, Padang. This research uses a descriptive approach and qualitative research techniques. The results showed that there were two types of parenting used, namely democratic and authoritarian. Authoritarian parenting is used for elementary school students, authoritarian and democratic parenting is used for junior high school students, and democratic parenting is used for senior high school students.

Diagnostics of the readiness for self-improvement of the future teacher in the conditions of COVID-19

The society's need for competitive specialists capable of solving urgent issues requires focusing efforts on solving the most pressing problems in education in today's pandemic conditions. The psychological and pedagogical literature has repeatedly emphasized the need for self-improvement as a component of self-education of a person in general and a teacher in particular. One of the most important factors in the success of further professional activity is the formation of students' readiness for professional self-improvement. The issues of training future teachers remain topical, because both the intellectual, moral and spiritual development of children and youth, the socio-economic well-being of the country depend on their activities. Since the attention of specialists is focused on the personal potential of a person, the urgent is the problem of the formation of future teachers' readiness for self-improvement in the process of individualization of professional training pedagogical science. For this, the methods of theoretical research of profile sources were used, and also theoretical and ascertaining experiments were carried out. It is proved that the training of a future teacher should be focused on the personality, the recognition of a person as the highest value in society, and providing conditions for personal self-improvement of the future teacher is one of the priority areas in the educational process of the university

A study of spirituality in children’s books based on the works of Douglas Wood

ABSTRACT Children’s literature is a spectrum which reflects all the characteristics and needs of children as well as the issues related to them. An aspect of a child’s life is spirituality. While children’s books can play a significant role in the spiritual development of children, the spirituality issue has been underrepresented in children’s literature. The present study was conducted to explore the reflection of spirituality in children’s books. To this end, the works of Douglas Wood were case studied as they are concerned with spiritual matters. The study is scientifically based on the Relational Consciousness theory by Rebecca Nye and David Hay, which focuses on children’s spirituality. It seems that the targeted books have the potential to take children on a spiritual journey and affect them in terms of spiritual growth and consciousness; in his books, Douglas Wood introduces different aspects of spirituality and shares his experiences with the addressee.

THE MAIN MOTIVES AND TASKS OF CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE

Players play an important role in the spiritual development of children. They prepare the child to interact with the outside world. It introduces you to the surroundings. It serves to develop a child's fantasy. The toys are played to entertain children and broaden their outlook. One of the most important tasks of the fun is that it helps children to understand the nature of social issues, class relations, and some philosophical categories. It contains essentially important life and education issues. That doesn't seem to be boring to children. Funs are often told about random funny events and funny situations. So humor and fun play an important role in them. Funs are like adults playing games with children. Although they are created by adults, children are still an example of folk poetry.

Forms of Parental Involvement in the Spiritual Development of Children: Lessons from Grace Community Christian Ministries Church in Kitengela.

The paper focuses on the forms through which parents are involved in developing the spiritual welfare of their children. The study utilised a case study design to focus on Grace Community Christian Ministries Church (GCCM) in Kitengela. Data collection methods involved the use of interviews. A small group of nine parents - participants - from GCCM church membership was selected. The collected data was further analyzed thematically. The following themes were generated: teaching, Bible stories, family activities, prayer, modelling, Church attendance, choice of school, exhaustion and lack of time, lack of support from spouse, inexperience and, information gap. It was revealed that some of the ways parents got involved in nurturing their children spiritually included: teaching, Bible stories, family activities, prayer, modelling, Church attendance and choice of school for the children. However, the most common methods used were Church attendance and Sunday school. The paper thus recommends that GCCM church should train parents on how to empower their children spiritually at home so that they do not only rely on the activities in Sunday school.

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Education renders a significant contribution in leading to effective growth and development of the individuals and teachers. The major significance of teacher education is focused upon the impartment of training to the teachers, with the main purpose of achieving the desired academic outcomes. Therefore, to perform their job duties up to the required standard, they need to enhance their skills and abilities with innovations. The teachers have an important role to play in not only achieving the desired goals and objectives of the educational institutions but also in promoting the welfare of the community.The teacher is the key factor of all mental, social and spiritual development of children. Within the course of implementation of their job duties, they are required to cope with many challenges. They need to know the innovative practices to get desired outcomes.There exists a wide gap between theory and the knowledge and skills of teaching required in the actual classroom curriculum transaction. For this reason, a routine-bound teacher cannot act following the emerging needs unless he or she is trained and frequently oriented. The innovative practices will be useful to enhance teacher education.The main areas that have been taken into account in this research paper are, the scope of teacher education, changing context of teacher education with innovation in the Indian scenario, and challenges of teacher education

Learning in encounter and spiritual development in stressful times: a reflection from the perspective of protestant evangelical youth ministry practices in Flanders

ABSTRACT This article explains why learning in encounter is a promising approach for current youth ministry practices. In particular, learning in encounter in relationship to spiritual development in the practices of youth ministry in Protestant evangelical faith communities in Flanders (Belgium) is explored focusing on two layers of normativity: (1) the layer of discourses in these practices and (2) the layer of professional theories in these practices. The author argues for the consequences that this exploration offers for the further direction of empirical research on learning in encounter for the spiritual development of children and youth in Protestant evangelical communities in Flanders.

Astım Yönetiminde Okul Temelli Yaklaşım ve Hemşirenin Rolleri

Astım, çocukların fiziksel, duygusal, sosyal ve ruhsal açıdan gelişimlerini olumsuz etkileyen ve yaşam kalitesini düşüren kronik bir hastalıktır. Doğru bir astım yönetimi ile semptom kontrolünü sağlamak, astım alevlenmelerini önleyerek hastaneye yatışları azaltmak, fiziksel aktivite ve eğitim gibi günlük yaşam aktivitelerini sürdürmek, ilaçlara bağlı yan etkileri önlemek ve astım mortalitesini azaltmak mümkündür. Bu makalenin amacı; okul temelli astım yönetiminin amacı, geliştirilen çeşitli astım yönetimi stratejileri, okullarda astım yönetiminde yaşanan problemler ve okul sağlığı hemşirelerinin rolleri hakkında ışık tutabilecek bilgiler sunmaktır. Okullar, astımlı çocukları tespit etmek, astım yönetimi ile ilgili bilgi toplamak ve plan yapmak, hastalık hakkında eğitim vermek için eşsiz ortamlardır. Okul temelli astım yönetim programlarının genel amacı, astım semptomlarının oluşumunu önleyerek, iyi bir astım kontrolü sağlamaktır. Okullarda astım yönetiminde yaşanan problemler; çocuk, aile ve okul kaynaklı problemler olmak üzere üç farklı boyutta ele alınabilir. Bu problemlerin çözümüne yönelik olarak ise okul sağlığı hemşireleri tarafından astım yönetimi planı konusunda öğrenciye, öğretmenlerine ve ailelerine eğitim verilmesi önemlidir. Başarılı bir astım yönetimi için okul sağlığı hemşireleri, okul, aile ve sağlık profesyonelleri arasında koordinasyonu sağlamalıdır. Astımlı çocukların yaşamlarını optimum sağlık düzeyinde sürdürebilmelerinin, akılcı ve doğru bir astım yönetimiyle sağlanabildiği görülmektedir. Okul temelli yürütülen etkili bir astım yönetiminin çocukların sağlıklı büyüme ve gelişmeleri için önemlidir.

Comparison of the effectiveness of GOD oriented multidimensional spiritual parenting and positive parenting on mothers with high stress

Background and Objective: Today, the connection between spirituality, religion, and parenting are unquestionable. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of God's spiritual oriented multidimensional parenting and positive parenting on mothers with high stress. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study. The statistical population was all mothers of 8-11-year-old boys and girls who were studying in schools of Tehran, 15th district in the academic year of 2016-2017; among the mothers of these students, 30 were selected by convenient sampling method and were randomly assigned to three experimental and control groups (15 each). Subjects in the multidimensional spiritual-religious parenting experimental group (12 sessions of 120 minutes) and the positive parenting group (10 sessions of 120 minutes) were trained weekly and the control group received no training. The results were analyzed using an Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results: Based on the results, the mean and standard deviation of the age of mothers spiritual multidimensional parenting group (M = 34.2; SD = 3.19); the positive parenting group (M = 33.8; SD = 7.14); and the control group were equal (M = 36.3; SD = 6.16). parental satisfaction (P <0.001, F = 10.66), parenting style (P <0.01, F = 5.19), and parental self-efficacy (P <0.05). F= 3/70), in God's spiritual oriented multidimensional parenting group is significantly higher than the scores of the positive parenting group and the control group (P <0.05). Conclusion: According to recent research and that achieving spiritual transformation and growth can facilitate the mental and physical health of mothers and children. The role of parents in moderating children's development, especially children's spiritual development, needs more attention.

The role of the fun genre in children's spiritual development

In this article, one of the oldest, traditional, widely used independent poetic forms of Uzbek children’s folklore is that fun genre is an important source for the study of the genre’s evolution of folk singing. The literary content, the poetic form, the system of images