Teaching methods in infusing adab among islamic education teachers : a case study of the Indonesian school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the teaching methods practiced among Islamic education teachers as they relate to infusing adab into the Indonesian school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. An additional aim was to explore the students’ views of the methods used by Islamic education teachers to infuse adab into classroom teaching. This study also identified the similarities and differences in teaching methods practiced by three Islamic education teachers. In order to achieve this purpose, a qualitative study which incorporated the use of semi-stuctured interviews and observations in the classroom was employed to gain data for this study. The participants of the study involved three Islamic education teachers and six selected students from secondary, junior high and senior high levels. The findings of the study showed that the three Islamic education teachers practiced various methods to infuse adab into teaching and learning in the classroom. Lectures, questions and answers, discussion, storytelling, drill and practice, modelling, sign (isyaarah) and brainstorming were among the methods practiced. It was shown that the effective methods to infuse adab from the perspectives of students and teachers were modelling, discussion and questions and answers methods. These methods were seen as the effective and preferable methods that affect students’ behaviors and their understanding of the importance of adab in terms of motivating them to continue to practice good deeds toward teachers, peers, parents and society. Finally, the study suggests that Islamic education teachers of the Indonesian school improve their efforts in shaping students’ behaviors, adab and akhlaq. The teachers must also be consistent to motivate themselves and upgrade their teaching methods to infuse adab through workshops, seminars, and courses in order to improve the quality of teaching and to infuse adab into students.