Methods on Moral Development of Teenagers by Luqman Al-Hakim: Application in Religious School Programs

Khairani Zakariya (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Suhaila Binti Abdullah (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Md Saufi Bin Abdul Hamid (Universiti Teknologi MARA)

Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Vol 7, No 2: May 2013

This paper discusses the methods of adolescent’s moral development based on Luqman al-Hakim orders to his son in Surah Luqman verse 12-19. This paper also reveals who is Luqman al-Hakim, and the extent of moral development methods as set forth in verses 12-19 from Surah Luqman applied in religious programme of Islamic boarding schools in the state of Kedah. The study was conducted using a questionnaire that was distributed to 491 students from eleven Islamic boarding schools in Kedah. The results showed that the method of character development by Luqman al-Hakim was adopted and practiced by teachers in the schools’ religious programme with an overall mean score of 4.40 which is at a high level.