Integrating Neuroscience Perspectives in Islamic Religious Education: Strategies for Developing Islamic Character in Students

Etika Pujianti (Universitas Islam An Nur Lampung, Indonesia)

At-Ta’dib: Journal of Pesantren Education
Vol. 19 No. 2 (2024): At-Ta'dib: Journal of Pesantren Education

In fact, the construction of education carried out by a teacher is an effort to build individual students to obey and comply with the provisions of applicable values ​​and norms. Moreover, the rules and procedures for educational order will be seen to be successful if students or learners have good skills and character. And this study aims to see how an educational construction is attempted by teachers in building religious character based on neuroscience education in Islamic religious education. By using a case study research study on in-depth material exploration in the context of structured interviews to dig up information and studies from religious education teachers and learners. Data display, data reduction and data verification are data analysis methods used in this study. With the scope of the results that a building attempted by Islamic Education teachers in this study is that the development of religious student character is based on neuroscience abilities in instilling love for God Almighty (Allah SWT) and the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The efforts of Islamic religious education teachers are to teach, explain and define how humans as a whole should understand the importance of a pious character education value and provide peace/tasamuh to the soul and social. In this case, teachers, in addition to teaching and explaining, also try to demonstrate by applying these values. So that teachers can become role models or in terms of good role models and role models. Teachers' efforts to build and make students or learners aware of emotional awareness and skills in their efforts to handle emotions, emotional management, stress management and encourage with various motivations to students. So that such efforts and steps can be felt deeply by students/learners. In order for students or learners to be able to maximize their abilities and skills and intelligence that originate from the brain network system (neuroscience). And this effort aims to form the construction of students' abilities to be able to adapt optimally in various social conditions and has implications for their role as the development of perfect humans with maximum and Islamic thinking power.