moral learning

This study investigates the internalization of moral education values through traditional games in an Islamic early childhood education institution, focusing on the implementation of play-based activities, teacher facilitation, and children's emerging moral behaviors. Adopting a qualitative field research approach, the study was conducted at RA Athfalul Huda GUPPI, Qurnia Village, Mataram, Indonesia. Research participants were purposively selected and included the school principal, teachers, and children involved in traditional game-based learning. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, and analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model, comprising data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. Data credibility was supported through source and methodological triangulation and sustained observation. The findings identify four traditional games Cublak-Cublak Suweng, Gobak Sodor, Petak Umpet, and Dakon—as learning activities that provide opportunities for children to experience and practice moral values through shared rules, peer interactions, turn-taking, and collaborative participation. Teacher facilitation, particularly through behavioural modelling, rule reinforcement, guidance, and post-activity reflection, emerged as an important component of the moral learning process. The values addressed through these activities included honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility, patience, cooperation, sportsmanship, tolerance, humility, and social awareness. Furthermore, parent-reported observations indicated that some positive behavioral practices were also reflected in children's interactions at home. These findings highlight the pedagogical potential of culturally embedded traditional games as a context for experiential moral education. The study contributes a contextually grounded understanding of how traditional play and teacher mediation can support the development of moral awareness and emerging behavioral practices in Islamic early childhood education.

The authenticity of Islamic Religious Education in elementary schools faces significant contemporary challenges, shifting from transformative character building toward mechanical cognitive memorization. This study aims to re-actualize the core principles of authentic moral learning through a mindful, meaningful, and joyful paradigm tailored for elementary school students. Using a literature study approach with critical-qualitative analysis, this research examines classical and contemporary pedagogical frameworks to synthesize an integrated moral education model. The findings indicate that mindful learning enhances students' self-awareness and spiritual presence, meaningful learning connects religious doctrines with daily life experiences, and joyful learning fosters intrinsic motivation and emotional well-being. Synthesizing these three elements restores the authenticity of IRE, transforming moral learning from rigid doctrinal instruction into a living, transformative spiritual and ethical experience.

This study aims to examine how the Student Council President election at Junior High School (SMP) Al-Azhar Medan, an Islamic school, works as a pedagogical space for internalizing political ethics grounded in divine values. A qualitative case study was carried out. Data came from semi-structured interviews with nine informants (two candidates, four student voters, a Pancasila Education teacher, the student council advisor, and the school principal), observation of the election, and documentation in the form of election photographs, the voter attendance list, the ballot box, and the public vote tally. The data were analyzed with the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña. The results show six patterns: honest campaigning, trustworthy leadership, respect for peers’ choices, civility in competition, rejection of manipulative practices, and a school culture that accompanies the election through counsel, habituation, supervision, and reflection. The election recorded 606 votes, 375 for Pair 01 and 231 for Pair 02. The study contributes an Islamic pedagogical reading of school democracy: divine values act as an ethical orientation that is transmitted through nasihat, pembiasaan, muraqabah, and muhasabah, so that an annual procedure becomes a moral learning experience for students.

این پژوهش با هدف بررسی چگونگی کارکرد انتخابات رئیس شورای دانش‌آموزی در دبیرستان اسلامی (SMP) Al-Azhar Medan به‌عنوان فضایی تربیتی برای درونی‌سازی اخلاق سیاسی مبتنی بر ارزش‌های الهی انجام شده است. این مطالعه به روش کیفی و با رویکرد مطالعه موردی صورت گرفته است. داده‌ها از طریق مصاحبه‌های نیمه‌ساختاریافته با نه نفر از مطلعان (دو نامزد، چهار دانش‌آموز رأی‌دهنده، یک معلم آموزش پانچاسیلا، مشاور شورای دانش‌آموزی و مدیر مدرسه)، مشاهده فرایند انتخابات و اسناد شامل عکس‌های انتخابات، فهرست حضور رأی‌دهندگان، صندوق رأی و شمارش علنی آرا گردآوری شده‌اند. تحلیل داده‌ها با استفاده از مدل تعاملی Miles، Huberman و Saldaña انجام شده است. نتایج پژوهش شش الگو را نشان می‌دهد: تبلیغات صادقانه، رهبری امانت‌دارانه، احترام به انتخاب همسالان، رعایت ادب در رقابت، رد شیوه‌های فریبکارانه و فرهنگ مدرسه‌ای که انتخابات را با ارشاد، عادت‌دهی، نظارت و تأمل همراهی می‌کند. در این انتخابات ۶۰۶ رأی ثبت شد که ۳۷۵ رأی به زوج ۰۱ و ۲۳۱ رأی به زوج ۰۲ تعلق گرفت. این پژوهش خوانشی تربیتی اسلامی از دموکراسی مدرسه ارائه می‌دهد: ارزش‌های الهی به‌عنوان جهت‌گیری اخلاقی از طریق نصیحت، پمبیاسآن، مراقبه و محاسبه منتقل می‌شوند تا یک فرایند سالانه به تجربه‌ای اخلاقی برای دانش‌آموزان تبدیل شود.