moral awareness

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.

This study aimed to develop an Islamic Theology and Ethics learning module for Islamic Junior High Schools (Madrasah Tsanawiyah, MTs) based on tazkiyatun nafs (purification of the soul) for prospective Islamic Religious Education (IRE) teachers using the ADDIE development model. The research employed a research and development approach comprising five stages: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The participants were 22 prospective IRE teachers enrolled in the Islamic Religious Education Materials for MTs course at STAI Al-Hamidiyah Bangkalan during the 2025/2026 academic year. Data were collected through expert validation forms, student response questionnaires, student reflections, observations, and documentation. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively using percentages, while qualitative data were analyzed through data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The validation results indicated that the module achieved feasibility scores of 91.00% from the subject matter expert and 89.00% from the instructional media expert, yielding an overall average of 90.00%, categorized as highly feasible. Student responses reached 83.18% (366 out of 440), indicating very positive responses. The practical examples received the highest score (86.36%), while the clarity and systematic presentation of the material received the lowest score (80.00%). Student reflections highlighted muhasabah (self-reflection), emotional regulation, moral awareness, and teacher role modeling as meaningful learning experiences. The module offers a contextual learning resource that integrates spiritual purification into Islamic Theology and Ethics education. However, the findings are limited to module feasibility and participants' perceptions and do not establish improvements in pedagogical competence or learning effectiveness. Future research should examine the module's effectiveness using larger samples and structured learning outcome assessments.

Efforts to cultivate good character with immanent, enduring, complete, and permanent moral awareness require a deep understanding of the central points of the personality domain. Internally, natural ethical values often face specific conflicts related to efforts to maintain trust, social interest, and self-esteem. Through qualitative research, the potential of natural ethics, examined using the literature survey review (LSR) method, aims to elaborate on the main pillars and internal stimuli of the domain as drivers for the formation of an inherent, genuine, and inherent individual character. The results indicate that efforts to build full awareness (conscious awareness) through equivalent, proactive, interconnected, and coherent thinking activities are a crucial part of growing self-awareness. This effort in Sufi Islamic education is carried out naturally, immediately, and naturally, involving the ethical values inherent in each domain. Starting from the effort of "self-knowledge" as the central point, that each individual is composed of the physical (zahir), spiritual (batin), and soul (nafs), moral values are placed as the primary driving force, the elan vital inherent in all human activities. The integration of knowledge and good deeds motivates a person to serve Allah SWT, strengthens his or her faith (tasdiq), and spiritually motivates him or her to behave commendably with a strong spirit in attitude, words, deeds, and behavior, bringing goodness and benefit in various life circumstances and situations.

This study examines the factors associated with Professional Maritime Character among vocational maritime students by investigating the effects of Islamic Work Ethic, Religious Commitment, and Spiritual Intelligence, while considering Self-Discipline as a mediating mechanism and Moral Awareness as a moderating factor. A quantitative cross-sectional design was employed involving 525 students from Batch VIII, X, and XI at Politeknik Pelayaran Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, using a total sampling technique. Data were collected through structured questionnaires and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling with the PLS Algorithm and Bootstrapping Calculation. The measurement model demonstrated adequate indicator reliability, internal consistency, and convergent validity across all constructs. The structural results show that Islamic Work Ethic, Religious Commitment, and Spiritual Intelligence have significant positive effects on Professional Maritime Character, while Religious Commitment significantly predicts Self-Discipline; however, Islamic Work Ethic and Spiritual Intelligence do not significantly predict Self-Discipline. Moral Awareness has a significant negative direct association with Professional Maritime Character, but its interactions with Islamic Work Ethic, Religious Commitment, and Spiritual Intelligence are not significant. These findings indicate that professional maritime character is more strongly associated with the direct internalization of religious and spiritual values than with conditional effects of moral awareness, providing practical implications for integrated character development in maritime vocational education.

This study aims to analyze the role of Islamic Religious Education (IRE) teachers in forming students’ morality at SDN Bahalayung, Bakumpai, Barito Kuala, and to identify the internal and external factors that hinder this process. The study employed a descriptive qualitative approach involving the principal, IRE teacher, and students of Grades IV, V, and VI as research subjects. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation and analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The findings indicate that the IRE teacher performs four interconnected roles: role model, guide, motivator, and supervisor. These roles are implemented through exemplary behavior, advice, direct guidance, encouragement, habituation, behavioral monitoring, and educational sanctions. The main obstacles are students’ low moral awareness, differences in student characteristics, limited instructional time, insufficient parental support, and the influence of gadgets, social media, and unfavorable peer environments. The novelty of this study lies in its integrated analysis of the four teacher roles within a rural public elementary school context and its identification of digital exposure and family-school discontinuity as interconnected challenges to moral formation

این پژوهش با هدف تحلیل نقش معلمان آموزش دینی اسلامی (IRE) در شکل‌گیری اخلاق دانش‌آموزان دبستان دولتی بحالایونگ، باکومپای، باریتو کوالا و شناسایی عوامل درونی و بیرونی بازدارنده این فرایند انجام شده‌است. این مطالعه با رویکرد کیفی توصیفی و با مشارکت مدیر مدرسه، معلم آموزش دینی اسلامی و دانش‌آموزان پایه‌های چهارم، پنجم و ششم به عنوان افراد مورد پژوهش صورت گرفت. داده‌ها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد گردآوری و با استفاده از کاهش داده‌ها، ارائه داده‌ها و نتیجه‌گیری تحلیل شدند. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که معلم آموزش دینی اسلامی چهار نقش به‌هم‌پیوسته ایفا می‌کند: الگو، راهنما، انگیزه‌بخش و ناظر. این نقش‌ها از طریق رفتار الگویی، ارائه نصیحت، راهنمایی مستقیم، تشویق، عادت‌دهی، نظارت بر رفتار و اعمال تنبیهات تربیتی اجرا می‌شوند. مهم‌ترین موانع عبارت‌اند از: آگاهی اخلاقی پایین دانش‌آموزان، تفاوت ویژگی‌های فردی دانش‌آموزان، محدودیت زمان آموزشی، حمایت ناکافی والدین و تأثیر ابزارهای دیجیتال، شبکه‌های اجتماعی و محیط نامطلوب همسالان. نوآوری این پژوهش در تحلیل یکپارچه چهار نقش معلم در بستر مدرسه ابتدایی دولتی روستایی و شناسایی مواجهه دیجیتال و گسست خانواده‌ـ‌مدرسه به عنوان چالش‌های به‌هم‌پیوسته در شکل‌گیری اخلاق است.