Although in facing challanges of globalization, we are not skeptical and pessimistic look at the future of our national education, but we should review the education policy over the yaers. Our national education has to be able to equip this nation, especially the learners with the tools of moral and intellectual who really needed to understand the future so as to deal with tact. On a wide scale…
During all this time, the learning process of Islamic Education at school and Islamic Education has not been capable of developing students' understanding of Islam comprehensively and holistically involving all of the religious dimensions. Islamic Education at school and Islamic school which is run at present is valued to develop more on students' understanding of Islam on science dimension [kn…
Pluralism has given rise to the pros and cons, especially among the clergy. Pluralism has been being distorted and misunderstood. Therefore, a comprehensive explanation of the nature and substance of pluralism is still needed. Pluralism actually tried to get a more realistic stance that the religions are essentially different one another. The adherents of pluralism urge an urgency of some meeti…
Peningkatan kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia [SDM] merupakan prasyarat mutlak untuk mencapai suatu keberhasilan dalam pembangunan, Salah satu wahana untuk meningkatkan kualitas SDM tersebut adalah pendidikan yang harus ditanamkan sejak usia dini. Oleh sebab itu kualitas pendidikan harus senantiasa ditingkatkan sebagai faktor penentu dalam mencapai keberhasilan pembangunan. Pendidikan itu dapat dipe…
Madrasah sebagai lembaga pendidikan yang berciri khas Islam sangat menarik perhatian dalam rangka melaksanakan cita-cita pendidikan nasional, bukan semata-mata karena faktor jumlah peserta didiknya yang signifikan tetapi juga karakteristik madrasah yang relevan dengan semangat reformasi sistem pendidikan nasional. [Pemerataan, education for all, desentralisasi, dll]. Di tengah-tengah upaya peme…
There are a number of religious guidance succeeded in building a good personality and character of Muslaim conducted by a group any particular religious stream. For instance, one of the groups is jama'ah Tabligh of Temboro, Karas, Magetan. In line with this, it is necessary to learn in depth about this sort of group which is focused on the following issues: 1)the coaching forms of religious edu…
The presentation of religious and spiritual issues is a common occurance in counselling. Are counselors competent to address this issue?This paper will address this issue. An exploration of the ways religion coming up in counseling will be discussed along with suggestions for its practices. The discussion will pay attention on the issue of educational counselor and the preparation for counselor…
Islam encourages Moslems to seek for knowledge regardless the area boundary, age, and field of interest. However, the Islamic education in Indonesia has not been able to facilitate men and women to obtain equal education. This gender gap is found in the policy, management, and teaching institutions of Islamic education. This has an impact on learner output, his/her roles and responsibilities in…
Tulisan ini menjelaskan bahwa Nurcholis Madjid sebagai seorang pemikir Islam Indonesia banyak mengeluarkan gagasan kontroversial yang ditentang oleh banyak kalangan, meskipun tidak sedikit juga yang memberikan dukungan. Menurutnya, Islam sebagai agama hanif yaitu suatu ajaran yang bersemangat mencari kebenaran yang lapang, toleran, dan tanpa kefanatikan. Dalam al Qur;an juga terdapat paham kema…
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan proses pengelolaan guru pendidikan agama di era desentralisasi pendidikan di kota Palangkaraya Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah. Penelitian ini merupakan studi kasus yang bersifat kualitatif yang dilakukan pada tahun 2010. Pengumpulan data dilakukan secara langsung di Kota Palangkaraya, dengan sumber data primer dan sekunder yang berasal dari data dan dokume…