MENGEMBANGKAN FITRAH ANAK MELALUI PENDIDIKAN ISLAM (STUDI ATAS PEMIKIRAN HAMKA)
Abstract: Hamka was one of
Muslim intellectuals who played a significant role in modernization of Islamic
education. Among of his thoughts are:
According to Hamka, Developing human fitrah is the main purpose of
Islamic education. In this way, he emphasizes the important of moral education
and the need of developing intellect in teaching learning process. There are
some principles that must be considered to achieve this goal: a) The curriculum
must be able to develop social-emotion and lead students to be more obedient to
God. b) The approach used must be able to encourage students to implement their
knowledge and actualize their belief and obedience in their daily life. b) The
method must be able to encourage students to have critical minded. In this way,
parents and teachers need to give room of freedom for the students to think and
determine their own way of life based on their fitrah and talents. To achieve
this goal,the involvement teachers, parents, and society are absolutely
important. Hamka was not only the thinker of Islamic education, but also
directly involved in establishing and developing education institutions. Among
of them were Tabligh School in Minangkabau and Islamic Education Institution
Al-Azhar Jakarta.
Penulis: Mohamad Salik
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd140098
