UPAYA PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA DI MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH (SUATU KAJIAN TEORITIS-EMPIRIS)

Religious education plays a remarkable role for  developing humans’ morality. Therefore, in the National Development  of Indonesia, religious education posses a chief position. This important position is implemented in schools throughout Indonesia, from elementary level to university level , both schools based on religious teaching and those based on secular one. For instance, at the elementary religious school, religious education has become one of  nationally-tested subject. However,  Islamic education at this level of education is considered to be abortive since pupils of this school  are still unable to practice their religious teaching in their daily life. Based on this, efforts to enhance the quality of religious education at this  basic level of education must be made. What kinds of efforts should be made for that purpose, will be elaborated in this artikel.                 Kata Kunci:  Mutu pendidikan agama, Madrasah Ibtidaiya

PEMUTUAN TENAGA KEPENDIDIKAN DALAM MENGHADAPI TANTANGAN ERA GLOBALISASI

The Era of globalization with its challenges have to be faced with conceptual, systematical and implementation efforts. Therefore, in the case of education, one of efforts should be taken to face the era of globalization is through the enhancement of education quality. Based on this, educators, both lecturers and teachers have to possess a good competence and profesional skill in managing education Kata Kunci: Pemutuan tenaga pendidikan, tantangan globalisas

LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY COURSE CONTRIBUTION IN PREPARING PROSPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Abstrak This qualitative research with a phenomenological approach aims to analyze the role of the PAI learning psychology course in preparing professional teacher candidates for students majoring in PAI, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training UIN Datokarama Palu, and to describe the lecture strategies used by lecturers for this purpose. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews, involved observation, and documentation. To ensure the validity of the data used triangulation of sources and techniques. Data analysis was carried out qualitatively through data collection, reduction, presentation, and analysis stages. The results of the study show that several roles in the PAI learning psychology course play a role in preparing professional teacher candidates, such as: providing awareness of the different characteristics of students, providing a broad understanding of the duties and roles of teachers, and giving students self-confidence. pursue the profession of a teacher. The strategy used in PAI Learning Psychology lectures is to combine interactive lecture methods, discussions, use of infocus media and digital media through video analysis, and presentation of material with PowerPoint. In addition, problem-based learning is also the most frequently used strategy. With this strategy, students not only receive material but are invited intensively to solve problems related to psychological problems in learning.   &nbsp