The Need for the Development of Hikmah Pedagogy Module to Preschool Students

Abstract

This research seeks teacher's perspective by employing the ADDIE framework to develop preschool Hikmah pedagogy module, specifically analysis, development, design, application and evaluation stages. This study described the first stage of the ADDIE framework, which is the needs analysis stage. The needs analysis included seven school teachers, and a semistructured interview was conducted. The completion of the interview discovered that there were four themes needed in the development of this Hikmah pedagogy module, particularly reading, oral questioning, stimulus material, storytelling and one problem face by teachers such as class control. Therefore, this study had implications for preschool children in improving Higher order thinking skills and improving soft skills.

Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Instruction of Islamic Education

“…Moreover, Cheng (2019) suggests an interdisciplinary approach combining both theoretical and empirical research in understanding and improving morality in all institutions of learning. Besides, Zulkifli et al (2022) opine that Islamic education instructors lack adequate skills techniques, strategies and attitudes required for training the learners of the 21 st century and suggest an integrated approach of instruction to be able to achieve the aims of Islamic education. Basically, contemporary learners cannot be effectively taught with only classical methods, techniques, strategies and approaches.…”

“…Hikmah is an Arabic word which means wisdom. In addition, from the context of Hikmah pedagogy, it is an instructional model focusing on refining the thinking abilities of children, rooted from Mathew Lipman's ideas of Philosophy for children (Hashim et al, 2018;Zulkifli et al, 2022). Additionally, the Hikmah pedagogy would inculcate in learners ethical, moral and spiritual dimensions while enabling them to express their religious and societal views without necessarily attacking one another in a multi-faceted environment such as Malaysia (Hussien et al, 2017).…”

Fostering Creativity and Moral Values Among Preschool Children Through Multimedia Storyboards

“…The development of the story arises from the questions posed by the well-acted story characters by the research subjects, making the story more dynamic and engaging. The production of diverse sentences and new ideas contributed by the stimuli received (Griffith et al, 2008;Bus, Takacs & Kegel, 2015& Zulkifli et al, 2022 had an impact on the development of the plot and helped the research subjects create more numerous and varied statements. For example, the character of the father, played by subject 4, played a significant role in the development of the story during the storytelling session with multimedia.…”