Transformative Education through Sufism based Character Education in Indonesian Pesantren
- DOI
- 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.139How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Character Education, Transformative Education, Sufism, Pesantren
- Abstract
Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) is the oldest model of Islamic education institution in Indonesia. However, frequently, pesantren is considered as secondary option as it is traditional institution, focusses only in religious study and does not play a pivotal role in this modern time. This study aims at challenging this stereotyping and providing evidence that boarding school, that, in fact, plays a significant role in the society and contributes to transformation of young Muslim generation. This idea is in-line with the spirit of sustainable innovation. This is to proof that the Pesantren can still be relevant to the modern era. This research focuses on understanding the experience of religious teachers and students. Specifically, this research analyses the implementation of Sufism based character education model in Indonesian Pesantren. This is a qualitative study that employed ethnography approach. The data collection was started in July 2018 to January of 2019 and the analyzed in the lights of Transformative Education theory which was developed by Paulo Freire. This study discovers that Sufi daily ritual as unique model of character education among religious teachers and students was based on strong Sufi brotherhood. This kind of Islamic based character education has generated transformative education among the religious students (santri). This study is an evidence that Pesantren plays a pivotal role in terms of implementation of character education for transformative education in Indonesia.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Firdaus Wajdi AU - Zulkifli Lubis AU - Khairil Ikhsan Siregar PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - Transformative Education through Sufism based Character Education in Indonesian Pesantren BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 894 EP - 900 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.139 DO - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.139 ID - Wajdi2019/08 ER -