Spirituality in Education: Perception of Teachers of Middle School Teachers in Sukoharjo District

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10.2991/assehr.k.200323.156How to use a DOI?

Keywords

spirituality, teacher, education, curriculum

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine teachers’ perceptions about the meaning of spirituality of students in high schools in Sukoharjo district. The study used a qualitative approach by collecting data through an open-ended questionnaire in response to 30 teachers of various subjects and teaching experiences, male and female. Data were analyzed descriptively to find themes from teachers’ reactions to their perceptions of spirituality. The results showed that the majority of teachers’ perceptions stated that spiritualness is connectedness of 14 respondents, the closeness of 5 respondents, understanding of 4 respondents, the mentality of 5 respondents, and spiritual as the handle of life for two respondents. Spiritual as a connectedness, or interrelation between human beings is described by faith, spirituality, religious beliefs embraced, higher spirit / energy (God), almighty power, belief as a creature of God, inner psychology of a person, human closeness with God, belief towards God, hablum minallah, with the creator, closeness to the almighty, by understanding the spiritual side.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bashir
AU  - M. Furqon Hidayatullah
AU  - Joko Nurkamto
AU  - Asrowi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/25
TI  - Spirituality in Education: Perception of Teachers of Middle School Teachers in Sukoharjo District
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Progressive Education (ICOPE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 391
EP  - 394
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200323.156
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200323.156
ID  - 2020
ER  -