Analysis Of Islamic Religion Learning Based On Jawi Script: “A Case Study At Ban Sipo School, Narathiwat, Southern Thailand”SIS OF ISLAMIC RELIGION LEARNING BASED ON JAWI SCRIPT: “A CASE STUDY AT BAN SIPO SCHOOL, NARATHIWAT, SOUTHERN THAILAND”
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This study aims to analyze Islamic religious education based on the Jawi script at Ban Sipo School, Narathiwat, Southern Thailand, as a pedagogical practice and a form of preserving Malay Islamic literacy in a multilingual educational context. The issue addressed in this research concerns the gap between the symbolic importance of Jawi as a marker of Malay-Muslim identity and students’ practical ability to read and understand Jawi religious texts. This study employed a qualitative approach with an exploratory case study design. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and documentation studies involving the principal, vice principal, Islamic education teachers, and students selected through purposive sampling. The data were analyzed thematically through data reduction, coding, pattern grouping, and conclusion drawing. The findings show that Jawi-based learning is implemented through reading, imitating, explaining, and repeating, with teachers acting as literacy models. The study also found that Jawi is interpreted as a medium of religious knowledge transmission and cultural identity, although students still face literacy challenges. The study emphasizes the necessity of structured, adaptive, and multilingual learning strategies to strengthen Jawi literacy in Islamic education.
Keywords: Islamic religious learning; Jawi script; Malay Islamic literacy; multilingual education
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