An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in determining dimensions of integrated and holistic Islamic education among Kuliyyah of Education
The recent studies have shown that the Islamic education system is stagnant among Muslim students because it lacks critical thinking skills (Hashim and Hussien, 2003). The First World Conference on Muslim Education held in Makkah in 1977 recommended integrated and holistic Islamic education as a...
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Faculty of Education, University of Malaya
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39669/1/39669.pdf |
| Summary: | The recent studies have shown that the Islamic education system is
stagnant among Muslim students because it lacks critical thinking skills
(Hashim and Hussien, 2003). The First World Conference on Muslim
Education held in Makkah in 1977 recommended integrated and holistic
Islamic education as an alternative education paradigm among Muslims
in order to address problems inherent with Islamic education
(Conference Book, 1977). Few studies have been conducted to
empirically examine the underlining factors determining integrated and
holistic educational system. The primary objective of this study is to
validate the major components of integrated and holistic Islamic
educational system as proposed in the resolution of the First World
Conference on Muslim Education held in Makkah in 1977 by using
explanatory factor analysis (EFA). The research design in the present
study is quantitative. The population of the study was undergraduate
and postgraduate students at the Kuliyyah of Education, International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The total numbers of 121
respondents among undergraduate and postgraduate students at the
Kuliyyah of Education (IIUM) were selected as a sample of this paper.
The respondents were requested to respond to a-three-page survey
questionnaire. The study validates the factors structure of integrated
and holistic Islamic education using SPSS version 16.0. The exploratory
factor analysis (EFA) was employed for data analysis in order to
determine the numbers of factors or components of integrated and
holistic Islamic education. From the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA),
the findings from screen plot have identified three factors while seven
(7) factors have been identified based on the initial eigenvalues and
percentage variance of factors that orthogonally rotated. Both factors
from screen plot and factors that orthogonally rotated were in line with
the theoretical basis of this paper. The findings from this study would
provide insightful information to the curriculum designers and lecturers
of Islamic education and Islamization of knowledge at the Institute of
Education, IIUM to enhance the content using integrated and holistic
approach. |
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