Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia

This paper intends to explain Usrah Mahallah in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), its roles in developing students’ character and its contributions towards lifelong learning. As the subject matter of this paper is much qualitative, a case study was conducted and so become the sol...

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Main Authors:	Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi, Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi, Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60491/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60491/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60491/19/60491-DEVELOPMENT%20OF%20STUDENTS%E2%80%99%20CHARACTER%20THROUGH%20USRAH%20EDUCATION.pdf

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spelling	iium-604912017-12-28T04:01:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60491/ Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz L Education (General) This paper intends to explain Usrah Mahallah in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), its roles in developing students’ character and its contributions towards lifelong learning. As the subject matter of this paper is much qualitative, a case study was conducted and so become the sole method of study in order to meet the purpose of this study. 2,323 students participated in Usrah Mahallah for Semester 1, Academic Year 2016/2017, 307 less than the following semester. 70.47 percent of participants managed to attend at least three Usrah sessions organised in Semester 1, 3.45 percent lower than Semester 2. Findings shown that participants of Usrah Mahallah are happy to have Usrah Mahallah as a part of their life as IIUM students. Three factors contributed to such happiness: modern and friendly approaches applied by leaders, organisation of attractive Usrah Mahallah activities at both Mahallah (residential college) and University levels, and conducive environment of Usrah Mahallah inculcated jointly by leaders and participants. Those findings lead to positive implications. Usrah Mahallah is not only regarded as a progressive product of Islamisation in IIUM, but also considered capable in providing students with supplementary social, spiritual and intellectual values which will help IIUM in establishing better community with better social and spiritual state in the future. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60491/19/60491-DEVELOPMENT%20OF%20STUDENTS%E2%80%99%20CHARACTER%20THROUGH%20USRAH%20EDUCATION.pdf Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi and Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi and Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz (2017) Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia. In: International Conference on Lifelong Learning for Islamic Education (ICLLIE) 2017, 4th-5th December 2017, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. (Unpublished) https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7091e373a10a6af9&id=7091E373A10A6AF9%2168704&authkey=%21AJ7lBLvUTLtyTa4
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
description	This paper intends to explain Usrah Mahallah in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), its roles in developing students’ character and its contributions towards lifelong learning. As the subject matter of this paper is much qualitative, a case study was conducted and so become the sole method of study in order to meet the purpose of this study. 2,323 students participated in Usrah Mahallah for Semester 1, Academic Year 2016/2017, 307 less than the following semester. 70.47 percent of participants managed to attend at least three Usrah sessions organised in Semester 1, 3.45 percent lower than Semester 2. Findings shown that participants of Usrah Mahallah are happy to have Usrah Mahallah as a part of their life as IIUM students. Three factors contributed to such happiness: modern and friendly approaches applied by leaders, organisation of attractive Usrah Mahallah activities at both Mahallah (residential college) and University levels, and conducive environment of Usrah Mahallah inculcated jointly by leaders and participants. Those findings lead to positive implications. Usrah Mahallah is not only regarded as a progressive product of Islamisation in IIUM, but also considered capable in providing students with supplementary social, spiritual and intellectual values which will help IIUM in establishing better community with better social and spiritual state in the future.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz
author_facet	Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi Awang Marusin, Awang Abdul Muizz
author_sort	Nik Abdullah, Nik Md. Saiful Azizi
title	Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_short	Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full	Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_fullStr	Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia
title_sort	development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: case study in the international islamic university malaysia
publishDate	2017
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Development of students’ character through usrah education as lifelong learning: Case study in the International Islamic University Malaysia

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