Children's Education At Home During The Pandemic
and Regional Enterprises). In the social sector, the Covid-19 pandemic gave birth to a transformation of social behavior, for example, to maximize social distancing, work activities and education centered at home, worship at home, and religious rituals were temporarily abolished.
The Covid-19 pandemic also impacted the education sector. In Indonesia, the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) issued Circular Letter No. 15 of 2020 on Guidelines for The Implementation of Learning From Home In the Emergency Period of the Spread of Covid-19.
The policy aims to ensure the fulfillment of student's right to obtain education services during the Covid-19 emergency, protect the citizens of the education unit from the adverse effects of Covid-19, prevent the spread and transmission of Covid-19 in the education unit, and ensure the fulfillment of psychosocial support of educators, students, and parents. [4]
With the policy of studying at home and working at home or in other words, all activities are centered at home, the time of togetherness of parents with children is increasingly intense. The opportunity of togetherness needs to be realized as a valuable momentum to strengthen the relationship between children and parents. The momentum can be utilized by parents to the maximum in providing mentoring and education for children. Please note that children's education at home is a challenge for parents, but the challenge can be passed if parents know how to educate their children at home.
One of the educational concepts that can be implemented in educating children at home during the pandemic is Islamic education.
This paper will be explained how children's education at home during the pandemic Islamic education perspective which includes the role of parents Islamic education perspective, Islamic education materials, and methods of educating children in Islamic education comprehensively and integrally.
The type of research chosen is library research by collecting all information from the main source of Islamic education, namely the text of the Qur'an, then the discussion is supplemented by references to books and journals on Islamic education written by Islamic education experts.
Discussion
The Urgency of Education for Children
Children are one of the things most expected by every family. The happiness of parents seems perfect when having children who grow up healthy and have good character. Children are the most beautiful gifts God gives to parents, and not all parents get them. Therefore, every parent is
obliged to take care and take care of their children as a form of gratitude for the grace God gives.
A child is a small human being who has characteristics that are not the same as adults, the child has a high dependence and is not yet independent. Children in a period of physical, psychic, spiritual, and intellectual development. Childhood is a sensitive or sensitive time in which the child is easily receptive to various stimuli and influences from outside the self that he receives through his five senses. [5] Thus in the process of growth and development of the child is in desperate need of mentoring and parenting.
The position of the child in the perspective of Islamic education is an individual who is in the process of physical, psychic, and spiritual growth and development. During the process of growth and development, the child needs guidance and direction that is consistent and sustainable towards the optimal point of fitrah ability that he has. Thus, Islamic teachings require every parent to take care of their children, as hinted in QS. At-Tahrim [66]: 6.
In Islamic education, the position of the child as a descendant who will become a generation or successor, as hinted in QS. Al-Furqon [25]:
74. This verse explains one of the attributes of a believing parent who always ask Allah to be awarded a child or offspring who believes and fears Allah. This is so that the people of this world may be filled with people who believe and fear God, and that their descendants may be the successors in the fight for justice and truth. [6] The future of the nation is determined by the child as the next generation, as well as the existence of religion in the future depends on the child as a direct and relay bearer of the struggle of Islamic da'wah. If the generation is destroyed, then it is certain that the existence of the state and religion is threatened.
One of the strategic efforts in shaping the character of a good child is through Islamic education. The role of Islamic education for children is very important to develop a set of potentials that children have. According to Shahminan Zaini quoted by Abdul Kodir,[7] human potential consists of two parts, namely internal potential and external potential. The first internal potential includes fitrah and hanif, both of which have the understanding that man has a natural tendency to accept religion or religion from the beginning of its creation. Only the meaning of fitrah is broader not only the natural tendencies of religion, but also human beings have social fitrah, gain knowledge, maintain life, and freedom.
Furthermore, the second internal potential includes the unity of the body
and the spirit. Man is not only a creature in the form of a body, but in man, there is a spirit with which man can live. With the potential of the body (sensory), man can know something outside of himself through his sensory instruments, man can know the sound, color, smell, taste, and so on with his five senses. Then the potential ability is willing to behave.
Furthermore, the potential of the reason is one of the elements of human psychology to achieve the true truth. The potential of reason gives people the ability to understand symbols, abstract things, compare right and wrong, and encourage people to create and innovate in realizing human civilization.
While the external potential is outside of human beings who support and support internal potential, namely in the form of religious instructions and the universe. Through religious instruction, man gets information about what he does not know all along. Not all problems of life can be solved by reason. Religion becomes the guide and guide of man in living life. While the external universe is bestowed by God for man as a means of man reaching the perfection of life.
From the set of potentials that have as described above, then Islamic education is a must be given to children. Without Islamic education, the potential does not benefit oneself, others, and the universe. The role of parents in Islamic education is very important in optimizing the set of potentials that children have towards intellectually intelligent, spiritually intelligent, and emotionally intelligent human beings.
The purpose of children's education in the perspective of Islamic education is to form a generation of good character and foster people personally and in groups to be able to carry out their functions as servants of God and caliphs, to build this world by the concept set by God, or in other words to fear God. [8] This goal will be achieved if the parents are maximal in educating their children.