A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING IN ISLAMIC RELIGION CLASSES Cover Image

KOMPARATIVNA ANALIZA TRADICIONALNOG I INTERAKTIVNOG UČENJA U NASTAVI ISLAMSKE VJERONAUKE
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING IN ISLAMIC RELIGION CLASSES

Author(s): Esad Memić, Hasudin Atanović
Subject(s): Islam studies, School education, Evaluation research, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Islamski pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Zenici
Keywords: religion classes; interactive learning; traditional teaching; the quality of classes; motivation for changes;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research was to make a comparative analysis of traditional and interactive learning in Islamic religion classes, based on the results of testing students' knowledge and analyzing the students' and teachers' attitudes. We hypothesized that there would be a difference between traditional and interactive learning in Islamic religion classes, that the test results would be better in the group of students involved in interactive learning, and that both, the students and the teachers, would consider interactive learning better. We used a method of theoretical analysis, a descriptive analytical survey method and testing. The following instruments were used: 1) a test measuring the knowledge of Islamic religion; 2) a survey exploring the students' and teachers' attitudes about religious education; 3) a survey investigating the teachers' attitudes about interactive learning in religious education. The research sample comprised students (30) and teachers (75): 15 sixth grade students attending NMS 2 Villah elementary school and 15 sixth grade students from NMS 3 Villah elementary school (Carinthia, Austria); 60 Islamic religion teachers from the Tuzla Canton, the Zenica-Doboj and the Sarajevo Canton (B&H) and 14 Islamic religion teachers from Carinthia (Austria). The final test results showed that the students from the experimental group involved in interactive learning achieved better results compared to the control group learning in the traditional way.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 137-160
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Bosnian