TY - JOUR AU - Ramdane, Tahraoui AU - Souad, Merah AU - Marusin, Ratinah AU - Md Sidek, Suzana Suhailawaty PY - 2018/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE USEFULNESS OF MUSIC AS A TOOL OF TEACHING ISLAMIC EDUCATION: TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE JF - Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) JA - SHAJARAH VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - ARTICLES DO - 10.31436/shajarah.v0i0.764 UR - https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/764 SP - 267-286 AB - <p>This paper addresses the use of songs by Malaysian Islamic&nbsp;Education teachers in their classrooms in order to help their students&nbsp;understand the Islamic education topics in a more effective and&nbsp;enjoyable manner. Furthermore, this paper provides an insight about&nbsp;the role of teachers in implementing innovative approaches via songs,&nbsp;which brings to the forefront an awareness about effective teaching&nbsp;strategies, not only for in-service teachers but also for those who are&nbsp;responsible for educating and training Islamic Education teachers in&nbsp;the future. This study employs a quantitative cross-sectional research&nbsp;design, utilizing surveys and questionnaires. The population of this&nbsp;study comprised Islamic Education teachers in primary schools in&nbsp;the Kuala Selangor District, in the State of Selangor. The sampling&nbsp;technique adopted by the researcher was purposive because data&nbsp;based on the knowledge and experience of teachers were the main&nbsp;aim of the research. The results of this study revealed that not only&nbsp;the students benefited from the use of songs but also teachers. The&nbsp;impact comprised areas which teachers of Islamic education usually&nbsp;receive a lot of criticism, such as creativity, thinking andcommunication skills, emotions, motivation and spiritual<br>development.</p> ER -