RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN DEVELOPING FUTURE HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS: VIEWS FROM EXPERTS AND TEACHERS (Pendidikan Agama dan Latihan dalam Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Profesional Masa Depan: Pandangan Mufti dan Guru)

Rahim M. Sail, Khadijah Alavi, Lukman Abdul Mutalib, Anwar Ahmad, Shamsul Shah Tarjo, Nor Ellina Abdul Razak

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ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this study was to explore the views of Islamic religious experts and excellent Islamic teachers on the development of future human resource professionals. A qualitative design was employed to explore themes of this study among Islamic experts and excellent Islamic teachers. Participants of the study comprised 8 Islamic religious experts and 12 excellent Islamic teachers. In-depth interviews with the participants were conducted to gather the data. The findings indicated that Islamic religious experts and excellent Islamic teachers viewed, the process and practices of human resource development (HRD) would be greatly strengthened through understanding and application of the contents of the al-Quran and Hadiths. It would be able to apply and practice Islamic concepts and ethics in carrying out HRD functions. Implications that can be drawn from the findings suggest that religious concepts and ethics should be integrated or infused in the pre-service curriculum to prepare for a “balanced” HRD professional. On the other hand, in-service training programs for HRD professionals should also include religious concepts and ethics to fortify them with the foundations of integrity, professionalism and accountability.

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Tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk meninjau pandangan pakar-pakar agama Islam dan guru-guru Islam yang cemerlang kepada pembangunan profesional sumber manusia masa depan. Reka bentuk kualitatif telah digunakan untuk meneroka tema- tema kajian ini di kalangan pakar-pakar Islam dan guru-guru Islam yang cemerlang. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada 8 orang ahli agama Islam dan 12 orang guru Islam yang  cemerlang.  Temu  bual  mendalam  terhadap  para  peserta  telah  dijalankan untuk  mengumpul  data.  Hasil  kajian  menunjukkan  bahawa  pakar-pakar  agama Islam dan guru-guru Islam cemerlang melihat, proses dan amalan pembangunan sumber manusia (PSM) akan terus diperkukuhkan melalui kefahaman dan aplikasi isi kandungan al-Quran dan hadis. Dengan demikian akan membolehkan aplikasi dan amalan etika Islam dalam menjalankan fungsi PSM. Implikasi daripada kajian menunjukkan bahawa konsep dan etika agama harus disepadukan atau diselitkan dalam kurikulum pra-perkhidmatan bagi memastikan wujudnya profesional PSM yang seimbang. Selain itu, program latihan dalam perkhidmatan untuk profesional HRD juga harus merangkumi konsep agama dan etika untuk mengukuhkan mereka dengan asas-asas integriti, profesionalisme dan kebertanggungjawaban.


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