Design of Multicultural Based Islamic Education Module: Development Studies at Junior High Schools in Riau Province

Abstract

Purpose of the study: This study aims to produce a character-based multicultural education module that is valid and practical in the teaching of Islam in SMP Riau Province.
 Methodology: The model used in this research development is the Borg and Gell model but only to the seventh stage, namely: (1) potential and problems, (2) data collection, (3) product design, (4) design validation, (5) design revision, (6) product trials, and (7) product revisions. The research instruments used in this article are validation sheets (aspects of validity), teacher and student assessment sheets (aspects of practicality). Data was collected, using interviews, observations, questionnaires.
 Main findings: This article produces a product in the form of a multicultural-based PAI module that is valid in the material aspect (4.15), and valid in the technological aspect (3.98), and practical (3.62). This means that the developed multicultural-based PAI module has met valid and practical criteria so that it can be used in the learning process.
 Applications of this study: This research is useful for the development of science, especially in the theoretical implementation of module development in multicultural-based Islamic Religious Education subjects which specifically provide examples of practical and systematic steps in the development of teaching materials to improve the quality of Islamic Religious Education in schools/madrasas.
 Novelty/Originality of this study: This research produces multicultural PAI-based modules that provide policy recommendations and values for policymakers and educators to respond and accommodate multiculturalism in Indonesia and develop multicultural-based PAI learning modules at all levels of education.