Development of Muallimin Curriculum Model Based on Muadallah System A Case Study of Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia

Abstract

Curriculum is heart of education and provides route map to reach the destination for any teacher. It is dynamic and keeps changing with intent of teaching and learning which is needed to be realigned to suit the present society's needs and futuristic requirements. Curriculum covers the whole process of instruction which consists of educational objectives, contents, methods, and evaluation. To achieve the implementation of the curriculum which is based on Islamic philosophy and the needs of stakeholders who are Muslims as a case of Indonesia, introduction and effective management of Islamic curriculum in schools becomes necessary. This research attempts to clarify why and how this related issue in Indonesian context has been undertaken and succeeded by conducting qualitative research study, a case study of Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia. This research was aimed to explore the development of Muallimin curriculum based on Muadallah system in Indonesia by 'employing a qualitative rescarh approach in which the interviews, documentations and observations were the main methods used to gather qualitative data. The descriptive qualitative analysis was adopted for data analysis. From the research findings, they revealed that Muallimin curriculum which is well known as independent Islamic curriculum was designed by and implemented at Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor which is a Pesantren or boarding school's standard curriculum in Indonesia. Muallimin curriculum has its own characteristics and they are; Pesantren's life, 24 hours' education, school for teachers, Kyai or Sheikh (a scholar) as the center of educational sources as well as language skills. After passing through significant processes of change and stages of transformation, the Muallimin curriculum had become the legal standard curriculum for Pesantren in Indonesia through its establishment of Muadallah system. After Muallimin curriculum had been recognized by the government of Indonesia, this research has identified several benefits in terms of status and reputation gained by Pesantren and they are as follows; 1. Pesantren was recognized by the government of Indonesia as one of national institutions in Indonesia, 2. the graduates of Pesantren can pursue higher education in any university in Indonesia as well as oversea university, in which they were previously banned from accessing this level of education before Muadallah system was acknowledged, and 3. Since then, Pesentren has been financially supported by the government of Indonesia. It is hoped that the research would make a clear understanding about the development of Muallimin curriculum model based on Muadallah system in Indonesia and provide model guidelines for curriculum development unit of any county about what "insight" is and how can the unit can go about developing Islamic education curriculum in its own respective county.