PROPOSED GUIDELINES OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE MUSLIM CHILDREN'S TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SKILLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIAL CONTEXT IN THREE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were 1) to analyze 21st century skills for Muslim children within the social context of three Southern provinces, 2) to analyze the needed 21st century skills for Muslim children, 3) to analyze parental involvement in providing education to develop Muslim children's 21st century skills, and 4) to propose educational guidelines for Muslim parental involvement in developing 21st century skills for their children in the three Southern provinces context. Mixed methods research design was employed by using documentary research, focus group discussion, survey research, participatory action research (PAR), and interviews. Research findings showed six Muslim children's 21st century skills; namely, 1) Quranic and Islamic way of life skills, 2) communication and collaboration skills, 3) information and communication technology (ICT) skills, 4) self-management skills, 5) cultural and social responsibility skills and 6) thinking and learning skills. Those categories of skills were ranked by the Priority Needs Index (PNI) as 0.459, 0.449, 0.441, 0.436, 0.405, and 0.403, respectively. It was also found that the five necessary components for parental involvement in developing Muslim children's 21st century skills included 1) Islamic parenting, 2) Islamic integrated home-based learning, 3) collaboration with the school, 4) community involvement, and 5) self-improvement and parental education. Ten conditional factors needed to engage Muslim parents in educating their children were 1) knowledge about parental involvement and parenting, 2) time, 3) family relationship, 4) role model, 5) continuity, 6) ICT skills, 7) commitment, 8) home environment, 9) parent-school relationship, and 10) parent-community relationship. Two guidelines for Muslim parental involvement in developing 21st century skills for their children included 1) guidelines for parents and 2) guidelines for schools and communities in supporting parental involvement.