Designing a Model of the Citizenship Education for the Primary School Students Based on the Components of the School of Islam

The main purpose of this study was to design a model of citizenship education for primary school students based on the components of the school of Islam.

The method of this study was a combination of qualitative content analysis in the qualitative stage and Delphi technique in the quantitative stage. The statistical population of the qualitative stage included the Islamic thinkers and experts who had directly and indirectly commented on the citizenship education. Their thoughts and ideas in papers, books, magazines, doctoral dissertations, and Internet sites were purposefully investigated, and this process continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. The statistical population in the quantitative stage included 15 citizenship education experts as a statistical sample, who were purposefully selected. A questionnaire was used to collect qualitative data and fiches were used to collect quantitative data. The collected data were analyzed using content analysis techniques and open, axial and selective coding.

The findings showed that there were 30 components for the citizenship education from the perspective of Islam in moral, social, political and economic aspects; 22 components such as ‘man in search of Allah, the need for religious education, the compassion and forgiveness in the light of education, the revival of natural beliefs, raising the spirit of justice-seeking, the attention to moderation, legalism, an emphasis on consultation and acceptance of collective wisdom, encouraging questioning, the status of hard work, being contented, etc. were identified as the components of the citizenship education model in the primary school.

The citizenship education based on the Islamic approach can provide a complete and universal model for the education of primary school students