Practice of Islamic values influenced by co-curricular activities: a study of M6 students of selected Islamic private schools in Chana District, Songkhla, Thailand

• Main Authors: Mugem, Rusdee, Abd Rashid, Adnan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Yala Rajabhat University 2013
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/31512/1/International_conference.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31512/; http://edu.yru.ac.th/YRU-ICIE2013/LIST%20OF%20PRESENTERS.pdf

Participating in co-curricular activities (CCAs) can benefit students in a number of ways and help to shape them into a well-rounded individual and seem more student-centered than the regular classes. Likewise in a sense, co-curricular activities prepare students to practice for the future opportunities in case of working in team, to exercise leadership and taking initiative themselves. It is like preparing for actual learning in real life situations that encourage them to involve in the process and learn the process of different activities. However, co-curricular activities in Islamic private schools are less recognized on their effectiveness though they are offered to students in order to inculcate Islamic values and come out through students’ practice. This study aims to examine the level of students’ practice Islamic values that are categorized into six types as follows; value of life, value of time, value of humanity, value of morality, value of social norm and value of sincerity. Quantitative method was applied to collect primary data from 240 of M6 students (final year) of Islamic private schools. The findings revealed that co-curricular activities have high influence on their practice of all types of Islamic values by showing the great number of average mean score. Therefore, this research provides useful information toward perception on influence of CCAs being organized in Islamic private schools. Moreover, it also views the outlook to Islamic institutions in Songkhla area regarding to CCAs’ influences.