ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN PLURALITY DISCOURSE STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES (IAIN) SALATIGA

Abstract

The differences  of  views  about Islam is single or  plural impact on the debate on the use of terminology of Indonesia Islamic education. This  debate on terminology actually arose among the Muslims who have more understanding about the conception of Islamic education. Therefore, this  study aims to explore the attitudes of the academic community of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Science Teachers (FTIK) of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Salatiga against the use of Islamic education terminology in Indonesia, so as to know the views of  respondents about Islam is single or plural. This research  uses quantitative descriptive research type. The population of this study are students of the third semester and the fifth semester at the State Islamic Institute (IAIN)  at Tarbiyah and Science Teachers (FTIK) Salatiga as many as 1763 respondents. Researcher took  355 samples of  respondents  with cluster random sampling technique. Data collection use questioner method. Data were  analyzed with descriptive  statistics. The data that has been collected then followed the stages of description, reduction, selection, discussion, analysis and conclusions. This research concluded that the majority of the academic community of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Salatiga were disagree  with the terminology of Islamic education of Indonesia. They are more amenable to use the term Islamic education in Indonesia. This shows that the academic  community of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Science Teachers (FTIK)  of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Salatiga views   that   Islam as   single rather   than plural. The study   also found  that  respondents who have more  understanding about the conception of Islamic education  who  reject the terminology   of  Islamic education in Indonesia  are greater  than   those   who   have less understanding of     the   conception   of  Islamic    education. Therefore, it   is   suspected  that   there is  a   negative   correlation  between  the   level   of   understanding of the concept of Islamic education with plurality attitude.