DEVELOPING NOBLENESS CHARACTER MODEL BASED ON INNER VALUES TO TEACH ISLAMIC EDUCATION AT INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MALAYSIA: A FUZZY DELPHI APPROACH

Abstract

This study aims to obtain experts consensus on the design and development of the Nobleness Character Model to be used by secondary schools' teachers to teach NC based on inner values to secondary school students. In this study, the researcher used quantitative research methods by using the Fuzzy Delphi approach. The researcher consulted the services of 7 experts from various fields of the Islamic character education and teaching. The questionnaire contains 20 items involving four main constructs, namely, (I) Wisdom, (II) Chastity (III) Justice (IV) Courage. Data was analysed using the FD approach with Fudelo 1.0.0.0 version Software. The findings of this study show that all the items proposed by the researcher passed the two conditions of the FDM that the threshold value (d) is not greater than or equal to 0.2. The percentage of expert agreement is also greater than or equal to 75%, and the final condition of the FDM is that the defuzzification value (alpha cut) is greater than or equal to 0.5. Therefore, all items are accepted. The overall findings indicate that all items are accepted, and there is expert consensus for the items proposed by the researcher in designing and developing the NC Model to be used by secondary school’s teachers to teach noble characters based on inner values to secondary school. The design of this model is expected to assist Islamic nobleness character teachers as guidelines for teaching and learning Islamic education character. As for students, the model will be beneficial for them when teachers use the implementation in the teaching process, and the students will feel the positive effectiveness of the model and will appreciate their teachers.