Factors Affecting Malay Muslim Youth Life Skills Development in Islamic Private School
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This qualitative research aimed to study factors affecting life skills development for Malay Muslim in small-sized Islamic private school in Pattani Province. The subjects of this study included 16 school administrators, teachers, students’ parents, religious teachers, community leaders, current students, and alumni, side by side with three experts. The data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and observations. The collected data were, then, categorized and connected for conclusions and interpretation. The reliability of the conclusions and interpretations were examined by experts of Malay Muslim’s life skills development.
The result of the study was that there were two factors affecting life skills development for Malay Muslim in small-sized Islamic private schools-inner factors, and outer factors. There were six inner factors including the school’s strict rules and regulations, good care for students, relative-liked organizational culture, teacher’s model, peer relationship and learning, and schoolmate relationship and learning. There were four outer factors including outside-school friend relationship and learning, cooperation between the school and the students’parents, cooperation between the school and the community, and networks with outer organizations.
The conclusions brought about the following suggestions. Firstly, since teachers were a major model for students, Islamic private schools in the area should praise and give compliments to teachers and school officers who were good models for the students; also, the students should be inspired to adapt these teachers and school officers’ characteristics into their lifestyles in order to develop their life skills. Secondly, good care for students was also an essential factor developing the students’ life skills. Therefore, schools should create or provide a mechanism, or an evaluation system concerning Malay Muslim students in their schools’ life skills development concretely with the cooperation from every agent related to the students.
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