Application of Fuzzy Delphi Approach in Designing Homeschooling Education for Early Childhood Islamic Education

Islamic Education Curriculum has existed since early 1970s and has been adapted into education system formally worldwide. In Malaysia, Islamic education curriculum for primary and secondary level was started with the drafting of National Education Philosophy and Islamic Education Philosophy in 1987. So, there is a need to introduce homeschooling for early childhood Islamic education. Early childhood Islamic education is a process of introducing the children of Tamyiz age with the principles of faith and the Islamic way of life. This study aims to examine which homeschooling for early childhood Islamic education design is suitable to be developed as teaching and learning medium. The objective of the study is to gather expert views on the teaching and learning design of the homeschooling early childhood Islamic education. Fuzzy Delphi technique (FDM) was applied to obtain experts’ consensus by distributing instruments to fifteen experts chosen from various fields and backgrounds. The instrument consisted of five themes of teaching and learning: Al-Quran, Akidah, Ibadah, Sirah Nabi serta Akhlak and Adab Islamiah to get the experts’ consensus. The findings showed that the experts’ consensus that homeschooling curriculum of Islamic education is feasible for Early Childhood Education in strengthening Islamic manners and morals of future generations. Impacts resulting from experts’ consensus show a new framework for designing a homeschool curriculum of Islamic education in Early Childhood. Thus, this study suggests the implementation of the new education policy to stakeholders especially to the Islamic Education and the Ministry of Education (MOE) to highlight homeschooling for early childhood Islamic education in the realization of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025.