STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AT WIDYA DHARMA PAUD IN BANJARMASIN CITY, INDONESIA

Abstract

Widya Dharma TK PAUD Banjarmasin City is a school that has students from various religions, including; Islam, Christianity, Catholicism and Buddhism. This school in the development of religious aspects emphasizes on 2 (two) religious dimensions, namely the first early childhood is very important to be introduced about religion so that children are internalized in religious values in worship. Second, children are instilled in the nature of religious tolerance from an early age so that children are accustomed to tolerance among their peers despite their different religions. Based on this brief background, the researcher focused on 2 (two) research focuses, namely: 1) the strategy for developing religious worship in Widya Dharma TK PAUD Banjarmasin; and 2) the strategy of cultivating religious tolerance in Widya Dharma TK PAUD Banjarmasin. This study uses a qualitative research approach directed at field research. Subjects in this study were relegious teachers of Islam, Christianity, Catholicism and Buddhism. While the object of this research is the strategy of developing religious worship and religious tolerance. Data collecting techniques with interviews, observation and documentation. The validity of the data was measured using method and source triangulation techniques. Data analysis was carried out by steps of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of research on the development strategy of religious worship in Widya Dharma TK PAUD Banjarmasin City has 3 (three) development activities, namely: (1) routine activities, including; prayer together with different prayer ways/attitudes but the contents of the prayer are common and use Indonesian, English and Mandarin; (2) integrated activities, including; activities to develop cognitive, physical motor, language and arts aspects that are integrated with the development of religious values; and (3) special activities, including; faith, prayer/way of worship, prayer, reading and understanding religious books, songs or religious praise, introducing fasting and introducing religious days or memorials of their respective religions. The strategy of cultivating religious tolerance through 5 (five) activities, namely: (1) the teacher introduces good traits, 2) the teacher introduces the nature of religious tolerance; (3) the teacher provides a stimulus so that the child thinks about good traits; 4) the teacher provides a stimulus so that the child thinking about religious tolerance, 5) teachers make children feel the benefits of religious tolerance. Based on the results of the study, it can be suggested to: (1) principals, in religious worship routines do not only pray together, but can be supplemented by other religious services such as the scheduled time each day for each religious practice in the place of worship. And it is best to instill a religious tolerance, the school has a special program as a program for developing religious worship, because this school has various religious students, (2) religious teachers should make RPPH and SOPs in religious class activities, (3) student guardians to be able doing religious worship activities conducted at school are also done at home, and 4) supervisors can build teachers in Widya Dharma TK PAUD to make learning tools and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) on special religious lessons to be programmed systematically and guided.

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