Challenges of teaching islamic religious education during post-pandemic covid-19 at the State Islamic University of Datokarama Palu, Indonesia

Abstract

The problem of learning the Islamic religion during the post-covid-19 pandemic is very important to study because it involves changes in learning strategies during the co-19 pandemic to post-pandemic. Even though the pandemic period has passed, it has left a number of challenges for students in facing face-to-face learning. There are a number of studies that have been conducted to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic both for the purposes of fulfilling information for the community and in the field of education. However, research related to the problems of teaching and learning in the post-covid-19 pandemic still needs to be completed. Through a literature review study and intensive field research in the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training at the State Islamic University of Datokarama Indonesia, this study aims to explain the problems of face-to-face learning after the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study indicate that the problems of face-to-face learning after the Covid-19 pandemic have appeared in the face-to-face learning process and have had an unfavorable influence on the behavior of the students to go back to face-to-face lecture mode. The students are reluctant to involve in various face-to-face learning activities such as direct discussions, question and answer, and offline examinations. They used online learning activities which did not require direct interaction. The conclusion is that the problems that occur in learning can be solved by means of lecturers using various strategies in learning, both methods, and strategies. This research still has limitations, namely, focusing on more than one education department within the faculty. In the future, there will be other studies that involve more than one department.