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Prof Madya Dr. Mastura
Badzis, Director, Development Research Center of
Children (NCDRC) Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris,
Malaysia (Vice President Helwa)
Importance of
Children
Education in Early Stage and Challenges
Rapid industrial development
in the era of globalization, which occurs in the world
today has increased the challenge of forming the next
generation of parents and educators in particular
Muslim. In going through cyberspace and information
technology can not be denied human development and
generation construction to be considered in tandem with
concerns about the rapid progress of the country. This
is because the child
is an important asset for the construction of a nation
and the height of the dignity of religion. They are a
generation of successors who will generate knowledge and
to shape the future of a country in the next millennium.
They will be the leader of the Ummah and to shape the
excellence of Islam as a universal religion.
Assertion
of the results of scientific research, whether in the
east, west and even all over the world, the study proves
that early childhood education is fundamental to
building a strong nation and a catalyst to the vision of
the direction of the country's vision. Studies conducted
in the United States example shows that every dollar
invested value for high-quality early
education can
give high returns in terms of economic development or
social development of communities living in the country.
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While Japan, the country that once was paralyzed
by the explosion of an atomic bomb, not within a
half-century until he was able to build a pillar
of the global economy. A study conducted by a
Western researcher found that the construction
of the Japanese people thought the call was not
caused by the rise of the voice or the drum
track scourge of a fire, not even the emphasis
on academic achievement orientation people's
thoughts. But it stems from concern and
sensitivity of the leaders and people of that
country on the formation of the early
generations. Japanese society has provided them
with the generation of immunity to face the
challenges of physical and mental aspects, and
they also worked hard to build its intellectual
focus and capturing the natural potential of
each individual
child from the early stages of
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The fact
that we need to know from the facts presented by experts
and psychological development of
children, age
6 in the first stage is the most important and most rate
their progress against the age-stage or a more mature
stage in the life of a human. Development experts and
child psychologists believe that more than half of the
intellectual development of
children
occurs from ages 0 to four years while the other
one-third complete its development when the child was 8
years old.
Recent
findings from a study conducted by a neurologist found
that 80-85% of human brain development occurs within the
first six years of age of the
child and the
most rapid growth is the earliest age level in six
years. Thus it can be said here take the height of the
quality of exposure and early
education of a
child is fundamental to the overall development of the
future.
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One
question I want to pose here, is what we plan today will
certainly can produce a generation of successors
Cherisher anbiya 'and scholars'? There is evidence,
still questions and doubts arising in the hearts of many
researchers point to the review, observation, sensitive
and attentive to children's development of Islam today.
Was sparked in part, why the thinking Muslim
children are
generally not 'advance'? Why are the skills, ideas,
integrity, intellect Muslim children are always told to
back a bit behind compared to children in western
countries, for example? Why do these kids even sowing
the seeds of faith are still stuck with an embarrassing
social ills in the amount of time? Is something wrong
with the Islamic
education curriculum or confusion may occur in
terms of application? Is it possible that because of
this that we say we need reform and change? Could it be
the education of children in the early stages of
construction-based integrated curriculum may be one way
of solution? It is thus a very appropriate that we look
back to their children's
education
curriculum in the early stages of this age when a
generation that wants us to reveal the generation of
versatile, competent, visionary, high intellectual power
and his faith intact.
Continue
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Children Education
in Early Stage of Age-Based Construction of Integrative
Curriculum (Part 3)
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