| Abstrakt: |
Generally, there is significant change in the Brunei education assessment system as the School Based Assessment for Learning (SBAfL) is introduced including for the subject of Islamic Education. This study is to exlpore whether the SBAfL has influenced the teaching styles among Islamic education teachers. This phenomenology study used qualitative approach which involved seven participants which was selected based purposive sampling method. The data were collected through i) deep interviews ii) direct non-participant observation in class rooms, and iii) documents-based evidence. The element of validity and reliability was carried out using triangulation process, continuous observation, participants’ agreement, peer group analysis, researcher position, expert validation, and expert validations to measure inter-rater reliability using Cohen Kappa analysis. In generating theme and sub-theme, data were analysed using Atlas. ti 7.5.9 softwear. Generally, the implementation of SBAfL not only influenced the Islamic education teachers’ pedagogy aspect, but also influenced the teachers’ attitude and their acceptance towards changes and improvement of assessment practices in classroom. Thus, Islamic education teachers in this study accepted and were able to implement the changes of SBAfL in the Islamic education subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
