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php/ijcep The Community Empowerment in Improving Children's Potential and Mentality through Al-Quran Learning Center Competition at Mataram Udik Village Suhono1*.
Diah Ratna Paramita1.
Riyan Erwin Hidayat2.
Ericca Putri Alvinata1.
Choirul Anwar1.
Danang Saputra1.
Riski Aji Gumelar1.
Umi Latifah1.
Nur Hidayatul Padila1.
Amirotun Nisfah1.
Adelia Permata Sari1.
Lailatul Mukaromah1.
Wiwied Pratiwi.
Yeasy Agustina Sari2.
Haikal1 1 Universitas MaAoarif Lampung.
Indonesia 2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Metro Lampung.
Indonesia Suhono120708@gmail.
Abstract This article aims to increase community empowerment by exploring the potential and mentality of children can be trained in instilling religious values and train children's mentality in communicating in public through competitions Al-Quran Learning Center (TPQ).
The method used ABCD (Asset Based Community Developmen.
It is as a model approach in which it contains community empowerment and development.
The ABCD approach is made to invite the community to recognize and explore the potential possessed by a community.
The retrieval of these informants is done by interviews, observation and The data used research directly accommodated by Mataram Udik and taken from several articles from the scientific publication database Publish or Perish.
Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that there are great children who have mastered the competition materials.
From these results, it can be seen that public awareness to improve human resources is still very The lack of mental training of children makes children hesitate to show their talents in public.
From the competition activities, it is hoped that the people of Mataram Udik Village will start paying more attention to the importance of mental training and developing children's potential to shape children's behavior and character for the better.
Article Info Article History Received :
January 10, 2024 Revised :
March 23, 2024 Accepted :
March 29, 2024 Keywords:
Community Empowerment.
Al-Quran Learning Center Competition.
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INTRODUCTION
Empowerment model that can be applied in community service efforts.
Empowering is the verb of this term (Sutaryono, 2.
This word parallels the concept of empowerment that emerged in the Middle Ages, which refers to a mystical process of weakening religious thought that hinders rational thought.
"Power", which is the key word in this idea, can be defined as emancipation, liberation, and empowerment of the According to Jim Ife's definition, empowerment is ".
providing people with the resources, opportunities, knowledge, and skills to increase their capacity to determine their own future, and to participate in and affect the life of their community".
International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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9 via Sutaryono, 2.
group of people monopolizes power in society because empowerment is essentially a fair division of power.
Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur'an (TPQ) is an Islamic education program that aims to teach children the skills of reading, writing, memorizing, and practicing the contents of the Qur'an (Irawan, 2.
The Islamic religious educational institution TPQ was established for the community.
This is in accordance with the National Education System Law No.
20 of 2003, which states that community-based education is education carried out from, by, and for the community by considering the peculiarities of religion, social, culture, aspirations, and community potential.
The Muslim community realizes the importance of religious education.
As a result, they want to actively participate in the development of institutions with self-help (Jauzi, 2.
In the current era of educational innovation, educational institutions must be able to combine social interests with promotional approaches to foster public trust (Rusyanti, 2.
To continue operating in the community.
TPQ institutions need programs that are relevant to the times.
Community empowerment aims to improve people's quality of life by encouraging them to develop their own potential and improve their quality of life through continuous Empowerment is the process of respecting the diversity of local distinctiveness, reducing the concentration of power, increasing independence, and increasing community participation, according to Pearse and Stiefel .
9 via Sutaryono, 2.
group of people monopolizes power in society because empowerment is essentially a fair division of power.
Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur'an (TPQ) is an Islamic education program that aims to teach children the skills of reading, writing, memorizing, and practicing the contents of the Qur'an (Irawan, 2.
The Islamic religious educational institution TPQ was established for the community.
This is in accordance with the National Education System Law No.
20 of 2003, which states that community-based education is education carried out from, by, and for the community by considering the peculiarities of religion, social, culture, aspirations, and community potential.
The Muslim community realizes the importance of religious education.
As a result, they want to actively participate in the development of institutions with self-help (Jauzi, 2.
In the current era of educational innovation, educational institutions must be able to combine social interests with promotional approaches to foster public trust (Rusyanti, 2.
To continue operating in the community.
TPQ institutions need programs that are relevant to the times.
Social Work Lecture Program (KKS) which is a form of activity that provides learning experiences to students to live in the midst of the community outside the As well as a learning process and a form of student service to the community, many and directly identify and deal with problems that are being faced by the community, especially in Mataram Udik village.
Bandar Mataram District.
KKS is one of the tridarma of higher education that must be implemented by all students as one of the main graduation requirements in achieving undergraduate predicates, therefore students must be ready to adapt to the community to perform direct services in implementing the programs that have been designed.
International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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In this program, students work together with village officials in solving the problems faced.
In addition, students are also expected to gain experience in how to socialize so as to form a social person and have good morals when serving the community.
Students live temporarily in designated locations, interact with the local community, identify problems, and work together in finding solutions to those This program is held to assist students in applying the knowledge they gain and implement to the community while developing their skills.
Meanwhile, communities in the areas visited also benefit from access to students' knowledge and skills, as well as collaboration in projects that support local development.
KKS plays an important role in preparing students to become responsible citizens, understand the social reality in Indonesia, and encourage community development in places where assistance is needed, while combining academic theory with field practice.
Mataram Udik Village is the number 2 largest village after Terbanggi Besar.
population of more than 4 million.
Mataram Udik villagers have various professions including farmers, teachers, and some work as village officials.
The people of Mataram Udik village have shortcomings in the quality of education.
Many young people there very rarely continue their education to college or college level.
Some of the surrounding communities choose not to continue their education and prefer to work.
There are also many children in the surrounding environment who are still not fluent in reciting.
However, there are also many children who are eager to learn Quran with us.
Therefore, by utilizing existing TPQs, we initiated the idea to hold a competition between TPQs in Mataram Udik Village.
The concept of this program is religiously based because it is taken from several TPQs taken by groups 5 and 6.
Religious education is a very important foundation because it is considered as the formation of character and ethics towards Especially childhood is a period of development which is considered the .
olden The application of religious values taught to children greatly affects the state of mind, soul and emotional children so that later in the future children will behave properly and correctly because they have been taught about religious values.
This study aims to explore the potential and mentality of children so that these children can be trained in instilling religious values and train children's mentality in communicating in public.
The TPQ competition is an important event where the talents and knowledge of children from various Quran Education Parks (TPQ) throughout the region are displayed.
It is a program where participants can demonstrate their ability in reading the Quran, understanding what has been taught, and applying Islamic values in daily life.
In addition to motivating students to excel in Quran lessons and deepening their relationship with the holy book, the competition provides an opportunity for students to make friends, learn from each other, and celebrate their shared commitment to Islamic education.
The main purpose of the TPQ competition is to have many aspects that aim to improve and develop participants as a whole.
The first is to promote Qur'anic Knowledge.
Its main objective is to encourage participants to deepen their understanding of the Quran by memorizing, reciting, and understanding its verses.
This helped foster their love of the Quran and strengthened their relationship with the holy book.
Second, it enhances Islamic values.
The TPQ competition emphasized the importance of instilling Islamic values such as patience, discipline, humility, and honesty.
The participants were asked to demonstrate these principles not only at the competition but also in everyday life.
Third, it motivates competition in good deeds.
This competition encourages participants to International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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TPQ Competition Community Expansion provides a place for students from various types of TPQ to gather, communicate, and build fraternal and friendly It increases the sense of belonging and unity within the larger community of Qur'an memorizers.
Fifth, celebrate achievements.
The competition recognizes and rewards the efforts of the participants in learning the Quran and encourages them to continue their journey of learning and spiritual progress.
It also celebrates their hard work, dedication, and achievements.
This TPQ competition also aims to increase the enthusiasm of children to continue to hone their interests and talents in their respective In addition, the TPQ competition aims to train children's mentality and courage to show their talents, hone their abilities and skills in the competition, foster high enthusiasm and love for the religious world.
METHOD
This research was conducted using the ABCD (Asset Based Community Developmen.
That is as a model approach in which it contains community empowerment and development.
The ABCD approach is made to invite the community to recognize and explore the potential possessed by a community.
So, by recognizing and exploring the potential of the community, there will be an increase in the standard of living and welfare in the community.
Therefore, the ABCD approach is a method with an approach that emphasizes the paradigm of " Asset Based" instead of "Problem Based".
This is the basis for establishing cooperation with the community.
In general, the ABCD approach is carried out through 5 main stages.
That is the first to discover (Discover.
The community of Mataram Udik Village there was found in the form of community assets, namely the provision of non-formal education in the form of a Qur'an Education Park (TPQ).
Second, dreams.
The future that wants to be realized from the people of Mataram Udik Village is to have a generation that understands religious science.
The third stage is the process (Desig.
All communities and groups are involved in the process of designing and planning for the better.
The next stage is the process of determining (Defin.
So a competition was made between TPQ which aimed to strengthen the relationship as one of the religious activities in Mataram Udik Village.
The last stage is (Destin.
what will happen in the future.
This activity will be one of the steps to empower the community.
Through this competition, it will gain values that will shape and will also underlie the behavior, culture and traditions of children every day in the future.
There are 2 stages of preparation for planning this competition activity.
That is the preparation stage and the implementation stage.
Preparatory Stage The beginning of this activity was formed by arranging an event and inviting TPQ caregivers or teachers in Mataram Udik Village for deliberation and discussion in holding a competition between TPQ which will be held in one of the Islamic boarding schools in Mataram Udik Village.
The competition activities carried the theme "Gebyar Songsong Ramadhan" which included Azan Competition.
Right Smart Competition.
Fashion Show.
Da'i and Calligraphy Coloring.
And finally the announcement of the winner of the competition and the distribution of trophies and certificates.
A few days before the race started, the children were registered for the race trained by each TPQ teacher.
And the committee provides a race grid in order to understand the technicalities of the race.
Execution Levels International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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There are 5 race points, each of which has been formed by the committee of each of these competitions.
The opening of the activity began with remarks from the caregivers of the Darussalam Islamic boarding school as the host of the After the opening was over, each race committee directed the participants to head to the race they were participating in.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
In this discussion, we will explain the methods and some community activities that have been carried out.
The ABCD method is an approach used to manage and develop potential in a community or society.
Based on the results of observations that have been carried out.
It was found that the people of Mataram Udik Village were very enthusiastic in participating in the competition.
However, because the coverage area in Mataram Udik Village is very wide, it has not been able to conduct a comprehensive competition in the Mataram Udik Village area due to limited time and energy.
Based on the results of the ABCD approach, the assets of the Mataram Udik Village Community were found in the potential of human resources.
Where it turns out that many great children have mastered competition materials and talents that they have only harbored because there have never held competition activities like this.
Not infrequently also children who are still embarrassed and hesitant to appear in public.
From these results, it can be seen that public awareness to improve human resources is still very lacking.
The lack of mental training of children makes children hesitate to show their talents in public.
From the competition activities, it is hoped that the people of Mataram Udik Village will start paying more attention to the importance of mental training and developing children's potential to shape children's behavior and character for the better.
Although character education can be done anywhere, the role of all levels of society will also be an influence in the success of improving human resources in Mataram Udik Village.
Empowerment programs that have been implemented include.
Discovery The high enthusiasm of the people of Mataram Udik village and their concern for the younger generation so that they began to see their assets and potential, namely in the quality of their human resources.
The implementation of religious understanding that is considered good enough should naturally be taught to the younger generation and Dream Hope for the young generation of Mataram Udik Village so that they can become a superior generation in the future in all fields and live a prosperous life in the community.
Armed with character and religion education to compete with the outside world in order to produce experiences so that they can have a positive impact on society.
Design This competition activity is aimed at the community that establishing friendship is very important.
The point is to be able to exchange knowledge, knowledge and experience to every individual in society.
This competition was held as an initial foundation to strengthen the relationship between TPQ and also train each child in exploring their potential and mentality.
Define Reciting activities with children at TPQ for 1 month in Mataram Udik Village.
Quran activities are carried out in several TPQs.
For example, at TPQ Al-Amin.
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TPQ Al-Ikhlas reciting starts at 15.
00 to 17.
And for Friday holidays.
While at TPQ Hidayatul Qur'an the recitation starts at 16.
00 to 18.
and is off on Thursday.
After a series of reciting activities, then in week 4, precisely on February 25, 2024.
A competition between TPQ was held to train mentally and increase children's potential.
Destiny Education is very important for the survival of the community.
Character education is needed for today's young generation.
So a balance between science and knowledge is needed in society so that social inequality does not occur both from educational, economic and socio-cultural aspects.
The community or an organization in the community of Mataram Udik Village is one of the important driving roles in improving the quality of community empowerment.
Therefore, it is hoped that communication between TPQ will continue to be well nestablished after this competition.
Here are some attachments of community activities that have been carried out by students of the Social Work Lecture (KKS) of Ma'arif University Lampung and some efforts that have been made to improve mentality and explore children's potential by teaching recitation and competitions between TPQ in Mataram Udik Village.
Picture 1.
(Visit the Residence of TPQ Managers Ustadz Tohir and Ustadz Yazi.
In this activity.
KKS students made a friendship visit to TPQ owners to discuss several things, including the aims and objectives of students in society, and the duration of adapting to society for 30 days, starting teaching on Saturday.
February 3, 2024 In this activity, some students distributed knowledge to children about the Qur'an and some materials such as learning about reading the Qur'an at home.
Mrs.
Picture 2.
(Teaching the IqroAo and QurAoan at TPQ Mataram Udi.
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Picture 5.
(Data Collection and Distribution of BLT) This data collection and distribution was carried out on Wednesday.
February 7, 2024 at the Mataram Udik Village Hall.
The average recipient of this assistance is the This data collection will be carried out on Tuesday.
February 6, 2024.
The place is at Karni's mother's residence in hamlet 5 Sidomukti.
There we do data collection and distribution for residents from each hamlet.
Picture 7.
(Gymnastic and Bullying Seminar at SDN 3 Mataram Udi.
The gymnastics and bullying seminar will be conducted on Friday.
February 16.
This activity was carried out at SDN 3 Mataram Udik.
In the morning we did gymnastics with teachers and students at the elementary school.
Then after gymnastics.
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Scout teaching will be held on Saturday.
February 17, 2024 at SDN 3 Mataram udik.
The scout level in elementary school is alert and organizer.
For grade 1-3 children the level is standby, while grade 4-6 level is organizer.
There we taught about scout pats, yelling, and Boden Powell Picture 9.
(Competition Between Qur'an Education Park.
In this activity, students held a flagship program activity, namely the Ramadan song competition, including fashion show competitions.
LCT, calligraphy coloring, adhan competitions which will be held on February 25, 2024 In this study it was found that children who have less self-confidence so that the holding of this competition helps them improve their mentality and self-confidence.
Moreover, in the matter of exploring the potential that exists in the participants of the They tend to have talents that have never been channeled before.
Therefore, this competition helps them channel their talents like a careful intelligence competition whose questions are about religion.
That way it can know how far children understand the religious reasoning they know.
Apart from that, this competition is the main door for the community to start paying more attention to children by holding competitions like this more often to increase children's knowledge.
In a previous study entitled "Community Empowerment Through Sholeh Children's Festival in an Effort to Education Children's Character", researchers mentioned that based on the potential that exists in Sawangan Wetan Village in the form of natural resource assets, community resources, village institutional assets, and existing This potential can help the welfare of the community and accelerate development in a fair and equitable manner.
But in fact there are still many problems and obstacles in the development of the village due to the large number of workers but few jobs and educational backgrounds and skills that are not considered by most previous Therefore, it is necessary to increase awareness of the importance of character education in the current and next generations of the nation.
In the future, the work program that will be held by the TPQ Communication Forum in Sawangan Wetan village will race on activities that have previously been carried out, such as the Sholeh Children's Festival as a training event and competition for TPQ children.
Furthermore, in a research by JPPM Kepri.
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entitled "Community Assistance in Efforts to Development of the Productive Sector through Real Work Lectures in Pengujan Village.
Bintan Regency" stated that this activity can increase International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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PHP2D UMRAH students, village officials.
TPQ students in Pengujan Village and the people of Pengujan Village.
In the research ROSIDING KAMPELMAS Vol.
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2 of 2023, it emphasizes to provide learning about the practice of worship practices previously explained.
Our goal of empowering through this Festival event is to increase the motivation and enthusiasm for learning of TPO children in applying the theories that have been obtained from learning in schools and TPQ.
According to research from the Proceedings of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati BandungVol.
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In addition, by bringing together children from 4 TPQs, it is hoped that it can strengthen the ties of friendship between residents, and increase mutual respect, tolerance between existing communities.
Further research according to KHIDMAH: Journal of Community ServiceSTIT Tanggamus Volume 01.
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1-4, this community service activity aims to increase the enthusiasm of children to always hone their interests and talents in their respective fields.
In addition, the holding of the TPQ competition is to train mentally and courageously to display their talents, hone abilities and skills in the competition, foster high enthusiasm and love for the art world.
The difference between previous research and this research is that previous research emphasizes more on showing or displaying their talents and the most important thing from this activity is that it can strengthen the relationship between students, spur children's enthusiasm for learning to continue to increase their desire to learn and be competitive in seeking knowledge, hone their interests and talents in their respective While this study emphasizes more on how students improve children's mentality so as not to be nervous about being imagined by many and explore the potential of children who have potential and talent.
And how researchers convince the community that public awareness of empowerment to improve the quality of empowerment is very From the result, there are several positive impacts that can be seen.
Among them are the positive impact on children being more motivated by TPQ children in learning the Qur'an, the growth of children's enthusiasm in participating in all extracurricular activities in each TPQ and the motivation of children in developing their skills.
The positive impact for PSC participants is to get a lot of relationships with the community and children around, get new experiences and learning about how to prepare for the competition carefully and optimally and can exchange ideas with TPQ leaders and all existing communities.
Positive Impact on the Community With the activities we carry out, the community feels confident that TPQ is very appropriate to entrust their children to learn the Qur'an, other sciences and can develop the abilities and skills of their children in certain fields.
So that in TPQ children can be trained and motivated again to develop Based on the review of research results in the field, the author intends to provide suggestions that hopefully can be useful for the institution and future We hope that the next author can be motivated to further develop our research to be better than before, then we hope that this research does not stop and can continue to be used as a reference for future authors International Journal of Community Engagement Payungi Vol.
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CONCLUSION
Based on the results of the research above, the competition activity between TPQ, which is the flagship program of groups 5 and 6 located in Mataram Udik Village on February 25, 2024, can be said to run well and smoothly.
The enthusiasm of the community and participants can be seen when participating in the race.
The role and contribution of Social Work Lecture (KKS) students of Ma'arif University Lampung is a form of community service in an effort to empower the community and explore the potential of the children of Mataram Udik Village.
The learning process at TPQ is also going well.
Children are very excited when taught to recite, recite short letters and other lessons related to religion.
This TPQ competition also aims to increase the enthusiasm of children to continue to hone their interests and talents in their respective fields.
addition, the TPQ competition aims to train children's mentality and courage to show their talents, hone their abilities and skills in the competition, foster high enthusiasm and love for the religious world.
From this competition, it is hoped that friendship will continue to be established between residents, and increase mutual respect, tolerance between existing communities.
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