THE LIVING QURAN STUDY (Analysing the Participation of University Students’ Parents in Learning during The Covid -19 Pandemic)

Abstract

Online learning in the Covid-19 pandemic era was a new experience for lecturers, teachers,
educators, and parents. Online learning in kindergarten, elementary school, junior high
schooll, and senior high school levelss relied on the parents’ involvement and guidance it
optimal. This article responded to the absence of a study about the role of university
students’ parents in online learning in covid 19 pandemic. This study aimed to explain the
role of parents of university students in online learning during covid 19 pandemic, which
was conducted from home. It is qualitative research with a survey method involving 34
students of the Faculty of Dirasat Islamiyah, State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah
Jakarta, on September 2021 on the subject of Al-Quran Memorization. The Faculty used
Arabic language specializing it from other faculties. A questionnaire using g-form was used
as the data collection instrument considering that the study was carried out when the
academic activities were arranged in covid 19 pandemic era. The data we obtained were
thematically grouped based on the research questions. They were then analyzed through
three stages: data restatement, description, and interpretation. The study found that many
parents were involved in online learning during the Covid -19 pandemic. Their roles are
classified into academic, material, and motivational. The study was limited to one Faculty in
a university and only investigated the parents’ role in guiding their children in online
learning of Alquran memorization subject. Further study should be carried out in a wider
scale with more various variables.