INTEGRATION OF ART ELEMENTS IN STEM FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ISLAMIC EDUCATION TO DISABLED STUDENTS IN MALAYSIA

This study discusses about teaching and learning method of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematic) in the Islamic education of disabled students in Malaysia, specifically those with vision, hearing, and cerebral palsy problems. The stress on using STEAM method as teaching and learning Islamic education has become important to transform knowledge of the 21st century and should be acquired and practiced by students at all levels including disabled students. The objective of this study is to examine the teaching and learning methods of STEAM in the elements of Islamic education on disabled students specifically those disabled in vision and hearing, and cerebral palsy. This study will also analyze the challenges of applying teaching and learning STEAM, and its mechanisms and application on disabled students. The study is a case-study qualitative research. The data collection methods include library study on the primary and secondary sources of data on disabled students in elements of Islamic education. This study employed semi-structure interviews in which the interviewees are teachers teaching Islamic education to students having cerebral palsy. While the data analysis will apply methods of inductive and deductive document analysis. Based on the research findings, a special STEAM curriculum will be developed to assist understanding of applying teaching and learning methods of STEAM on Islamic education for disabled students to ensure the effectiveness of assessment mechanism to these disabled students. The elements of Islamic education will be selectively focused as to the challenges faced by disabled students at this COVID-19 endemic time. Thus it is significant to develop the STEAM curriculum in teaching and learning method which will produce more effective human capital and mechanism of assessment.