Teachers’ Control System on Negative Impact of Smartphone at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah

Abstract

The proliferation of smartphone which are cheap and easy to obtain raises a trend among parents to give their children a smartphone. This situation raises the concern about psychological health and student religiosity. The teachers become the only one who can filter the students and equip them with Islamic values. Thus, they are not swallowed up by the swift flow of digital negatives that are not yet fully understood by students. This research tries to analyze the teachers’ control system in limiting the usage of smartphone and providing a negative and positive understanding on the impacts of smartphones at State Islamic Elementary School (MIN) Darul Imarah of Aceh Besar District. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. The data colection techniques were observation and interview using triangulation for data validity and realibility. The results show that teachers at MIN Darul Imarah district of Aceh Besar, control the use of the negative impact of smartphone on their students by means of; limiting smartphone usage by prohibiting students from taking cellphones to shcool and giving punishmet to those who violate these rules. Furthermore, in providing understanding to students, the teachers do explaining the negative and positive impacts of smartphones in both inside and outside the learning instruction; teaching how to use smartphones smartly; using religious approaches; linking subject matter to the negative impact of smartphones; and socializing the negative impact of smartphones.