Integration of Sustainable Development Education Concerning Environment Conservation into Senior High School Islamic Education Curriculum

Abstract

This study attempts to explore the needs for integratings ustainable development education into Senior High School (SHS) Islamic Education Curriculum which addresses questions on what types of the needed competencies better included in the SHS Islamic Education Curriculum The method used in this study is a survey method. The survey was conducted to explore the competencies needed for environment conservation by distributing a questionnaire in the form of rating scale that has been tested its validity, reliability, and each of its items' discriminating power to 136 teachers of 27 districts' and cities' SHS in West Java, selected by using a multi-stages ampling technique. The obtained data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical methods of mean and standard deviation, followed by inferential statistical method of t-test. The conclusion indicates the perception of the West Java SHS teachers regarding the integration of ESD into Islamic Education curriculum, concerning the environment conservation dimension is very important and viable.