Modernisasi Pendidikan Islam di Indonesia Awal Abad Ke-XX: Kasus Muhammadiyah

Abstract

This paper discusses about the modernization of educationconducted by Muhammadiyah at the beginning of the 20th centurycirca 1911-1932. The modernization was initiated by the foundeof Muhammadiyah Kiyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan, indeed effected byreligious social conditions of Moslems at that moment which isstill lagging behind in all aspects of life. For Muhammadiyah, tosolve the problem is modernization of education. Themodernization of education conducted by Muhammadiyah is away of adapting the educational system of Netherlands in Islamiceducation. The form of the model of Muhammadiyah school issame as the model of Netherland school. The term of AziyumardiAzra , referred to as “public school (Netherlands) plus” orStreenbrink referred to as “Ultra Conservative”. In that new andmodern school, in addition to religious studies, taught publiclessons; the instruments of the study adopted directly as howNetherlands learning. Applied level system and school paymentfrom students. As well as he most phenomenal is the teachers havebeen given incentives in the form of salary. All of this things ,which we now see as something that is good, at that moment it issomething very new, strange and even overwhelming.