Learning Models of the ‘Yellow Book’ at Islamic Boarding Schools

Abstract

Islamic boarding school is one of Islamic educational institution a boarding-based. While living in the Islamic boarding school environment, students are required to comply with the rules for the sake of order and peace in the Islamic boarding school. The system and educational goals are not only to provide knowledge to students but also to provide moral and akhlak development that originates from the Al-quran and Sunnah which are studied through the ‘yellow book’. The students study the yellow book gradually, from the most basic to the highest.

In the study of the yellow book, there are several methods used in the learning, including; the rote method then developed a learning model not only in terms of the ability of the students to memorize but also in terms of the ability of the students to understand and explain both textually and contextually. The wetonan or bandongan method, in which a kiai only reads and explains the books studied by the students, but then the teaching model is developed, not only for the kiai who are active, but also for the students to be active so that questions and answers occur between the kiai and the students. The sorogan method is a development model for learning the yellow book, because it there is or occurs a lively interaction between the kyai and the students.and the last, Muzakaroh method. This method is used at two levels. first, it is held by fellow students, the second is led directly by the kiai