Educating Memorizers of the Quran: What Should Teachers do?

Abstract

Choosing to become a teacher is each person's choice, you need to know that becoming a teacher is not easy, and there are many challenges. Apart from that, teachers must be able to be a motivator for their students, to achieve success in learning well. This research aims to determine the efforts of tahfizh teachers in improving the memorization of the Quran in tahfizh households in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study type. Data sources were taken from thirty-three informants consisting of three teachers and thirty students through direct interviews using a set of interview protocols. The informants involved were selected using a purposive sampling technique, from three years of entry, namely 2020, 2021, and 2022. All interview data was analyzed thematically using the Milles & Hubberman Interactive Analysis Model technique. The research findings found three efforts by Tahfizh Teachers to Improve Al-Quran Memorization at Indonesian Tahfizh Houses. The three efforts of the tahfizh teacher are i) Giving praise for each student's achievements, ii) providing assessments and prizes, and iii) Ego-Involvement.  This research has revealed the efforts used by tahfizh teachers in developing students to memorize the Quran. In addition, the results of this research can be used as a reference for anyone who wants to become a memorizer of the Quran.