Date of Award

2010

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Dissertation

Divisions

Academy of Islamic Studies

Department

Dept of Al-Quran & Al-Hadith

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

The intention of this research is to understand the methods used in the teaching of Al- Qur’an organized by Malaysian Islamic Blind Peoples Organization (Persatuan Orang- orang Cacat Penglihatan Islam Malaysia) (PERTIS). This research is also aims at identifying the level of knowledge, understanding and the practice of Al-Qur’an among the PERTIS members, as well as discovering the problems faced by both the students and instructor throughout the lesson. All in all, the research is concerning on whether this method can help the students to learn and understand Al-Quran better. Some of the methods used in this research are quantitative and qualitative method. Quantitative method is a method using an observation and survey form to evaluate level of acknowledgement, understanding and practice of Al-Quran. To strengthen result for the survey form, a qualitative method which is a semi structural interview is used to get more details on the information. For this purposes, three different locations were selected namely, the MAB Complex at Brickfields, one of the rented houses at Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad, which is also at Brickfields and PERTIS office at Seberang Takir, Kuala Terengganu, involving all together of 35 respondents. The researcher conducted an interview to each respondent based on the survey forms. All the collected data were analyzed using the SPSS program of version 12.0, including the use of both the descriptive statistic and inference statistic to testify hypothesis via one-way ANOVA testing. Results from the analysis data have successfully helped in studying the three main research problems on identifying what are the methods used by the blinds in learning the holy Al-Qur’an, the level of knowledge and understanding of the Quranic Braille system used among the PERTIS members in Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Terengganu and how far the learning of Braille Quran being practiced by them.

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Additional Information

Dissertation (M.A.) – Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, 2010.

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