Institute for Development of Alternative Education is an institute for research and development of Islamic education. Among the programs are the developing models of Islamic education in the level of preschool, primary, secondary, and high school.

IPPA also seeks to provide resources for Islamic educational institutions. Some of the resources being prepared are Islamic Social Science textbooks for grade 3, 4, 5 and 6, of primary school and the Arabic textbooks for secondary school.

 

Sample of social science book, grade 3, chapter 10

 

IPPA’s publication was specifically designed to be an alternative textbook, which differs from ordinary texbook sold in the market. This textbook is integrated with islamic values, so that it not only present knowledge, but also adress the messages of Aqidah and Islamic morals.

 

 

We bring ‘green and smart’ motto. ‘Green’ means that this book contains messages of preserving the environment, encourage students to do something to protect the surrounding environment. “Smart” means that this book is to stimulate more student’ intelligence, invite students to explore the idea. To enrich the students' perspective, this book is equipped with information boxes, which contains additional knowledge relevant to the main discussion.

 

 

Other book characters that are quite prominent are the use of 'child language'. That is, this book is structured with the style of language that gets along with the students. Using effective and efficient sentences. The size and type of  letters, and the length of sentence and paragraph are adjusted to students’ age (common reading capability).

 

Institute for Development of Alternative Education

 

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