Parental Attitude Scale Towards Hifz with Formal Education

Abstract

The process of memorizing the Holy Qur'an from beginning to end is called hifz education. In recent years, especially with the Project Imam Hatip Secondary School (IHO), it is seen that the interest in hifz education has increased. However, the nature of the expanding parental interest in this subject has not been analysed. This situation makes it necessary to understand parents' perspectives on this education. As a result of the literature review, it was determined that there is no scale development study measuring the attitudes of parents towards hifz education. For this reason, the aim of this study is to develop a scale of parental attitudes towards hifz education in combination with formal education with validity and reliability. In the hifz with formal education, the attitudes of parents towards this practice are important. In order for the project to be successful, parents are expected to have a positive attitude towards the project. Parents who have a positive attitude towards the project can establish more positive and healthy relationships with their students, other family members, administrators and teachers. Based on the fact that parental attitudes can affect these educational activities in one way or another, this study attempted to develop an attitude scale that measures parental attitudes and has proven validity and reliability. It is thought that with the help of this developed scale, the attitudes of parents, who are an important component of the Hifz project with formal education, towards the education in question can be revealed, managed and developed more accurately. Monitoring and evaluating parents' attitudes regularly with scientific tools can contribute to managing developments or limitations that may arise at this point, thus increasing the quality of hifz education.