Artificial Intelligence-Based Instructional Design for Islamic Religious Education: A Cognitive-Partner Framework for Cultivating Learning Adab
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Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Partner, Islamic Religious Education, Learning Adab, Design-Based ResearchAbstract
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) presents new opportunities for Islamic Religious Education (PAI), yet its integration raises concerns regarding the reliability of religious information, cognitive dependence, and the cultivation of learning adab. This study aims to develop the Artificial Intelligence–Cognitive Partner Instructional Design (AI-CPID), an instructional framework that integrates AI-assisted learning with Islamic educational ethics. Employing a Design-Based Research (DBR)-oriented conceptual development approach, the study synthesizes relevant educational theories, human–AI collaboration principles, and Islamic concepts of ta’dib, tabayyun, and tafakkur to formulate an instructional prototype and assessment framework. The development produces a five-stage learning sequence comprising independent inquiry, AI-assisted dialogic exploration, tabayyun-based source verification, AI-free tafakkur, and accountable knowledge synthesis. The framework specifies teacher and student responsibilities, ethical AI-use protocols, source-verification procedures, and observable indicators of learning adab, including intellectual honesty, epistemic humility, and independent reasoning. These components provide a structured mechanism for positioning AI as a cognitive partner while maintaining human responsibility for religious interpretation and knowledge validation. The study concludes that AI-CPID offers a theoretically grounded instructional framework for integrating GenAI into PAI without compromising the ethical foundations of Islamic education. Its principal contribution lies in operationalizing learning adab through assessable pedagogical activities and providing a foundation for subsequent empirical validation. Further classroom-based investigation is required to establish its feasibility and educational effectiveness.
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