Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): Raden Intan International Conference on Islamic Studies (RIICIS 2024)
Articles

Critical Digital Pedagogy: Alternative Ways of Cultivating Critical Consciousness on Religious and Ecological Issues

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  • Aan Arizandy,
  • M. Ridho Kholid2
Aan Arizandy
Raden Intan State Islamic Univesity, Lampung, Indonesia
M. Ridho Kholid2
Raden Intan State Islamic Univesity, Lampung, Indonesia

Published 2025-01-01

Keywords

  • Critical Digital Pedagogy,
  • Critical Consiousness,
  • Inclusive Understanding,
  • Ecological Issues

Copyright (c) 2024 Aan Arizandy, M. Ridho Kholid2 (Author)

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Abstract

This study aims to examine to what extent digital learning  through documentary films contribute to instill students’ critical consiousness and inclusive understanding on ecological crisis and religious issues. The Mixed Method is employed in this study in which data are collected through observations, participative interviews, and questioners. As research participants, it involves 61 English Education students (the second semester in the year of 2024/2025) of Raden Intan Lampung of State Islamic University (UIN RIL). During one semester of following the lecture of “Islam and Environment”, they are provided the 10 selected documentary films that must be watched, analyzed, and wrote the idea of film into short essay. This study shows that students seems interested and enthusiastic in learning process and, in the broader sense, learning via films can enhance students’ sensitivity, new knowledge, self-awareness.  This study also points out that as many as 78.7% of participants agree that political interests, uncertainty of laws, and inequal relation between human and nature are the roots of natural damage.  Then, more than 80% of students (very) agree that all religions are responsible for preserving nature, not solely limited to certain religion. Related to the existence of indigenous communities, 54.1% of students very agree that they should be protected and not stigmatized and discriminated. Thus, this study concludes that digital pedagogy through documentary films can be alternative to instill students’ critical consciousness and inclusive religious understanding on the ecological issues.

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