Abstract

This article aims to examine the urgency of cultivating the character of environmental care based on the Islamisation of science in higher education. The importance of cultivating environmental care character based on Islamisation because the emergence of environmental degradation is motivated by philosophical issues rooted in the wrong worldview towards the conception of nature that comes from the ethics of anthropocentrism and secularism. This paradigm not only affects the conception of modern science, but also affects the perspectives of teachers and lecturers who then penetrate into the structure of education, curriculum and teaching in higher education. This research uses a qualitative approach where data collection is through literature study, interviews, document study and observation. The results of the study found that the perspectives of lecturers, curriculum structures, teaching materials and the implementation of learning general courses (science) are more focused on aspects of strengthening technical field competencies that focus on rational-empirical aspects. The formation of ecological awareness that instils environmental care values involving spiritual elements and aspects of the human soul as well as its relationship with the explanation of religious principles in a metaphysical manner is still very minimal. Similarly, the learning of Islamic Religious Education taught by religious lecturers is still indoctrinative, the course syllabus and curriculum are not fully integrated with general disciplines. This research recommends the importance of developing a model of cultivating environmental care character based on Islamisation or integration of science in higher education.


Keywords: Cultivating Character, Environmental Care, Islamisation of Science