A Bibliometric Analysis Of Ethics In Education From Islamic Perspectives

Abstract

This research will focus on a review of articles based on the topics of ethics in education from the viewpoint of Islam. The review of articles will include topics of ethics in education in all forms, which are face-to-face as well as virtual during the pandemic Covid-19. The scope of the article’s review of ethics in education is different from the review done by other researchers, for instance, in “Critical Review of Positive Behavior and Resilience in Islamic Perspective During The Covid-19 Pandemic” by Zaizul Ab Rahman et.al (2020), where it’s the focus is only based on the positive behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, through an initial study based on all 40 articles (bibliography as attached), none of the articles on ethics in education from Islamic perspectives have emphasized comprehensive topics of ethics in education in all forms which are face-to-face, virtually, and during the pandemic Covid-19 as this research as a whole. All topics seem to be discussed separately by all scholars. Nonetheless, this research will review articles on all topics of ethics in education in all forms and platforms as a whole using the bibliometric analysis approach to give a clear understanding of ethics in education being practiced either in schools or at the tertiary level in Malaysia and abroad. Thus, the review of articles in this research will focus on parallels in the manner in which ethics could be conceptualized in the context of research in education. Scopus and Google databases are considered as literature databases. This review seeks an alignment between ethics from the perspective of being a professional engaged in educational research with a personal significance based on one’s belief, which takes a holistic notion of life. The aims of being ethical researchers seem to be shared in many ways: protection, honesty, and integrity. Western and Islamic perspectives are considered and areas of contention and commonality are explored. After that, to facilitate an understanding of ethics, as viewed from the framework of the Qur’ān, Hadith, and Muslim law; it will elaborate the predicate of moral-ethical judgments by addressing the concepts and terms of moral approval and disapproval and the ends to which the ethical-moral law is directed. Thus, this research argues that understanding the concepts of ethics can extend beyond time and space. This research will also compare and contrast Islamic and Western perspectives of ethics, and highlight the main weaknesses and limitations of the former. Then, an argument on why Islam can provide the best understanding of ethics will be made. In addition to ideas about being accountable from a theological dimension, based on prophetic guidance, the notions of accountability will be deduced to emphasize that responsibility and accountability are related. Hence, an attempt will be made to show the importance of holding people accountable, at least, within their domain of responsibility such as universities as they are entrusted by the public and others.