The Teacher’s Role in Strengthening The Religious Moderation Attitude of Students in The Digital Era

Abstract

Religious moderation is still essential amid social change, especially in the digital era. The digital age potentially triggers social friction through driven exposure to extremist ideology in social media content. This research was initiated by a need for more social media users to have the ability to restrict the influence of extremist content. This fact can occur to change our student’s attitudes. The research explored the teacher’s role in strengthening religious moderation in school. Thus, the main objective of this work is to determine what kind of teacher role models should have. This research used a qualitative approach. The research problem was answered using a systematic library research method. The data related to the research topics were collected through the Snowball method. The data were analyzed using descriptive and synthesizing techniques. The research captures the current needs of the teacher role model. Seven teacher roles were found in this research. It is related to building and strengthening the religious moderation of student attitudes. The research presents the relevant role of teachers in meeting the current era’s needs. The insight of this study may extend the teacher awareness related to social change affected by the openness of the digital era. The moderate attitude of students can be formed by the teacher's role ability through the educating process. However, empirical study becomes a limitation of this research, which is suggested to be fulfilled by future research. The research filled the gap in the previous literature on religious moderation. The study fixed the distinction between the needs of teacher role models and the current-era challenges.