Islamization of knowledge in the curriculum among academics at the International Islamic University Malaysia: a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach

Islamization of Knowledge (IOK) is documented in the vision and mission of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) which impetuses its implementation in many aspects of the IIUM academic and non academic programmes. The main objective of this study is to examine the importance of the IOK particularly in addressing the strategies and practices among the academics to integrate the IOK in the curriculum. There are seven components of the implementation of the IOK at the IIUM. The components include Belief, Content, Teaching and Learning Process, Evaluation/Assessment, Purpose, Product, and Student Improvement (Value). This paper aims to further investigate or evaluate the implementation of the IOK through identifying the relationships among these components as perceived by IIUM academics. A 65-item self-reported questionnaire was developed to collect the data on the IOK from 306 academics. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 15 was used to compute the descriptive statistics. Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS) version 16.0 was used to perform Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and full-fledged Structural Equation Model (SEM). The hypothesized model of the IOK among the academics was tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results have shown a good model fit (RMSEA=0.058cfi=.94