INTERKONEKSI MATERI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DALAM PEMBELAJARAN ILMU PENGETAHUAN SOSIAL DI SMP IT ABU BAKAR YOGYAKARTA

The background of this research is the practice in an effort to dialogue, which is reconnecting religion with science in the context of learning, is dominant with natural sciences and rarely promoting social sciences. SMP IT Abu Bakar Yogyakarta comes with the excellence of organizing full day programs and boarding schools which shows the occurrence of a non-dichotomical transformation of educational institutions, with the application of three curriculum models that greatly support the scientific interconnection process in the learning process which makes it interesting to study. The scientific interconnection was initiated by Amin Abdullah in a paradigm of integration-interconnection of science and religion tries to re-dialogue between religion (Islam) and science due to the dichotomy of science. The pattern of scientific interconnection between science and religion is to strengthen the understanding of religion, as well as between religion and science by giving scientific characteristics will be interesting to study its implementation in social science learning which is associated with Islamic religious education materials. The type of this research is field research which could be described through three aspects of main research. First, related to the existence of the population, the researcher used a study case research which is particular to the 7th Grade of SMP IT Abu Bakar in Yogyakarta. Second, related to the object characteristics of the research, the researcher used a descriptive survey method by directly observing the classroom learning. Third, related to the means of analysis, the researcher used a qualitative research approach which is understanding a phenomenon from participants’ point of view in the form of interview, documentation, and field observations. The result of this study indicates that the form of interconnection of Islamic Education materials in the context of social science learning, which is implemented thorugh learning planning, learning process and learning assessment, is good in terms of the implementation but is not optimal and continues to experience improvement. There are three ways of method or strategy in material interconnection, namely tadabbur (pondering upon) Al-Qur'an and hadith, the apperception of verses and meanings, and the giving of values through factual examples in the surrounding environment. The role of Islamic Religious Education materials strengthen the understanding of the studied Social Science materials and provides a spirit of meaning in social science learning, which is informative-confirmative in natur