Recontextualizing History Education and Islamic Thought Studies through the Inquiry Method in the Post-Truth Era
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The post-truth era has generated an epistemological crisis in which truth is often replaced by opinion and emotional narratives amplified through digital media. This condition significantly affects history education and Islamic thought, as it weakens students’ ability to think critically, analyze historical evidence, and uphold moral responsibility in understanding truth. This paper aims to explore the challenges of history learning in the post-truth context and propose the inquiry method as a constructive pedagogical solution. Using a qualitative document analysis approach, the study examines academic articles related to history pedagogy, inquiry-based learning, and Islamic epistemology. The findings indicate that the decline of expertise and the spread of misinformation demand an educational shift towards reflective, evidence-based, and ethically guided learning. The Reflective-Digital Historical Learning model integrates digital literacy, critical reasoning, and Islamic epistemic values such as tabayyun (verification) and tahqiq (deep investigation) to strengthen epistemic awareness. The study concludes that implementing inquiry-based history learning supported by Islamic epistemological principles can cultivate critical, ethical, and truth-oriented learners capable of navigating complex information in the digital age.
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