It can be seen that the discussion so far that Islamic education clearly includes the education of the ‘nafs’ which lexically means, soul, the psyche, ego, self, essence, heart or mind.[1] Liberal education tends not to concentrate upon this dimension ...
Read More »What is Islam’s View on Higher Learning?
Introduction UCAS. The word alone reminds many of us of the numerous drafts of Personal Statements, and of the very challenging University interviews we undertook. In the second year of a student’s A-Levels, much time is spent on the UCAS ...
Read More »Learning In Action
The benefit of acquiring a good education is something children clearly stand to gain the most from. Given that 34% of British Muslims are aged under sixteen, as compared to 20% as a national average, (2001 census), it is perhaps ...
Read More »What is an Islamic Education? The Shaping of Tomorrow’s Vicegerents Today
Introduction Quite a few years ago, the Training and Development Agency (TDA) launched a campaign to recruit new teachers into the profession with the slogan, ‘those who can, teach’. Teaching pedagogy confirms that the concept of teaching itself is inextricably ...
Read More »Islamic Education Pt 6: Aims and objectives of Islamic Education
This is the sixth article in the Islamic Education Series.Click here to read part five. The First World Conference on Muslim education was organised by King Abdullah Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia in 1977 and was held in Makkah. Muslim scholars from ...
Read More »Islamic Education Pt 5: The Concept of Education in Islam
This is the fifth article in the Islamic Education Series.Click hereto read part four. The term ‘education’ in Islam is understood and comprehended in a totally different manner to what is understood within Western societies. As we explored, the general ...
Read More »Islamic Education Pt 4
This is the fourth article in the Islamic Education Series. Click here to read part three. It may be a surprise to many how little has been written by academics regarding Islamic education. History bears witness to the richness and ...
Read More »Islamic Education Pt 4
This is the fourth article in the Islamic Education Series. Click here to read part three. It may be a surprise to many how little has been written by academics regarding Islamic education. History bears witness to the richness and ...
Read More »Objectives of Western Liberal education Pt 3
This is the thirs article in the Islamic Education Series. Click here to read part two. It is imperative to differentiate the ‘aim of education’ from its intrinsic and extrinsic sense. Intrinsic in the sense of pertaining to ‘education’ for the ...
Read More »Islamic Ed. Series Pt2: The basis of Western Liberal Education
This is the second article in the Islamic Education Series. Click here to read part 1. It needs to be understood that there are perhaps two general understandings of the word ‘liberal’ in the term ‘liberal education’. The first is an ...
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