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Why We Don’t Seem to Understand What the Problem Is?
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One reason why many teachers fail to clearly understand what is the problem with children learning in front of their screen and why it is different from the face to face school everyone is accustomed to is because many teachers do not understand what is going on in the brain of those children when…
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Read “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition” at NAP.edu
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Read chapter Front Matter: First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the origina… Source: Read “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition” at NAP.edu
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Being a Muslim and Youth Today is Tough
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Summary Recently, Jeremy contacted me and asked 5 questions. I think those questions are important and my response might be useful for him and you. So here I share my thought on the questions Jeremy asked. May Allah guide and protect us all, amin. What are the visible struggle or problem that ustaz think…
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Prophetic Pedagogy According to Sheikh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah’s al-Rasul al-Mu’allim
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QUESTION 1: Why is the character of the Prophet (sws) so central to his teaching? Give one example of a character trait that was essential to his teaching? ANSWER Modern learning sciences prove that the relationship between a teacher and his students is one of the most influential factors on a learner and his…
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Responsibility Before Falling in Love
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Today’s reality allows teenagers to think they are free to fall in love at any time they want. In our house, my rule is children need to learn to take responsibility before anything else. You participate in cleaning your bed, room and our house. Help me when you see me doing something that having…
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The Successful Kindhearted ‘Robot’
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“Tomorrow morning on your way to my house, please send me sms or give me a missed call, ok!” I told the student in charge. I accepted an invitation to a program organised by a group of university students. The program was at a nearby mosque quite close to my house, 5km maybe. It…
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The Importance of Education in My Religion
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Every month, our interfaith dialogue concentrates on specific theme. Sharing from audience should be based on his or her individual understanding and interpretation of the subject. Last month we chatted about religious education and it turned up into focusing on formal religious education in school setting. We loved and learned a lot from each…
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What is ‘Islamic’ in Islamic Education?
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What is the ‘islamic’ in Islamic education? What makes and education Islamic? What makes other kinds of education ‘unislamic’? Our quick picture about Islamic education usually refers to the content. The subject or the topic surrounding the ‘WHAT’. Looking back to the hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him, we easily identify how…
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Learning and Its Future
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Sir Ken Robinson in his book, Creative Schools says: Learning is the process of acquiring new knowledge and skills. Human beings are highly curious learning organisms. From the moment they’re born, young children have a voracious appetite for learning. For too many, that appetite starts to dull as they go through school. Keeping it…
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Ramadan and Schooling
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This is our third Ramadan in Finland. Each year, there’s always something new we learn from the experience. This year, most Ramadan is taking place while school is still open. 2km each way walking from home to school, it is tough. Being among the small minority at school, they have to face many challenges.…