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Introducing Muhammad PBUH to Primary School Kids
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I remember many years ago, I was invited to give a talk on our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH to Khalifah Model School’s kids. I wasn’t part of the school’s team back then. An outsider, and most of the kids do not know me. My concern was, I like talking. I can talk on and…
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My Classes for Semester 1, 2016
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Alhamdulillah after school meeting today, I am given two subjects to teach next semester. 1. Muslim Nations (Islamic History) 2. Fiqh 4 (Contemporary Fiqh) Both are project base.
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JMS: First Class Islamic Education in Singapore
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Today, I am with the team from Khalifah Model School (Secondary) and Khalifah Education Foundation visited MUIS, al-Mawaddah Mosque and PERGAS HQ in Singapore. The last time I discussed about Islamic Education in Singapore with friends, was around year 2007 or 2008 when Madrasahs in Singapore were in dilemma after the government imposed compulsory…
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Improving the Way We Praise Good Behaviour
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source fincherwannettaedm310.blogspot.my “Dad, today I got my examination result. I got 70%” Ahmad told his father when he got into the car. “Awesome. I love you” daddy replied. “Hmm… did he mean what he said? 70% is not a good grade. Why did he praise me?” Ahmad had this thought in his mind. He doubted…
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The Bloom’s Taxonomy of Hijrah
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Bloom’s Taxonomy “First, share what you remember from the Hijrah. Its the who, where and when.” I told my students. This is the most basic part of the forum. Panelists should not over estimate the audience thinking that they already know everything. It is good to remind them of what are we talking about.…
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Building a Learner-Centered Course Outline
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“The Malay paper for IGCSE is quite simple. So, I develop the course outline based on what I believe is needed for the students, beyond IGCSE’s requirement. But I found the content is overwhelming. Too many to cover (in a semester)” one of our teachers said during our consultation hour. She has just recently…
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From Parenting to Schooling
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I embarked my involvement with education as a concerned parent. When my eldest son entered his first grade I saw how tremendously the schooling experience changed him within the first few months. I started to realize through experience that kids are highly influenced and adaptive to the surrounding. Six years of good parenting is…
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THE BEST EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE WORLD? MYTHS AND REALITIES
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INTRODUCTION Searching the best education system has a long historical background, highlighted by what Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris (1775-1848) presented in his Esquisse (A Sketch and Preliminary View of a Work on Comparative Education. It was first published anonymously in a Swiss journal, Bibliotheque Universelle des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts (Geneva) in 1816…
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ITEP C103K: Module 4 – Encouraging Inquiry
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Assalamualaikum WBT. Alhamdulillah, Solatan wa salaman ‘ala Rasulillah. Amma ba’du. Sheikh Ramzy Ajem described the topic excellently and I benefited a lot from it. The extended explanation and tadabbur on the verse (فاعلم أنّه لا إله إلا الله) is very important that Allah declares even the highest degree of recognition the truth (there is…
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ITEP C103K: Module 3 – Teaching is a Trust
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Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh. Alhamdulillah, praise is all due to Allah. Nothing is more important in teaching than placing “intention” as the point to begin, which is aligned with the tradition of our scholars who many of them began their books with the hadith (إنّما الأعمال بالنيات). Our school’s name is Khalifah Model…