The Importance of Education in My Religion
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 other, …. Read More
What is ‘Islamic’ in Islamic Education?
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 he …. Read More
21st Century Education From Prophetic Example
In this narration, which tells us about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his students in the words of Malik bin al-Huwairith (r.a), Muhammad was concluded by his student as a teacher with love and passion, easy to deal with, he was not only concerned with the subject, but sensitive enough to the students’ state of emotion, …. Read More
ITEP C103M: Evoking Awe and Wonder in Islamic Education
Assalamualaikum WBT. Alhamdulillah, Solatan wa salaman ‘ala Rasulillah. Amma ba’du. After observing in more than one thousand classrooms, John Goodlad and his team of researchers found that the following patterns characterize most classrooms:
ITEP C103M: Differentiated Instructions in Islamic Education
Assalamualaikum WBT. Going through the traditions of our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, I question myself, how different the way the Sahabah learnt from and with Rasulullah PBUH, compared to the way we and our students learn about Islam today? And how much the differences influence the outcome?
ITEP C103M: Teaching that Inspires Action
Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh. Alhamdulillah. Solatan wa salaman ‘ala Rasulillah. Amma Ba’du. Sheikh Ramzy Ajem laid down many fundamental aspects on how Islam emphasises on connecting knowledge with action. Learning demonstrated by Rasulullah PBUH was always with the motivation of acting upon it. That is one of the thing we can relate when Rasulullah …. Read More
ITEP C103M: Learning Environments that Inspire
Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh. Alhamdulillah. Solatan wa salaman ‘ala Rasulillah. Amma ba’du. Firstly, thank you to Sheikh Ramzy Ajem for such an inspiring and reflective lecture. Sheikh listed four important characters of a classroom to be considered as sound and aligned with the spirit of Islam, which are: sacred discipline caring functional
ITEP C103M: Encouraging Inquiry in Islamic Education
Assalamualaikum WBT. Teacher and friends. Sheikh Ramzy’s lecture this week reminds me to what we discussed in C101K (or C101M) regarding indoctrination in faith based school and curriculum. After consulting and debating Neil Burtonwood’s and Michael Hand’s articles, we came to a solid conclusion that Islam is not an indoctrination, and therefore, all aspects of …. Read More
ITEPC103M: Teaching and Learning as Amanah
Assalamualaikum WBT. Teacher and friends, What do you currently do in your classroom teaching to embody (yourself) and reinforce (to your students) that teaching and learning is a trust and that we, as human beings, are God’s vicegerents (khalifa) on earth?
ITEP C103K: Module 2 – Teaching in an Islamic School
Assalamualaikum WBT. Alhamdulillah, Solatan wa salaman ‘ala Rasulillah. Amma ba’du.Alhamdulillah, like everyone else, I benefited a lot from watching Sheikh Ramzy Ajem’s lecture, plus the handbook on Islamic Pedagogy which after its completion and perhaps made available into public, will definitely fill the current vacuum in Islamic Education. From Sheikh Ramzy’s lecture, he outlined 4 …. Read More
