Lecture 1: Principles of an Islamic Education

Methodology for Teaching and Learning [1st Lecture on Islamic Economics, 11 Sep, 2012, delivered at IIIE, IIUI]

SHORT LINK TO VIDEOTAPED LECTURE: http://bit.ly/15kjExR

Main Lecture: LIE01

It should be obvious that if we want to teach and learn Islamic Economics, this must by done by Islamic methods, rather than western ones. In this first lecture, we will review Islamic teachings related to the process of the acquisition of Knowledge. There is no match, parallel, or analog of these teachings in the canons of Western knowledge.

Supplementary Readings:

LIE01.doc: Current Issues in Islamic Economics, Lecture 1. This lecture is available in ENGLISH, URDU [urdupibc4] and also translated into ARABIC.

A similar first lecture in an Introduction to Statistics for Muslims shows that all subjects must be taught diferently when we take into account the Islamic methodology for teaching and learning.

“An Islamic Worldview: An Essential Component of an Islamic Education,” Lahore Journal of Policy Studies Vol. 1 No. 1, p95-106, June 2007. [IWLJPS]

The following book in Urdu, by Mawalan Syyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadvi is available for download from my personal website: http://www.asadzaman.net

Insani Dunya per musalmamon ka uroojo zawal ka asar By Maulana Sayyed Abuhasan Ali Nadvi

Imam Al-Nawawi: Adab of Teaching and Learning, and Fatwa seeking & giving - Translation & Arabic original contains material parallel to this lecture. My forward summarized crucial differences between Islamic and Western approaches to knowledge