I am trying to organize materials on education in a new website: Islamic Education. But currently it is not well developed.
Unit 1 is about Developing an Islamic Worldview - this is the foundational basis for an Islamic Education. All of Western education is founded on a Eurocentric Worldview, which is diametrically opposed to an Islamic Worldview. It is only after achieving clarity on this issue that we can proceed to UNIT 2: Principles of An Islamic Education. This unit consists of the following readings/lessons:
PP1: The First Principle of Pedagogy What is our goal in life? What our intention in getting an education, and how does this relate to our life-goals?
Principles of an Islamic Education -- IWV blog post covers the fundamental principles of an Islamic Education
Teaching Fish to Fly: Because an Islamic Education is designed to develop personal capabilities within students, it must be individualized and personalized. Each student should be encouraged to develop his or her own talents.
Principles of an Islamic Education (english) or Islamic Tijarat kay Bunyadi Usool (urdu)
After these basic readings, go through the six part sequence of lectures on "How to Become a Great Teacher". The model for us is our Prophet Mohammad SAW, who was the greatest teachers of all time. His methods of teaching ARE the principles of Islamic Education. In these posts, we attempt to capture and learn some crucial elements of his teaching methodology
bit.do/azbgt]: Intro: The Greatest Educator, The knowledge given to man by God, in form of the Quran, and demonstrated in the person of our Prophet Mohammad SAW, changed the course of history. How can we learn to follow in his footsteps?
bit.do/azgt2]: Obstacles to Excellence, Some major misconceptions about teaching, knowledge, and education, which are barriers in the path of our learning to become great teachers.
bit.do/azgt3]: Our Lives for Sale.: The Western system of education is designed to turn us into human resources, commodities for sale in the labor market. We need to learn the Value of Human Lives, to avoid giving this message to our students. Instead, we must teach them that human beings are the best of the creations, and all the gold in the world is not enough to pay for even a small portion of our lives.
bit.do/azgt4]: Three Mega-Events Which Shape Our Thoughts: Historical Events shape our lives and thoughts in ways that we do not realize, and we are not consciously aware of. These ways of thinking tie us down, and prevent us from realizing our hidden potentials as human beings, the best of the creations of God.
[bit.do/azgt5]: Reshaping Lives: Identity and Purpose: A great teacher reshapes lives of students by changing their goals and thereby their identities.
[bit.do/azgt6] The Ghazali Project: Revival of Deen: This explains how global conquest and colonization by West created shock-and-awe of Western knowledge among the Muslims. The post explains how we can recover our lost confidence by recognizing the nature of Western knowledge as being suited to conquest and pursuit of power and wealth. Islam teaches us love, compassion, mercy for all mankind, and pursuit of excellence in conduct. This is knowledge of an entirely different sort, which still has the capability to revolutionize the world, just like it did fourteen centuries ago.
After completing this module, a feedback form will be provided to assess how well this unit performs in imparting valuable information to students. This form will be linked here when it is ready.