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Ibn Khaldun's Concept of Education in the ‘Muqaddima’ |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 15 May, 2009 |
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At first sight, the place held by education in Ibn Khaldun's sociology appears uncertain to say the least. What today we understand by the term ‘education'—the replication of individuals and groups, firstly at the level of values and secondly at that of knowledge and know-how—is found in the Muqaddima only in a scattered and incomplete fashion. More important, Ibn Khaldun makes no use of a general concept of education. This is all the more surprising as he accustoms us elsewhere to a systematic approach to the main phenomena of life in society. However, upon closer view we discover that this ambiguity and these lacunae in fact reflect the state of the Muslim system of education, and we are forced to admit that, in this field as in many others connected with the knowledge of Muslim society, Khaldun's contribution is the most complete at our disposal.
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Al-Ghazali's Theory of Education: Its Philosophy and Its Impact |
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By: Nabil Nofal, Mon 16 March, 2009 |
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Al-Ghazali (1058-1111) was one of the most influential Muslim thinkers. A jurist, logician, theologian, and philosopher, he was honoured in the history of Islam with title of Hujjatul-Islam (the Proof of Islam)." Among his numerous contributions to the renewal of the intellectual life of the 5th Islamic century, he developed a theory of education rooted in his philosophy and aiming at improving the objectives and principles of education. Based on a reflexion on the methods and knowledge of teaching, and detailing the relationships between scholars, teachers and pupils, his education concept had a notable influence inside and outside the Muslim world.
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Al-Farabi's Doctrine of Education: Between Philosophy and Sociological Theory |
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By: Professor Ammar al-Talbi , Sat 14 February, 2009 |
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Professor Ammar al-Talbi Throughout the ages thinkers have raised the question of what the human being ought to learn in order to be in tune with his own epoch, to live intelligently in society, and to be a citizen bringing benefit both to himself and to the community; hence the importance of education. It is the aim of education which takes precedence, only then come the means to realize these aims. The following article aims at presenting the theory of education of the Muslim philosopher and scholar Abu Nasr al-Farabi within the framework of his philosophical system, an aspect of his work not frequently hit upon in the scholarship.
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Ibn Sina on Education |
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By: Abd al-Rahman al Naqib, Sat 17 January, 2009 |
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Abd al-Rahman al Naqib This study presents the theory of education in the philosophy of Ibn Sina, considered by ancient and modern scholars alike as the most famous of the Muslim philosophers. In his philosophical system, Ibn Sina outlined a complete theory of education and teaching. Departing from his view of the human being and of the relationship between the mental faculties and the body, and from a precise conception of knowledge and ethics, Ibn Sina's educational theory deals with the aims of education, the educational stages and the teaching methods for different classes of age, from infants to higher instruction of teeangers, with a focus on the teaching of girls.
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General Organisation of Education and Teaching Methods in Islamic Civilisation |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 11 January, 2007 |
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Organised learning had been a feature of Islamic Civilisation since the beginning. The Prophet Muhammad would organise the education of a committed group who over time became the people of knowledge that spread Islam far and wide. This article traces Islamic systems of education through the centuries.
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Curricula in Ottoman Madrasas |
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By: FSTC. Limited, Wed 21 April, 2004 |
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It is possible to provide a basic (though only partial) outline of what was taught at Ottoman madrasas. Students would study from the books of (sarf), syntax (nahiv) and logic (mantik) and then hadith and commentary on the Qur'an (tefsîr). Other subjects studied included mathematical sciences and philosophy (hikmet) and jurisprudence (fikih).
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Al-Amidi's System of Writing for the Blind |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 02 June, 2003 |
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It is commonly known that Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented a system of writing for the blind in which he used a pattern of "6 dots". However 600 years before Braille, a Syrian Muslim, Al-Amidi, was an expert in reading such a system.
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Islam, Science and Learning |
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By: Quoted from M.H. Sadar, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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Islam, unlike modern Christianity does not differentiate between matters of `state' and matters of religion. In this respect, Islam should not really be regarded as a religion for it is a Total system.
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Islam and Learning |
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By: Quoted from I.R.and L.L. Al-Faruqi, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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God, Islam held, created the world and implanted in it His immutable patterns that make it a cosmos. He designed it in a way calling for wonder: perfect, orderly, malleable, its parts causally and teleologically bound to one another.
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Women and learning in Islam |
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By: Quoted from S.P. Scott, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The female relatives of the khalifs and courtiers vied with each other in the patronage and cultivation of letters.
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