ERIC Number: EJ977885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 25
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"Tarbiyah" for "Shakhsiyah" (Educating for Identity): Seeking out Culturally Coherent Pedagogy for Muslim Children in Britain
Ahmed, Farah
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v42 n5 p725-749 2012
Drawing upon Islamic epistemology to confront the challenges of a postcolonial world, some European Muslims are rejecting existing educational provision, seeking to formulate culturally-coherent pedagogy. This paper contributes to the debate on Islamic schools in Britain through the findings of a qualitative study of a British Muslim community education project initiated by home-schooling mothers who believe in "Holistic Islamic Education". The study demonstrates parallels between the experiences and motivations of these mothers and indigenous education movements in that they seek to provide a "Qur'an-centred" worldview, reviving classical Islamic education and synthesizing it with modern pedagogy as a defence against the dominant secular culture. Their pedagogy involves the nurturing of "shakhsiyah" (personality/identity) through "tarbiyah" (holistic upbringing) as a means to navigate the complexity of multiple identities and the challenges of modernity faced by Muslims in Britain. (Contains 10 notes, 2 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Mothers, Islamic Culture, Home Schooling, Community Education, Islam, Epistemology, Culturally Relevant Education, Qualitative Research, World Views, Self Concept, Religious Education, Holistic Approach, Mother Attitudes, Personality, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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