Module Leader: Abdullah Sahin

Core module MA Islamic Education: Theory and Practice

This module combines workshops, independent study and group-supported seminars to enable you to engage critically with the concept of Islamic pedagogy through exploring historical formation of Islamic traditions of learning and teaching and assessing their contemporary applications in diverse educational settings. You will be required to identify issues of practical professional relevance within the context of your personal experience, developing competence for research-based reflective practice through academic exploration and illumination by means of historical research approaches. You will critically and comparatively explore the notion of pedagogic practice within diverse Muslim historical and contemporary cultural settings with the view of examining the role of gender, learner agency, values and ethics of teacher-student relations. The emphasis will be on exploring the models of leaner-led critical and reflective pedagogies in Islamic and western educational thought. You will be encouraged to consider the implications of your inquires for the pedagogic creativity and development in contemporary Islamic educational practice.