ABSTRACT

Supporting Modern Teaching in Islamic Schools: Pedagogical Best Practice for Teachers advocates the revamp of the madrasah system and a review of the Islamic curriculum across Muslim countries and emphasises training needs for Islamic teachers for modern instructional practice.

Islamic schools across Muslim countries face 21st-century challenges and teachers need continuing professional development to help them keep abreast of modern teaching practice. Books, papers, educators and parents have consistently called for curriculum change to transform teaching and learning in Islamic schools. Divided into three unique parts, Part 1 of the volume focusses on content knowledge, pedagogy and teaching methods; Part 2 highlights professional development, responsibilities and lifelong learning; and Part 3 comprises chapters on Islamic curriculum review, reform and Islamisation of knowledge.

Scholars from the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa review the Islamic curriculum to highlight areas for further improvement and provide modern techniques and methods of teaching for pedagogical best practices and effective outcomes in Islamic schools. With these contributions, this volume will be of interest to OIC countries, Islamic student teachers and Islamic teachers who work in international and local settings.

part 1|94 pages

Content Knowledge, Pedagogy and Teaching Methods

chapter 1|14 pages

Sound Pedagogies and Mis-pedagogies in Teaching Islam

Learning from Canadian Muslim Educators

chapter 3|14 pages

Environmental Education and Indonesia's Traditional Islamic Boarding Schools

Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation in the Green Pesantren Initiative

chapter 4|12 pages

Developing an Islamic Teacher

Islamic Cultural Contents in an ELT Textbook in a Muslim High School in Southern Thailand

part 2|73 pages

Professional Development, Responsibility and Lifelong Learning

chapter 11|11 pages

Islamic Teacher Professionalism

The Role of Family and Society in Teacher Professionalisation

chapter 13|11 pages

Lifelong Learning among Islamic Studies Teachers

A Path for Professionalism

part 3|90 pages

Islamic Curriculum Reform, Assessment and Islamisation of Knowledge

chapter 15|16 pages

Arabic Teaching at Australian Islamic Schools

Working with Student Diversity and Curriculum Challenges

chapter 16|11 pages

Islamisation of Knowledge

A Critical Integrated Approach

chapter 17|13 pages

Maktab Teachers and Behaviour Education

Ruminations from a Teacher Education Programme in the UK

chapter 18|11 pages

Islamic Religious Education (IRE) Teachers in the Netherlands1

From Tradition-Based to Modern Teaching