Philosophy in Islam and its limit on teaching reason in humanities

This chapter discusses the pedagogical concern about teaching humanities to Muslim students. It provides a background to the problem, describes the nature of humanities and the place of reason in teaching it and the problem with regards to Muslim students’ stance on reason. The chapter offers a pers...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Nur Surayyah Madhubala
Other Authors: Feldges, Tom
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78909/
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description This chapter discusses the pedagogical concern about teaching humanities to Muslim students. It provides a background to the problem, describes the nature of humanities and the place of reason in teaching it and the problem with regards to Muslim students’ stance on reason. The chapter offers a perspective on where the problem lies within philosophy in Islam. It outlines the implication for pre-service teachers in thinking about their pedagogy. The situation with Muslim students described in the preceding section is related to the phenomenon of Islamic education and its place in the life of Muslims. It draws on S. Akhtar’s description of philosophy in Islam and how reason is viewed within its precepts. As humanities teachers, at least in a minimal sense, should be that the aim of humanities education is ensuring the wellbeing of students as it contributes to the flourishing of themselves and others as persons in a polity.
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spelling upm-789092021-07-14T01:29:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78909/ Philosophy in Islam and its limit on teaching reason in humanities Abdullah, Nur Surayyah Madhubala This chapter discusses the pedagogical concern about teaching humanities to Muslim students. It provides a background to the problem, describes the nature of humanities and the place of reason in teaching it and the problem with regards to Muslim students’ stance on reason. The chapter offers a perspective on where the problem lies within philosophy in Islam. It outlines the implication for pre-service teachers in thinking about their pedagogy. The situation with Muslim students described in the preceding section is related to the phenomenon of Islamic education and its place in the life of Muslims. It draws on S. Akhtar’s description of philosophy in Islam and how reason is viewed within its precepts. As humanities teachers, at least in a minimal sense, should be that the aim of humanities education is ensuring the wellbeing of students as it contributes to the flourishing of themselves and others as persons in a polity. Routledge Feldges, Tom 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78909/1/Philosophy%20in%20Islam%20and%20its%20limit%20on%20teaching%20reason%20in%20humanities.pdf Abdullah, Nur Surayyah Madhubala (2019) Philosophy in Islam and its limit on teaching reason in humanities. In: Philosophy and the Study of Education. Routledge, London, pp. 41-53. ISBN 9781138583764; EISBN: 9780429506536 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429506536-4/philosophy-islam-limit-teaching-reason-humanities-nur-surayyah-madhubala-abdullah
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title_short Philosophy in Islam and its limit on teaching reason in humanities
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