Muslim Education in the 21st Century - Asian Perspectives

"While this book invites readers to reinvestigate the current state of affairs in Muslim education in Asia, it also pays special attention to Muslim schools perception of educational changes and reasons for such changes. Another important question that this book hopes to highlight is: Has the Muslim school been reinventing itself in the field of pedagogy and curriculum to meet the challenges of the 21st century education? Muslim schools here refer to schools whose curriculum content carry mostly religious subjects and Islam as its school culture. Typologically, it includes state-owned or privately-run madrasah or dayah in Aceh, Indonesia; pondok, traditional Muslim schools largely prevalent in the East Malaysian states and Indonesia; pesantren, Muslim boarding schools commonly found in Indonesia; imam-khatip schools in Turkey, and other variations in Asia"--

Product details

• Authors: Saeda Chew Buang
• Assisted by: Sa’eda Buang (Editor), Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9780415844154
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84415-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, EDUCATION / Curricula, Middle East, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Teaching of a specific subject, Regional Geography