Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment

Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment

The central concern of this article is to examine the contemporary Islamic educational discourse from the perspective of the philosophy of empowerment. In line with this view, it proposes a new conceptual framework for empowerment in lieu of the traditional views, which consider empowerment in terms...

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Main Authors: Rahath House, Yousef, Hashim, Rosnani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Muslim Social Scientists 2013
Subjects:
LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
LC65 Social aspects of education
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spelling iium-322552017-01-31T05:06:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/ Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment Rahath House, Yousef Hashim, Rosnani LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) LC65 Social aspects of education The central concern of this article is to examine the contemporary Islamic educational discourse from the perspective of the philosophy of empowerment. In line with this view, it proposes a new conceptual framework for empowerment in lieu of the traditional views, which consider empowerment in terms of infrastructural developments or shifting power from the powerful to the powerless. We suggest that empowerment should be viewed as a social process that helps people gain control over their lives by enabling them to act on issues important to them. Considered in this light,education that seeks to empower people must be a process that provides the fundamental freedom and resources to understand the world and grants the ability to change that world. Contemporary Islamic educational discourses are evaluated on this basis to determine to what extent Islamic educators are engaged with the idea of empowerment proposed in this article. Association of Muslim Social Scientists 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/1/ajiss303-rahath%26hashim.pdf Rahath House, Yousef and Hashim, Rosnani (2013) Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 30 (3). pp. 20-38. ISSN 0742-6763 http://www.amss.org/AJISS/AJISSMissionStatement.aspx
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LC65 Social aspects of education
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LC65 Social aspects of education
Rahath House, Yousef
Hashim, Rosnani
Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
description The central concern of this article is to examine the contemporary Islamic educational discourse from the perspective of the philosophy of empowerment. In line with this view, it proposes a new conceptual framework for empowerment in lieu of the traditional views, which consider empowerment in terms of infrastructural developments or shifting power from the powerful to the powerless. We suggest that empowerment should be viewed as a social process that helps people gain control over their lives by enabling them to act on issues important to them. Considered in this light,education that seeks to empower people must be a process that provides the fundamental freedom and resources to understand the world and grants the ability to change that world. Contemporary Islamic educational discourses are evaluated on this basis to determine to what extent Islamic educators are engaged with the idea of empowerment proposed in this article.
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author Rahath House, Yousef
Hashim, Rosnani
author_facet Rahath House, Yousef
Hashim, Rosnani
author_sort Rahath House, Yousef
title Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
title_short Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
title_full Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
title_fullStr Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
title_full_unstemmed Contemporary Islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
title_sort contemporary islamic educational discourse and the philosophy of empowerment
publisher Association of Muslim Social Scientists
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32255/1/ajiss303-rahath%26hashim.pdf
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