Curriculum

Why character education in Islamic schools is important

By Nadeem Memon

December 14, 2011 • 4 thoughts

Value of the month. Hadith of the week. Service learning. Philanthropy for children. Sound familiar to you?

Rather than using these disconnected add-ons, spice up your Islamic school with character development programs that are infused in your curriculum.

In this short clip, sister Sommieh Flower discusses the Tarbiyah framework, where character education is part of the entire school curriculum.

This framework is unique in many ways. To find out how, watch this short explanation below.

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Nadeem Memon

About Nadeem Memon

Dr. Nadeem Memon is the Course Facilitator for the Islamic Teacher Education Program. He holds a Ph.D in History and the Philosophy of Education from OISE with a research focus on the vision of Islamic schooling in North America. He is also an Adjunct Professor at OISE and the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University.
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  • Sumaiyah Vedder

    Where can we find out more about how character education was imbedded into the culture of the school, the curriculum?
    Has the Tarbiya Project been published? Is there a team working on it now?
    JAK.

  • Quran Learning

    Definitely, it’s true. Tarbiya project is really important for the kids. We need character education which play vital role in enhancing the personality building of the children.

  • sk

    would it be possible to share resources somewhere on this site – for example, the whole program that Sister Sommieh mentions – could we get a copy so we can start to implement it?

    • http://islamicteachereducation.com Nadeem Memon

      Try contacting Crescent Academy International http://www.crescentacademy.org/index.html or I believe someone posted a link on this thread to a discussion group dedicated to the Tarbiyah Project.