January 2015 Vol. 3 No.1

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Strengths and shortcomings of traditional methodologies in education; way of the eclectic model relevant to the process of Islamization

Hasina Banu Shirin^1* and ²Mohammad Serazul Islam

¹PhD in Education (Candidate), Institute of Education (INSTED), International Islamic University (IIUM), Malaysia
²PhD in Management (Candidate), School of Business, University Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), Malaysia

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: hasinabanushirin@yahoo.com; Tel: 00600162245953

Accepted January 12, 2015

Abstract

In the light of Islam traditional methodologies in education is the way or procedure of exclusively framing educational instructions or curriculum base on Islamic verdicts. Hence some strengths and shortcomings of Islamic traditional methodologies have been noticed and identified by Muslim scholars and thinkers. In this currently challenging age shortcomings from the Islamic traditional methodologies in education should be eradicated through the eclectic model proposed by Muslim scholars. Consequently, the paramount objective of this study is to investigate the strengths and shortcomings of Islamic traditional methodologies in education. Likewise, the second objective is to introduce ‘eclectic model’ which is pertinent to process of Islamization of the traditional methodologies in education. Previous Muslim scholars’ published articles have been analyzed to support our arguments on the strengths and shortcomings of the Islamic traditional methodologies in education. In other word, information on the recent revolutionized ‘eclectic model’ have been collected from the contemporary Muslim scholars who have already accomplished their research on this and also given their own perception in favor of this ‘eclectic model’. Nevertheless, Muslim worlds would be benefitted from this study. For generating concrete Muslim intellectuals and philosophers of divergent fields this study may serve as a forerunner.

Keywords: Eclectic model, Islamic perspective, Islamic verdicts, Traditional methodology