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Learning and spirituality in young Muslim children
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Article
Citation
Mukhlis Abu Bakar. (2012). Learning and spirituality in young Muslim children. Journal of Religious Education, 60(3), 25-34.
Abstract
This paper reports on one particular finding which emerged from a Singapore study of young Muslim children attending the last year of a four-year Islamic education weekend program. The program provides the 5–8-year-old young learners with a learning environment in which they not only memorise Qur’anic verses but also learn the relevance of Islamic values and practices in their daily lives through activities which are age-appropriate. Learning in the program is perceived to be holistic in that it recognises the roles of thinking (cognitive), feeling (affective) and reflecting (spiritual) as complementary within the learning process. Children’s account of what they have learnt suggests the emergence of the interplay between these learning dimensions. Such interplay, as argued in this paper, may lead to transformative learning experiences even as the program itself is concerned with a particular outcome (i.e., convergence with the Islamic worldview).
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Springer
Journal
Journal of Religious Education