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Educative tradition and Islamic schools in Indonesia
Citation
Tan, C. (2014). Educative tradition and Islamic schools in Indonesia. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 14, 47-62. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/jais/volume/docs/vol14/v14_03_tan_047-062.pdf
Author
Tan, Charlene
Abstract
An Islamic school that subscribes to an educative tradition is essentially one that sees compatibility between the inculcation of religious values and the acquisition of ‘modern’ knowledge and dispositions. This article argues that most Islamic schools in Indonesia reside in an educative tradition as evident in three main ways. First, most Islamic schools in Indonesia are keen to obtain knowledge from both religious subjects and modern ‘secular’ subjects. Secondly, an increasing number of Islamic schools have incorporated student-centred pedagogies so that their students do not simply learn by rote or memorisation. Thirdly, many Islamic schools provide a variety of student activities to develop the students’ life skills and leadership abilities so as to encourage their students to internalise and put into practice the principles and values they have learnt. Notwithstanding its promotion of an educative tradition, many Islamic schools in Indonesia face a perennial challenge in infusing Islamic principles and values into the teaching of modern ‘secular’ subjects.
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University
of Oslo, Norway
of Oslo, Norway
Journal
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies