Practices and Contributions of Islamic Education to Modern Education in Ethiopia: the case of Bati Azhar Mesjid
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2012-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In Ethiopia, like the Christian education, Islamic education has been playing a significant role
in the literacy development of the country. However, insignificant scholarly works have so far
been produced and disclosed the real legacy of schooling system in Muslim education. So, the
primary purpose of the study is to describe and analyze the nature of some of the educational
practices of Islamic education in Bati Azhar Mesjid from the points of view of its legacy and
benefits for modern education. Many of the ideas were dealt with the works of Ahmed (2008)
and Muhiddin(2010) on another setting. The intention of the writer is based on the
assumption that although certain characteristics of education seem to be similar, some
practices may differ as the social groups differ from each other. In order to reach the intended
result ethnographic case study was employed. In the course of the study, all the necessary
information was gathered using open ended interview, focus group discussion and
observation. Based on these methods information was collected from the Sheikh and Daressas
(students) of the school. Besides, former students and community members were included
through snow ball sampling. The findings of the study showed that, the teacher taught by
working with small groups (sherika) of students who were at the same level in their studies.
Besides, students also allowed to attend courses as per their pace. Regarding evaluation, there
was no formal test, only the demonstration of masterly- reading, answering, reasoning and
executing of responsibilities properly. Corporal punishment was non existent, advises and
offering responsibilities were widely used to remedy mis-behavior and to punish a student for
not studying well. In short, in the school, education was offered in a pedagogical approach
that has fundamental similarities with the inventions and recommendations of many modern
educators. Hence, giving attention for the domestic traditional schools legacy can offer many
geniuses of pedagogical principles in the state contemporary modern secular education
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Islamic; Modern