Preparing Teachers for the ‘Ummah’: A Case Study of Hayat Foundation
This preliminary study initiates an exploration into a novel informal Islamic teacher education programme developed by a community organisation. The presented case study explores the Afghan Muslim inspired Hayat Foundation’s communal educational initiative, the Marefat programme. The programme, deri...
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| description | This preliminary study initiates an exploration into a novel informal Islamic teacher education programme developed by a community organisation. The presented case study explores the Afghan Muslim inspired Hayat Foundation’s communal educational initiative, the Marefat programme. The programme, derived from Islamic educational theoriesis ‘imbued with notions of reflective, critical, and reflexive thinking’, which are designed to recognise the individual levels of development for every educator and simultaneously elevate their efficacy, agency, and person. Adopting an interpretivist-narrative methodology conveyed through a dialogical approach, this study focuses on the lived experiences of this social-welfare organisation by seeking to decipher the teleological nature of the programme. This examination is guided by three questions which seek to identify its intended audience, the specificity of the issue it attempts to address, and the approaches it has adapted to implement its programme. The findings suggest that the overarching purpose of this educational initiative is to foster empowering liberatory pedagogical responses to counter oppressive narratives in the reading of the Islamic tradition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c19800c58424fa0bbefe47b8cd6a1482025-08-20T02:28:05ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022024-10-011411114610.3390/educsci14111146Preparing Teachers for the ‘Ummah’: A Case Study of Hayat FoundationImran H. Khan Suddahazai0Centre for Islamic Finance, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UKThis preliminary study initiates an exploration into a novel informal Islamic teacher education programme developed by a community organisation. The presented case study explores the Afghan Muslim inspired Hayat Foundation’s communal educational initiative, the Marefat programme. The programme, derived from Islamic educational theoriesis ‘imbued with notions of reflective, critical, and reflexive thinking’, which are designed to recognise the individual levels of development for every educator and simultaneously elevate their efficacy, agency, and person. Adopting an interpretivist-narrative methodology conveyed through a dialogical approach, this study focuses on the lived experiences of this social-welfare organisation by seeking to decipher the teleological nature of the programme. This examination is guided by three questions which seek to identify its intended audience, the specificity of the issue it attempts to address, and the approaches it has adapted to implement its programme. The findings suggest that the overarching purpose of this educational initiative is to foster empowering liberatory pedagogical responses to counter oppressive narratives in the reading of the Islamic tradition.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/11/1146Islamic teacher educationtheology of liberationAfghanistan |
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