INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

COURSE OUTLINE

Kulliyyah Kulliyyah of Education

Department Social Foundations and Educational Leadership

Programme M.ED

Name of Course / Mode Advanced History and Philosophy of Islamic Education

Course Code EDU 6003

Name (s) of Academic
Rosnani Hashim
staff / Instructor(s)
This course develops students’ knowledge on the philosophical and
Rationale for the
historical foundations of Islamic education and allows them to
inclusion of the course /
recognise the important role that they play in formulating and
module in the programme
affecting any system of education.
Semester and Year
Every Semester
Offered
Status Core
Level Postgraduate

Face to Face
Total
Formal Independent Guided and
Learning
Centred
Lecture

Student

Assessment Learning Independent

Learning
Total Student Learning
Time (SLT)
14 28 5 83 130 hrs.

Student Centred Learning: Discussion and cooperative learning.

Independent learning includes individual and group tasks, and
module learning.
Credit Value / Hours 3 Credit Hours

Pre-requisites (if any) None

Co-requisites (if any) None

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 The objectives of this course are to enlighten students on:
1. the importance of the philosophical and historical
foundations of Islamic education and why and how it is a
critical enterprise
2. the aims, objectives and concept of education as envisaged in
the Qur'an and the Sunnah
Course Objectives 3. the theory and practice of education throughout Islamic
history up to the present.
4. the development of Muslim educational institutions and
educational thoughts including the mission of Islamization of
Knowledge
5. the methods of critical analysis of educational issues

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. explain the meaning of foundations of education and why
and how it can become a critical enterprise.
2. elaborate the aims, objectives and concepts of Islamic
education as envisaged in the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
3. analyse the theory and practice of education throughout
Learning Outcomes
Islamic history up to the present.
4. trace and analyse the development of Muslim educational
institutions and educational thoughts including the mission
of Islamization of knowledge
5. analyse critically any educational issues

Skills How they are Assessment method

developed
Research and Reviewing of Article and letters to
Inquiry article and letters to editor reviews
editor
Analytical and Identification and Assignments and
Problem analysing of issues exam
Solving
Communication Presentations and Classroom
and discussions in class presentations and
Interpersonal discussions

Types of Teaching-Learning Description

and assessment strategies
Teaching-Learning and Presentations, Socratic,
assessment strategy Community of Inquiry,
Teaching-Learning Strategies Discussion, Written
reviews, Lectures

Article reviews (2 - 4)
Mid Term/Final written
Assessment Strategies examination
Term Paper

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 The course is designed to introduce students to the inquiry called
foundations of education which is a critical enterprise through
reflecting on and understanding of the philosophical and historical
foundations of Islamic education. Its major concern is the
clarification and interpretation of aims, objectives and concept of
Course Synopsis education as envisaged in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. It analyses the
theory and practice of education throughout Islamic history up to the
present and the development of Muslim educational institutions and
educational thoughts. A brief comparative perspective with Western
philosophies of education will be highlighted.
.
Socratic community of Inquiry, discussions, presentations, and
Mode of Delivery lectures

LO Method %
1,2,3,4,5 Assignment: 40
Review Article & Letter to Editor
Assessment Methods and 1,2,3,4,5 Seminar Presentations 30
Type/Course Assessment
1,2,3, 4,5 Term paper 30
Total 100

Mapping of course / module to the Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Outcomes
Learning Outcome of the course
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 10
1. explain the meaning of foundations of √ √ √ √ √ √
education and why and how it can become a
critical enterprise
2. identify the different foundations of education √ √ √ √ √ √ √
of Muslim
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
3. analyse critically any issues in Muslim
education.
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
4. recognise an issue of foundations of education

5. trace and analyse the development of Muslim √ √ √ √ √ √ √

educational institutions and educational
thoughts including the mission of Islamization
of knowledge

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 Content outline of the course / module and the SLT per topic
Weeks Topics SLT Task/Reading
Introduction to the course
1 What are foundations of education – philosophical, Ozman, H. &
6
04/02/2019 psychological, social and historical. Craver, S. (1990).

Philosophical Foundations
Kneller 1964;
Philosophy – metaphysics, epistemology, axiology
2 Butler (1968)
& Logic 6
11/02/2019 Ch1; Moore
What is Philosophy of education – Western
(1964)
perspective
Foundations of Islamic education
3 The Islamic World View Al-Attas 1991,
18/02/2019 The concept of man & knowledge 6 Rosnani 2004,
The concept and philosophy of education in Islam Ch 5;

What is philosophical inquiry & question?

4 Lipman 1988 Ch
The tools for doing philosophy
25/02/2019 2-4.
Conceptual analysis : Rules & Freedom; 8
Hamm (1989) ch1
Critical thinking and critical pedagogy

Al-Qur’an & Hadith on Philosophizing Rosnani 2017a

5
(Islam’s pragmatism) Kazmi 2000
04/03/2019 10
The role of critical thinking in Islam

Conceptual Analysis: The Teacher Kazmi 1999;

6
The notion of murabbi in Islam Green 1971.
11/03/2019 12
Instruction, Training & Indoctrination Hamm 1989 ch7

7 Conceptual Analysis 3: Kazmi 1999

18/03/2019 Knowledge and its commodification 10

21/03/2019 Semester Break

Historical foundations
The rise of a culture of learning in early Islam: Rauf 1991; Qadir
8
Muslims as producers of knowledge and not just 1988
25/03/2019 12
passive consumers Kazmi 2005
The golden age of science

The decline in the culture of learning Qadir 1988,

9 History of early Islamic educational institutions of Shalaby 1956
10
01/04/2019 learning Maqdisi 1981

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 Efforts to revive the ummah : Three responses
Jamal al-Din Al Afghani: linking of the spiritual Kaloti 1974;
10 with the political; Qadir 1988
10
08/04/2019 Muhammad Abduh: educational and social reforms
prior to political reform

Sayyid Ahmad Khan: Muslim’s political and

11 economic salvation in India through Western Qadir 1988
12
15/04/2019 education

12
Mid Term
22/04/2019
13 The development of educational dualism & Rosnani 2004
29/04/2019 integrated education: The Malaysian Experience 8

Ashraf 1985
14 The First World Conference on Muslim Education Rosnani 2000
06/05/2019 Islamization of Knowledge – al-Attas & al-Faruqi 10 Al-Faruqi 1982;
Al-Attas 1978

15 Whither education? Globalization & its impact. Rosnani 2017a,

13/05/2019 Review and closure 10 2017b

Revision
11/5/19 – 14/05/19
Week
Exam 15/05/19 - 01/06/19
Week

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 Main references supporting the course

al-Attas, S. M. Naquib. (1991). The Concept of Education in Islam. Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC.
Al-Faruqi, I. R. (1982). The Islamization of Knowledge. (Virginia: IIIT).
Ashraf, S.A. (1985). New Horizons in Muslim Education. Cambridge: The Islamic Academy.
Kazmi, Y (Summer 1999). The Notion of Murabbi in Islam’, Islamic Studies 38:2
Kazmi, Y (March 2000). ‘The Role of Critical Thinking in Islam,’ Hamdard Islamicus 23:1
Kazmi, Y (2005). “The rise and fall of culture of learning in early Islam’. Islamic Studies, 44:1,
pp. 15-53.
Qadir, C. A. (1988). Philosophy and science in the Islamic world. Routledge, LondonRosnani,
H. (2017a). Revitalization of philosophy and philosophical inquiry in Muslim education:
the way forward. Kuala Lumpur: Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM.
Rosnani, H. (2017b). Transforming Islamic Education in the 21st Century: The Way Forward.
Paper presented at the 5th Intl Conference on Islamic Education. ICEE & Ikram Musleh,
Hotel Putra, Kuala Lumpur, 22nd November 2017.
Rosnani, H. (2010). (Ed.) Reclaiming the Conversation: Islamic intellectual tradition in the
Malay archipelago. Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press.
Rosnani, H. (2004). Educational Dualism in Malaysia. 2d Ed. Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press).
Rosnani, H. (1994). ‘Educational Dualism in Malaysia: Problems and Prospect for Integration’,
Muslim Education Quarterly.
Rosnani, H. (Summer 1999). “Islamization of the Curriculum,” American Journal of Islamic
Social Sciences, Vol 16: 2, pp. 28-43.
Rosnani, H. & Imron Rossidy, (2000). “Islamization of Knowledge: A Comparative Analysis of
the Conceptions of Al-Attas and Al-Faruqi”. Intellectual Discourse. Vol 8:1, Pp 19-44

Additional references supporting the course

Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Salih. (1982). Educational Theory: A Qur’anic Outlook. Makkah:

Ummul Qura University.
Al-Attas, SMN. (1978). Islam and Secularism (KL: Muslim youth movement Malaysia)
Butler, J. (1968). Four Philosophies and Their Practice in Education and Religion. N.Y.: Harper
& Row.
Fakhry, M. (1996). A history of Islamic philosophy. New York: Columbia University Press.
Fakhry, Majid. 2000. Islamic philosophy, Theology and Mysticism: a short introduction.
Oxford. Oneworld Publications.
Hamm, C.M. (1989). Philosophical issues in education: an Introduction. London: The Falmer
Press.
Kaloti, S. (1974). The Reformation of Islam and the impact of Afghani and Abduh on Islamic
Education, Ph D dissertation, Marquette University.
Kneller, G. (1964) Introduction to the Philosophy of Education .N.Y.: Wiley.
Kua Kia Soong (1999). A Protean Saga: The Chinese Schools of Malaysia.3d Ed. Kajang: Dong
Jiao Zong Higher Learning Centre
Leaman, O. (1999). Islamic Philosophy. Oxford: Polity Press

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Lipman, M. (1988). Philosophy goes to school. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Malik, Hafeez (1980). Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Muslim modernization in India and Pakistan.
Karachi: Royal book Co.
Maqdisi, G. (1981). The rise of colleges: Institutions of learning in Islam and the west,
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Moore, T.W. (1964). Educational Theory: An Introduction. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Naji, S. & Rosnani, H. (2017) (Eds.) History, Theory and Practice of Philosophy for Children:
international perspectives. London: Routledge.
Ozman, H. & Craver, S. (1990). Philosophical foundations of education Columbus: Merril
Publishers and Co.
Rehmani Begum (1985). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: the politics of educational reform. Lahore:
Vanguard.
Sufean, Hussin. (2004). Pendidikan di Malaysia : sejarah, sistem, dan falsafah. Kuala Lumpur:
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Stanton, C. (1990). Higher Learning in Islam: The Classical Period AD 700-1300 (Savage, Md:
Rowman & Littlefield).
Tan Liok Ee. (1997). Chinese Education in Malaya. KL: Oxford University Press.
Wan Muhammad Nor Wan Daud. (1991). The Concept of Knowledge in Islam. London:
Mansell,
Ye Lin-Sheng. (2003). The Chinese Dilemma. Kingford, NSW: East West Publishing Pty Ltd.
Zobairi, Riazuddin H. (1971). The Educational and social ideas of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

Prof. Rosnani Hashim Assoc Prof Dr. Suhailah Prof Rosnani Hashim
Hussien Dean
Kulliyyah of Education

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 At the end of the programme, students are able to:
1. Demonstrate familiarity with established knowledge in the field of
social foundations of education and awareness of current Knowledge
development therein.
2. Use relevant skills learnt in social foundations of education for
Practical Skills
professional and personal development.
3. Cooperate with others and apply knowledge in a socially responsible
Social skills and
manner for the progress of the nation and the Ummah.
Responsibilities

4. Demonstrate commitment to ethics, autonomy and professionalism in

Value, Attitudes and
the workplace and everyday life
Professionalism

5. Communicate with people from a diverse range of backgrounds with

Communication
empathy, professionally and effectively.
6. Analyse issues and demonstrate skilfulness in planning, executing Problem Solving and
and evaluating strategies and action plans Scientific Skills
7. Information
Use the necessary learning skills in information management and Management and
apply effective strategies for lifelong self-improvement Lifelong Learning
Skills
8. Managerial and
Apply basic managerial and entrepreneurial skills in relevant fields
Entrepreneurial Skills
9. Understand the different type of leadership styles and the Leadership and Team
demonstration of interpersonal skills when leading in a group Skills
situation.
10. Integrate values, principles and practices of Islam into the field of Islamization of
social foundations of education. knowledge

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