Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir

This study discusses Mohammad Natsir’s concept of integrated education from the Qur’anic perspective. Natsir was concerned with the need to develop the Muslim ummah in Indonesia through educational approaches. He disagreed with the system of Islamic education as represented within Islamic boardi...

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Main Authors:	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi, Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2015
Subjects:	BP1 Islam LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43951/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43951/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43951/1/Integrated_Education.pdf

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spelling	iium-439512017-11-14T06:45:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43951/ Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad BP1 Islam LB Theory and practice of education This study discusses Mohammad Natsir’s concept of integrated education from the Qur’anic perspective. Natsir was concerned with the need to develop the Muslim ummah in Indonesia through educational approaches. He disagreed with the system of Islamic education as represented within Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren, arguing that graduates from such institutions were not equipped with worldly knowledge to maintain their survival and contribute to the development of the ummah in the real world. He equally criticized graduates of Western education for being highly motivated by material interests. The purpose of education, according to Natsir, cannot be separated from the mission of life in this world: that is to promote justice and to eradicate evil practices in the community. Natsir disagreed with the division of knowledge into Eastern and the Western, asserting that both realms of knowledge belong to God. The study attempts to discuss the relevance of his educational thought today as a contribution to the concept of Islamization of knowledge. IIUM Press 2015-06-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43951/1/Integrated_Education.pdf Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi and Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad (2015) Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 3 (1). pp. 5-20. ISSN 2289-8085 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijes/index.php/iejs/article/viewFile/55/pdf_11
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description	This study discusses Mohammad Natsir’s concept of integrated education from the Qur’anic perspective. Natsir was concerned with the need to develop the Muslim ummah in Indonesia through educational approaches. He disagreed with the system of Islamic education as represented within Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren, arguing that graduates from such institutions were not equipped with worldly knowledge to maintain their survival and contribute to the development of the ummah in the real world. He equally criticized graduates of Western education for being highly motivated by material interests. The purpose of education, according to Natsir, cannot be separated from the mission of life in this world: that is to promote justice and to eradicate evil practices in the community. Natsir disagreed with the division of knowledge into Eastern and the Western, asserting that both realms of knowledge belong to God. The study attempts to discuss the relevance of his educational thought today as a contribution to the concept of Islamization of knowledge.
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author	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad
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title	Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir
title_short	Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir
title_full	Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir
title_fullStr	Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir
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title_sort	integrated education: a study on the islamic educational thought of mohammad natsir
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2015
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Integrated education: a study on the Islamic educational thought of Mohammad Natsir

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