Types of Islamic Types of Islamic CurriculumCurriculum

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Informal Informal AppendedAppended IntegratedIntegrated Discipline DefinedDiscipline Defined Character EducationCharacter Education Indicators at our SchoolIndicators at our School Future PlansFuture Plans

Informal CurriculumInformal Curriculum

Teaching about Islam without Teaching about Islam without teaching about Islamteaching about Islam

HOW?HOW?

WHY?WHY?

Appended CurriculumAppended Curriculum

An additional course of study is An additional course of study is added to the existing curriculum of added to the existing curriculum of the Schoolthe School

WHY?WHY?

LIMITATIONS?LIMITATIONS?

Integrated CurriculumIntegrated Curriculum

Weak IntegrationWeak Integration Almost appended, just added on Almost appended, just added on

something without explaining the something without explaining the connection clearlyconnection clearly

Give some examples:Give some examples:

Integrated CurriculumIntegrated Curriculum

Add and StirAdd and Stir What do you think this means?What do you think this means? ExamplesExamples

Values and Limitations?Values and Limitations?

Integrated CurriculumIntegrated Curriculum

Cross-Curricular IntegrationCross-Curricular Integration What is it?What is it?

What are some issues?What are some issues?

Integrated CurriculumIntegrated Curriculum Holistic Holistic What does that mean?What does that mean?

Benefits?Benefits?

Uses Islamic World ViewUses Islamic World View Entire curriculum is rewritten to meet Entire curriculum is rewritten to meet

Islamic viewIslamic view Ministry expectations are integrated Ministry expectations are integrated

within Islamic curriculumwithin Islamic curriculum

Discipline Specific Discipline Specific CurriculumCurriculum

Often used in Madressas or Often used in Madressas or Seminary EducationSeminary Education

Use in Islamic Elementary Schools?Use in Islamic Elementary Schools?

Character Education Character Education CurriculumCurriculum

Focus on how to be a muslim rather Focus on how to be a muslim rather than teaching about Islamthan teaching about Islam

Character Education program Character Education program looking at what it means to be a looking at what it means to be a Muslim rather than an Islamic Muslim rather than an Islamic Studies programStudies program

Which curriculum is Which curriculum is which?which?

Match the examples with the type of Match the examples with the type of curriculumcurriculum

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Indicators at Our SchoolIndicators at Our School

Find indicators in our School of each Find indicators in our School of each type of curriculumtype of curriculum

What did you notice?What did you notice?

Where do we go from Where do we go from here? here?

Create Islamic alphabet pictures for Create Islamic alphabet pictures for Kindergarten class, another set in Kindergarten class, another set in Muslim contributions with script for Muslim contributions with script for Junior GradesJunior Grades

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to their importance. Select three of the most important

items to develop. Select one item that is the easiest to

achieve.