CTS in teaching for tomorrow

Aspiring for Teaching Excellence

Allahهلالج لج’s formula for teaching

Disseminating real knowledge

Our Challenge as Teachers

1. Bring Allahهلالج لج into the class2. Introduce the Creator to His slaves3. Teach them that success lies in obedience

to Allahهلالج لج4. Teach them to take from the treasures of

Allahهلالج لج and give to the rest of mankindTo do this through science, maths and language

Integrated TeachingWhy do we need it?

Please ask yourself1. What do you call someone who studied full

time for 15 years?2. What do you call your child when he/she

passes the 12th class exam?3. Which job calls for a school graduate?

What did you pay for?

Who is responsible?• If a child doesn’t study• If a child has no manners• If a child lacks in confidence• If a child doesn’t know who Allahهلالج لج is• If a child has no connection with Rasoolullahملسو هيلع هللا ىلص

Who should be punished? But who is punished?

Teaching is where

It is legal to punish someone else for

your crimes

Education today1. Random information crammed without

reason2. Tested on random recall3. No focus on showing relatedness of one to

another4. No focus on application in lifeAfter 15 years of learning students

completely unprepared to face the world

What’s wrong today?1. Class organization according to age2. Teaching discrete subjects unrelated to

each other3. Ringing bells to announce periods4. Examining only random recall – not

understanding5. No child involvement in any decision

making6. No freedom to do what they want when

they wantThey usually call such places - prisons

1. The way we look at children2. The way we treat children3. The way we evaluate teachers4. The way we support teaching

What must change?

Who is the school for?

What to do?1. Accept them as equals2. Trust them with responsibility3. Pay based on customer

satisfaction4. Top pay, top quality, top facilities

Make the school aspirational for students and teachers

Bring the Qur’an aliveIntegrated teaching

Qur’anic method

ماوات واألرض واختالف إن في خلق السRولي األلباب Sهار آليات أل يل والن الل

ون الله قياما وقRعRودا وعلى RرR ذين يذك الماوات ون في خلق الس Rر Rوبهم ويتفك ن Rج

بحانك فقنا Rنا ما خلقت هذا باطال س واألرض ربار Allah saidعذاب الن

ويتفكرون

Qur’anic methodA’al Imraan 3:190. Verily! In the creation of the heavens and

the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for people of understanding.

191. Those who remember Allah (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, AND think deeply

about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): “Our Rabb! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted are You above all that they associate with You as

partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.”

Allah used AND

Why this method?Islam recognizes that all knowledge is from Allah and that the purpose of knowledge

is to produce the awe and majesty of Allah (Khashyatullah) in the heart.  

The natural result is to connect to Allah

Project: Oceans1. Biology: Marine plants &

animals2. Physics: Displacement floats

ships3. Chemistry: Why is sea water

salty?4. Geography: Navigation,

Orienteering, sailing, Qibla5. History: Maritime history of

nations, colonial domination

6. Trade: Routes, goods, cultural & population change

7. Tafseer: Qur’anic Ayaat relating to Oceans

8. Fiqh: Mathaa’il related to sea water, food, travel etc.

9. Hadith: Ahadith related to the sea10.Seerah: Stories of Seerah and

Sahaba about the sea

Living knowledge to be applied in context

Two Oceansذي مرج البحرين هذا عذب فRرات وهRو ال

Rجاج وجعل بينهRما برزخا وحجرا وهذا ملح أمحجRورا

Furqan 25: 53. And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water), one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter, and He

has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.

How does this happen and where is this?

Project: Mountains1. Geology: Isostacy of mountains: Stabilizing effect2. Geography: How mountains effect climate3. Biology: Mountain flora & fauna4. History: How mountains affected history of nations5. Tafsir: Ayaat related to mountains6. Seerah: Mountain of Uhud7. Hadith: Ahadith related to mountains

Draw lessons from all of these to connect to Allah

Class Organization1. Multiple teachers2. Students of multiple

ages3. Access to technology4. Asking good questions

5. Challenge conclusions6. Encourage critical

Analysis 7. Encourage healthy

debate8. Encourage solutions

Transform the way we thinkTo transform the way we teach

ألم نجعل األرض مهاداوالجبال أوتادا

Naba 78:6. Have We not made the earth as a bed, 7. And the mountains as pegs?

Sي نسفا Rونك عن الجبال فقRل ينسفRها رب ويسألTa-ha 20:105. And they ask you concerning the mountains, say; "My

Rabb will blast them and scatter them as particles of dust.

Sرت الجبالR فكانت سرابا ي RوسNaba 78:20. And the mountains shall be moved away from their

places and they will be as if they were a mirage

Did we ask1. ‘Why Pegs’?2. What if we had asked, discovered

and told the world about it – in the context of the Qur’an?

Who received this information first?But who confirmed it on their own?

Listen but make your own choices

Design decides product

Flight is a function of design

This is the result of our design

In the world of tomorrow

1.Courage2.Enterprise

3.Creativity 4.Confidence

Is our education building these?

What must be done?1. Vocational training in every school and

madrassa2. Basic entrepreneurial skills education3. Part of the daily timetable4. Qualifying certificate at the end of the

courseEvery child must graduate with a marketable skill

Walk the TalkBecause people listen with their

eyes

Only words1.Commitment2.Honesty3.Accountability4.Respect

5.Courage6.Ethics7.Integrity8.Compassion

Until we begin to live by them

They must be inculcated

Values can’t be legislated

Our greatest human challenge

1. To behave according to our beliefs

2. To do what is right3. To stand up for justice

To walk the talk

Evaluate the one in the mirror

Because that is the only one in your control

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