Aspiring for Teaching Excellence

1. CTS in teaching for tomorrow
Aspiring for Teaching Excellence

2. Allah‫’ﷻ‬s formula for teaching
Disseminating real knowledge

3. Our Challenge as Teachers
1. Bring Allah‫ﷻ‬ into the class
2. Introduce the Creator to His slaves
3. Teach them that success lies in obedience to Allah‫ﷻ‬
4. Teach them to take from the treasures of Allah‫ﷻ‬
and give to the rest of mankind
To do this through science, maths and language

4. Integrated Teaching
Why do we need it?

5. Please ask yourself
1. 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?

6. 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 Allah‫ﷻ‬ is
•If a child has no connection with Rasoolullah‫ﷺ‬
Who should be punished?But who is punished?

7. Teaching is where
It is legal to punish
someone else for your
crimes

8. Education today
1. Random information crammed without reason
2. Tested on random recall
3. No focus on showing relatedness of one to another
4. No focus on application in life
After 15 years of learning students
completely unprepared to face the world

9. What’s wrong today?
1. Class organization according to age
2. Teaching discrete subjects unrelated to each other
3. Ringing bells to announce periods
4. Examining only random recall – not understanding
5. No child involvement in any decision making
6. No freedom to do what they want when they want
They usually call such places - prisons

10. 1. The way we look at children
2. The way we treat children
3. The way we evaluate teachers
4. The way we support teaching
What must change?
Who is the school for?

11. What to do?
1. Accept them as equals
2. Trust them with responsibility
3. Pay based on customer satisfaction
4. Top pay, top quality, top facilities
Make the school aspirational for students and teachers

12. Bring the Qur’an alive
Integrated teaching

13. Qur’anic method
‫ا‬ ِ‫ف‬َ‫ال‬ِ‫ت‬ْ‫اخ‬َ‫و‬ ِ‫ض‬ْ‫َر‬‫أل‬‫ا‬َ‫و‬ ِ‫ات‬َ‫او‬َ‫م‬َّ‫الس‬ ِ‫ق‬ْ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ِ‫ِف‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ْ‫ُو‬ِِ‫أل‬ ٍ‫ات‬َ‫آلي‬ ِ‫ر‬‫ا‬َ‫َّه‬‫الن‬َ‫و‬ ِ‫ل‬ْ‫ي‬َّ‫ل‬‫ل‬ِ‫ِل‬
ِ‫اب‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ل‬‫األ‬
َ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ً‫ود‬ُ‫ع‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ً‫ام‬َ‫ي‬ِ‫ق‬ َِ‫اّلل‬ َ‫ن‬‫و‬ُ‫ر‬ُ‫ك‬ْ‫ذ‬َ‫ي‬ َ‫ين‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫خ‬ ِ‫ِف‬ َ‫ن‬‫و‬ُ‫ر‬َّ‫ك‬َ‫ف‬َ‫ت‬َ‫ي‬َ‫و‬ ْ‫م‬ِِ‫وِب‬ُ‫ن‬ُ‫ج‬ِ‫ق‬ْ‫ل‬
ِ‫اط‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ذا‬َ‫ه‬ َ‫ت‬ْ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ن‬َّ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ ِ‫ض‬ْ‫َر‬‫أل‬‫ا‬َ‫و‬ ِ‫ات‬َ‫او‬َ‫م‬َّ‫الس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ال‬ َ‫اب‬َ‫ذ‬َ‫ع‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ن‬ِ‫ق‬َ‫ف‬ َ‫ك‬َ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ح‬ْ‫ب‬ُ‫س‬ ً‫ال‬ِ‫ر‬‫ا‬
Allah said َّ‫ك‬َ‫ف‬َ‫ت‬َ‫ي‬َ‫و‬‫ون‬ُ‫ر‬

14. Qur’anic method
A’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

15. 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

16. Project: Oceans
1. Biology: Marine plants & animals
2. Physics: Displacement floats ships
3. Chemistry: Why is sea water salty?
4. Geography: Navigation,
Orienteering, sailing, Qibla
5. 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 sea
10. Seerah: Stories of Seerah and Sahaba
about the sea
Living knowledge to be applied in context

17. Two Oceans
َ‫ع‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ذ‬َ‫ه‬ ِ‫ن‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ر‬ْ‫ح‬َ‫ب‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬ َ‫ج‬َ‫ر‬َ‫م‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ذ‬َّ‫ل‬‫ا‬ َ‫و‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫و‬ٌ‫ح‬ْ‫ل‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ذ‬َ‫ه‬َ‫و‬ ٌ‫ات‬َ‫ر‬ُ‫ف‬ ٌ‫ب‬ْ‫ذ‬
ِ‫ح‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ً‫خ‬َ‫ز‬ْ‫ر‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬َ‫ن‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ب‬ َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ج‬َ‫و‬ ٌ‫اج‬َ‫ُج‬‫أ‬‫ا‬ً‫ور‬ُ‫ْج‬ََّّْ ‫ا‬ً‫ر‬ْ‫ْج‬
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?

18. Project: Mountains
1. Geology: Isostacy of mountains: Stabilizing effect
2. Geography: How mountains effect climate
3. Biology: Mountain flora & fauna
4. History: How mountains affected history of nations
5. Tafsir: Ayaat related to mountains
6. Seerah: Mountain of Uhud
7. Hadith: Ahadith related to mountains
Draw lessons from all of these to connect to Allah

19. Class Organization
1. Multiple teachers
2. Students of multiple ages
3. Access to technology
4. Asking good questions
5. Challenge conclusions
6. Encourage critical Analysis
7. Encourage healthy debate
8. Encourage solutions
Transform the way we think
To transform the way we teach

20. ‫ا‬ً‫اد‬َ‫ه‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫ض‬ْ‫َر‬ْ‫األ‬ ِ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َْ‫َن‬ َْ‫َل‬َ‫أ‬
‫ا‬ً‫اد‬َ‫ت‬ْ‫َو‬‫أ‬ َ‫ال‬َ‫ب‬ِْ‫اْل‬َ‫و‬
Naba 78:6. Have We not made the earth as a bed, 7. And the mountains as pegs?
ِِ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ه‬ُ‫ف‬ِ‫نس‬َ‫ي‬ ْ‫ل‬ُ‫ق‬َ‫ف‬ ِ‫ال‬َ‫ب‬ِْ‫اْل‬ ِ‫ن‬َ‫ع‬ َ‫ك‬َ‫ن‬‫و‬ُ‫ل‬َ‫أ‬ْ‫س‬َ‫ي‬َ‫و‬‫ا‬ً‫ف‬ْ‫س‬َ‫ن‬
Ta-ha 20:105. And they ask you concerning the mountains, say; "My Rabb will
blast them and scatter them as particles of dust.
‫ا‬ً‫اب‬َ‫ر‬َ‫س‬ ْ‫ت‬َ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ك‬َ‫ف‬ ُ‫ال‬َ‫ب‬ِْ‫اْل‬ ِ‫ت‬َ
ِِ‫ّي‬ُ‫س‬َ‫و‬
Naba 78:20. And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they
will be as if they were a mirage

21. Did we ask
1. ‘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?

22. Listen but make your own choices

23. Design
decides
product

24. Flight is a function of design

25. This is the result of our design

26. In the world of tomorrow
1. Courage
2. Enterprise
3. Creativity
4. Confidence
Is our education building these?

28. What must be done?
1. Vocational training in every school and madrassa
2. Basic entrepreneurial skills education
3. Part of the daily timetable
4. Qualifying certificate at the end of the course
Every child must graduate with a marketable skill

29. Walk the Talk
Because people listen with their eyes

30. Only words
1. Commitment
2. Honesty
3. Accountability
4. Respect
5. Courage
6. Ethics
7. Integrity
8. Compassion
Until we begin to live by them

31. They must be inculcated
Values can’t be legislated

32. Our greatest human challenge
1. To behave according to our beliefs
2. To do what is right
3. To stand up for justice
To walk the talk

33. Evaluate the one
in the mirror
Because that is the only one
in your control

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