Webinar: How to Connect Islam to Any Subject Through an Integrated Curriculum


Curriculum integration has always been one of those hot-button issues facing Islamic schools. Everyone agrees that it needs to be done — but beyond that we’re largely confused about how to do it.

Luckily, Dr. Seema Imam teaches an entire course on curriculum integration as part of our Online Certificate Program.

We’ve asked her to lead us in a webinar that will tackle some of the foundational topics surrounding curriculum integration that everyone teacher needs to understand, such as:
  • The concepts of integrated curriculum and thematic curriculum
  • How to connect Islamic Studies to core subjects
  • How to create authentically integrated curriculum units
  • Examples of holistic curriculum integration and how to achieve it-
Webinar Outline 
00:24 – Welcome and Introduction 
04:37 – Planning Methodologies with Islam at the Core 
09:20 – Concepts for Todays Webinar 
10:15 – Integrated Curriculum and Thematic Teaching 
19:22 – Connecting Islamic Studies to Core Subjects 
32:32 – Creating Authentically Integrated Curriculum Units 
40:52 – Results of Teaching Through Curriculum Integration 
47:05 – Question and Answer 
59:16 – Wrapping up

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dr. Seema Imam is a Course Instructor at the Islamic Teacher Education Program. She has sixteen years of classroom experience, has served as founding principal of a large metropolitan area Islamic School for five years, does international consulting and has been serving at the university level as a teacher educator for ten years.

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Ghana: Brong Ahafo celebrates Islamic Education Week

Sunyani Nov. 20, GNA- Mr Yussif Imoru , Brong Ahafo Regional Manager of the Islamic Education Unit at the weekend urged parents to live up to their responsibilities by ensuring that their children are provided with basic educational needs.

This he said would encourage them to study hard and achieve success in their education.

He was speaking at a durbar to climax this year's Islamic educational week celebration in Sunyani on the theme: “Providing quality education and sound moral training- the role of Islamic education Unit.”

He asked parents to show affection and care for their children by monitoring their movement and inculcate Islamic values of the fear of Allah in them.

The children should be thought to be obedient, learn how to forgive and to be selfless and eschew violence.

Mr Imoru tasked parents to guide their children to shy away from peer influence, which would lead them to smoking, alcoholism and gambling.

He called on teachers to be hard working and ensure decency and modesty in their dressing to serve as good role models to their pupils.

He entreated them to avoid lateness, absenteeism and apathy.

Mr Imoru appealed to Muslims who are gainfully employed to adopt one of the Islamic schools in Sunyani and other districts in the region to make them model schools.

He said the performance of Islamic schools in the region is comparable to any student in the public schools, whilst the number of Islamic schools are increasing at a very fast rat.

He said in the region alone there are 683 kindergartens, 86 primary and 57 Junior High Schools with a total enrolment of 32,730 pupils.

Source: Ghana News Agency, http://www.modernghana.com/news/362006/1/brong-ahafo-celebrates-islamic-education-week.html
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Oman: New Islamic schools to be opened ...

From "Salalah and Ibri to get Islamic education schools" written by a staff reporter of the Oman Tribune.

MUSCAT The Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture will open two new schools for Islamic education this year, said HE Habib Bin Mohammed Al Riyami, Secretary- General of Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture, on Monday.

Talking to Oman Tribune on the sidelines of the second educational forum for teaching staff and associated jobs, Yahmadi said that these two new schools would be opened in Salalah and Ibri to impart Islamic education. He said that there are already four schools being run by the centre in various parts of the Sultanate.

The three-day forum organised by the Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture is being held at the Islamic Sciences Institute from Monday. It is being held under the theme ‘Together for the development of educational performance,’ under the auspices of Habib Al Riyami. Around 130 teachers and management staff of these institutions from across the Sultanate are participating in the forum.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the forum, Dr Badr Bin Hamad Al Yahmadi, Director of the Education Affairs and Training Department of Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture, said the second forum was a good opportunity to promote members of the teaching staff and its associated jobs at the Islamic Science institutes and Holy Quran schools affiliated to the centre.

The forum will provide an opportunity for them to share views and experiences on how to promote educational process. He said the first forum was successful in achieving its objectives.

Later, meritorious students of the general diploma and Islamic sciences from different institutions of the centre were facilitated.

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