tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530058870346145164.post3269120794395262877..comments2023-10-19T01:46:32.116+05:00Comments on Pakistan Home Education: 1400-Years Old Lessons for TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530058870346145164.post-24123148971244395682009-06-20T00:37:44.929+06:002009-06-20T00:37:44.929+06:00I also feel that a lot of how a child performs at ...I also feel that a lot of how a child performs at school depends on the parents reactions to his or her test results. If the child does not do well on standardized tests, and the parents do not show concern (e.g. if they have identified that math is not their child’s area of interest, and do not show a negative reaction when s/he scores low on its tests) the child might not feel so bad about scoring low.S. Farooqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605190732786926545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530058870346145164.post-52343675411514838712009-06-20T00:35:13.643+06:002009-06-20T00:35:13.643+06:00Bismillah
Jazakillahu khairan for this excellent i...Bismillah<br />Jazakillahu khairan for this excellent insightful post about education of young children and adults during the time of our Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alyhi wasallam).<br />The more I read up about education and it's methods today, I feel the need for the different educationists to engage in beneficial dialogue in order to be able to benefit the general masses, making motivating them to improve their children's early education. That is, parents need to focus more on their children's early years. This focus starts from pregnancy and goes on into infancy. Mothers should realize that their children develop their personalities the quickest, during early years of life.<br />Right now, homeschooling is less common than public and private schooling. Homeschoolers rightly point out school systems’ defects, and even though it is not pleasing to know this, but, the fact remains that schools and colleges will not be disappearing from the horizon any time soon. Nor will teachers and educators. Education will continue outside the home, simply because home education is the ideal scenario that doesn't work for everyone. So if we know that there WILL be children who will need to go to a stranger to acquire knowledge, we can at the very least try to improve the public /private schooling system. This can be done once we accept each other's presence in the educational spectrum, and respect our differences of choice and outlook.<br />Homeschoolers should therefore include as many school teachers in their spheres (whether physical or online) as possible. This will ensure that both groups interact and learn from each other. <br />The question arises, till what age should a child be the one responsible for dictating to the parent when and how he or she wishes to learn? At what age does a parent know that "Okay, now s/he is old enough to study from a stranger."? We all know that Maeda Hanafi has been sent to university in New Haven at the age of 13. This in itself is a debatable issue. <br />Prophet Muhammad's mosque is known Islam’s first university, because of the educational endeavors begun there for the Ashaab Al-Suffah, who were dedicated to learning outside their homes. Also, Islam encourages the seeking of knowledge by going to scholars even in different lands. This happens at a relatively adult age, but the fact remains that very few people will probably be educated at home by their mothers well into their late teens. Some might choose to learn from others (e.g the scholars of our time) and travel for this reason. In this case, I think the parents should respect their children's wishes, in particular if this learning is sanctioned and encouraged by Islam itself. <br />Prophet Muhammad [sal Allahu alayhi wasallam] is himself an example of someone who did not receive his parents' guardianship during his early years, but rather he was raised by his grandfather and uncle.<br />Another example that came to my mind was how Anas Bin Malik was left by his mother in the full-time company of Prophet Muhammad [sal Allahu alayhi wasallam] at the age of ten. That's a pretty young age for a child to be deprived of his parents' company, would we say? However, his mother had probably worked harder on him than we do with our wards nowadays, and therefore, acquiring the company of the best of mankind was an incentive for this sacrifice. <br />The bottom-line is: each family is different, whether we look at the parents, their individual children, or them as a whole. Homeschooling is an amazing alternative to education, but I doubt it will ever replace or eliminate the traditional schooling system or the standardized testing system any time soon. It will also not work for everyone, because of the different circumstances of each family. <br />For the time being, in order to try to improve the roles young mothers and teachers in schools play in the lives of young children, we can be more accommodating of their efforts in our circles, including them and educating them on how to deal with children, so that whatever teaching they do (within homes or schools) is improved and rectified.S. Farooqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605190732786926545noreply@blogger.com