Islam, Education, and Freedom : An Uncommon Perspective on Leadership / Melanie C. Brooks and Miriam D. Ezzani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Melanie C., author.

Ezzani, Miriam D., author.

Series:

Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic education--United States--Case studies.

Islamic education.

Muslim students--Ethnic identity.

Muslim students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Islam, Education and Freedom explores six key areas of freedom: identity, acceptance, pedagogy, conflict, trust, and love. Based on a qualitative case study of a progressive Islamic school in Southern California, North Star Academy, the book illustrates through the voices of the participants how each particular freedom was applied in the school. The authors show how the six freedoms were understood, taught, and practiced with the aim of developing courageous and confident American Muslims. It explores the ways the school leaders facilitate and impart each freedom and the influence this has on the development of American Muslim students' identity. The book culminates with a model for freedom in Islamic schooling. It concludes with three key insights: (1) Islamic schooling can facilitate or constrain the way that leaders, teachers, students, and the school community experience freedom; (2) as freedom is a core value of Islam, it should be made central to the conceptualization and practice of Islamic schooling; and, (3) Islamic schooling, when grounded in the six freedoms, can be a pathway to comprehensive school reform and is applicable to Islamic schools. The book includes a Foreword written by Khaula Murtadha, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Community Engagement, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA.

Contents:

North Star Academy: A Progressive Islamic School

Freedom of Identity

Freedom of Acceptance

Freedom of Pedagogy

Freedom for Conflict

Freedom to Trust

Freedom to Love

Five Years Later

North Star Academy: A Model for Freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350231207

1350231207

9781350231214

1350231215

9781350231191

1350231193

OCLC:

1417407386