Formal Religious Education at Pre- and Primary Schools in England: The Example of the Islamia Primary School

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 55 - 87, 01.06.2017

Cemil Oruç

https://doi.org/10.12738/talim.2017.1.0002

Öz

Muslims are a religious group who make up about 4.8% of the population in the United Kingdom. Over 500,000 Muslim children attend public schools where Christianity is basically taught alongside different religions, church schools that promote different Christian sects and teach Christianity, or one of the over 120 Muslim schools where Islam is taught. In this study I will examine the place of religious education practices by taking one of the Islamic schools receiving state support under the UK education system, which supported their educational activities in the 2012-2013 academic year. The school that is the topic of my investigation was opened in 1983 as a pre- and primary school; in 1998 it began to utilize the state support that parish schools benefit from. The school is a superior school through its representative strength of Muslims on the points of providing religious continuity in a Christian and secular society and creating an Islamic environment. This school, which captures academic success, provides students from an early age with education in the scope of basic Islamic research under three basic headings: Islamic studies akaid, morality, siyer, Koranic commentary, and hadiths , the Arabic language, and Islamic art and music. In this context, Muslim students of different races and cultures have an educational environment where they can learn their own religions around the common component of Islam. This school, which adopts a religious educational approach over denominations, supports religious education through social and cultural activities outside of the course curriculum, such as are in parish schools.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Early childhood , Primary school religious education , Islamic schools , Religious education in the UK , Islamia Primary School

İngiltere’de Okul Öncesi ve İlköğretim Okullarında Resmî Din Eğitimi: “Müslüman Okulu” Örneği

Öz

İngiltere’de bulunan dini gruplardan biri de nüfusun yaklaşık %4,8’ini oluşturan Müslümanlardır. İngiltere’de 500.000’in üzerinde Müslüman çocuk ya farklı dinlerin yanı sıra temelde Hristiyanlığın öğretildiği devlet okullarına, ya farklı Hristiyan mezheplerinin kurduğu ve Hristiyanlığın öğretildiği kilise okullarına yahut da İslam’ın öğretildiği ve sayısı 120’yi aşan Müslüman okullarına devam etmektedir. Biz bu çalışmada İngiliz eğitim sistemi kapsamında devlet desteği alan ve 2012-2013 eğitim-öğretim yılında eğitim faaliyetlerini sürdüren Müslüman okullarından birini ele alarak din eğitimi uygulamalarını yerinde inceleyeceğiz. İncelememize konu olan okul 1983’te bir anaokulu ve ilkokul olarak açılmış, 1998 yılında Kilise okullarına sağlanan devlet desteğinden yararlanmaya başlamıştır. Okul Müslümanların Hristiyan ve seküler bir toplumda dini devamlılıklarını sağlama ve İslami bir çevre oluşturma noktasında temsil gücü yüksek bir okuldur. Akademik başarıyı yakalayan bu okul erken yaşlardan itibaren öğrencilerine temel İslami araştırmalar kapsamında, İslam Araştırmaları Akaid, Ahlak, Siyer, Tefsir ve Hadis ; Arapça; İslam sanat ve musikisi olmak üzere üç temel başlık altında eğitim vermektedir. Bu çerçevede farklı ırk ve kültürlere sahip olan Müslüman öğrenciler İslam ortak bileşeni etrafında kendi dinlerini öğrenebilecekleri bir eğitim ortamına sahip olmaktadırlar. Mezhepler üstü din eğitimi yaklaşımının benimsendiği bu okulda din eğitimi; ders müfredatı dışında, kilise okullarında olduğu gibi sosyal ve kültürel etkinliklerle desteklenmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Erken çocukluk, İlkokul dönemi din eğitimi, Müslüman okulu, İngiltere’de din eğitimi, Islamia Primary School

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