Key Questions:
1. How was the religious education in the history?
2. Which institutions were there for education?
3. Which books had been written in the history of religious education?
4. Which topics had been discussed in those books?
5. Is there any connection between those subjects and the topics that we discuss now?
6. Is it possible to say that those books had affected religious
education in its becoming a science?
What does history mean in the concept of religious education?
History means:
• The Time of Prophet Mohammad
• After prophet Mohammad time
• Ottoman Empire
• Republic of Turkey
The Time of Prophet Mohammad
How was the religious education in that time?
What did the prophet do for educating people?
How was his methods in religious education?
Was it formal or non-formal education? Did he has special time, model or
place?
• Mosque had played an important role in education at the
time of Prophet Muhammad. It had a very significant
responsibility in the Islamic Community. It was kind of a
community center that many types of the programs and
social and educational activities were conducted in it
(Celebi, 1998).
Suffah,
• refers to a place in which some companions of Prophet
Mohammed live and learn Islam. The only job for those
people was studying and learning about Islam. It was kind
of educational place at that time(Kizilabdullah, 2012).
After prophet Mohammed time
• Which institutions were there before Madrasah?
• What are the classical books?
• When they had been written?
• What are the basic subjects in those books?
Institutions before Madrasah (Celebi, 1998):
• Kuttab
• Education in the palace
• Book stores
• Homes of scholars
• Majlis
• Desert
• Masjid
Classical Books are (Tosun
&Kizilabdullah, 2010):
• al-Jaḥiẓ, Risāla al-Muʿalimin (766/898);
• Ibn al- al-Sahnūn, Ādāb al-Muʿalimīn (The basics of education and instruction) (817/869);
• al-Kabisī, er- Risāla al-Mufaṣṣala li-Aḥwal al-Muʿallimn wa Aḥwal al-
Mutaʿallimīn (A comprehensive study on the relationships between teachers and students in Islam) (935/1014);
• Ibn al- al-Jamāʿa, Tadhkira al-Sāmī wa al-Mutakallīm fī Adab al-ʿĀlim wa al-
Mutaʿallim (Advices from Ibn al- Jamāa to teachers and students) (1241/1333);
• al-Zarnūjī, Taʿlīm al-Mutaʿallim (Educational-instructional method in Islam) (His life period is not certain but He became famous around 1223).
The Subject of Religious Education in Those books (See Tosun & Kizilabdullah, 2010):
• The significance and meaning of education,
• The role of teachers and students,
• The content of education,
• The educational methods,
• The educational materials.
Ottoman Empire (Dogan, 1997)
• Madrasahs
• Modern educational institutions in addition to Madrasa in the Tanzimat Reform Era
• Religious Education in Republic Period
Religious Education in the Republic of Turkey (Yuruk, 2012)
• In the beginning of the Republic
• In the single party time
• From 1980 to now
Cited Resources
• Tosun, C. & Kizilabdullah, Y. ( 2010). Education and Religious Education in the Islamic Education Classics.Islamiche Theologie und Religionspadgogik. Peterlang:
Frankfurt.
• Kizilabdullah, Y. (2012). Baslangictan Medreselere Kadar Egitim-ogretim ve Mekân Anlayislarinin Din Egitimi Acisindan Analizi, Firat Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi Yayinlari 17(2) pp.171-190.
• Çelebi, A. (1998). Islam’da Egitim Ögretim Tarihi, Translate by. Ali Yardim, Damla Yayinevi, 3. Baski, Istanbul.
• Dogan, R. (1997), “Osmanli Egitim Kurumlari”, AUIFD, V. 37, Ankara.
• Yuruk, T. (2012). Ilk ve Orta Ogretimde Din Ogretimi – Din Dersleri. in Recai Dogan &
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