Islamic and Western Higher Education Systems: A Comparative Analysis
Higher Educational Institutions nowadays have been widespread all over the world and becoming among the most significant institutions in which nurturing the seeker of knowledge with the good moral and beneficial in the society. The aim of this study is to highlight a brief history of Higher Educa...
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Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM
2021
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/92080/1/92080_Islamic%20and%20Western%20Higher%20Education%20Systems.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/92080/ https://journals.iium.edu.my/al-itqan/index.php/al-itqan/article/view/199 |
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Summary: | Higher Educational Institutions nowadays have been widespread all over the
world and becoming among the most significant institutions in which nurturing
the seeker of knowledge with the good moral and beneficial in the society. The
aim of this study is to highlight a brief history of Higher Educational Institutions
including the Islamic Higher Education (IHE) and Western Higher Education
(WHE) focusing on three main phases of the development of higher education
which include the classical period, middle age, and modern period. The
researchers also identify the characteristics of both higher education systems
which encompassed aspects such as the worldview, objectives of higher
education, and syllabus and teaching methodology. Furthermore, this paper
analyses the similarities and differences between the IHE and WHE in terms of
the context of the worldview, objectives of education, as well as the syllabus
and teaching methodology. This study is a library-based research which is
qualitative in nature, and essentially relies on the content analysis. The major
approaches, namely descriptive, comparative, evaluative, and critical analysis
are implemented throughout the study for data collection and analysis. |
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