SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS, TEAMWORK, FEEDBACK AND ISLAM AND IMAN POSTULLATES “IN PICTURES”)

Abstract

In order to improve the educational process of teaching Islam it is necessary to work on keeping the students interested, but first we must reach through to them by increasing empathy between teachers and students, and thus establish the communication worthy of our cause – that of level I and/or level II (active and interactive learning). It is not possible to eliminate the use of all kinds of force in communication with students and understand their needs and requirements without confidential and open communication, which can be established through the use of written assignments. That is how we start learning from the students; we become familiar with their views and get a chance to express a maximum of love and understanding. By encouraging them to compete through teamwork, we manage to turn a passive educational process into a dynamic one and we develop their inquisitive spirit. An appropriate reward should not just come in the form of grades, but also in the form of school boards’ notices, and possibly a competition between school debating teams, which Islamic Community might organize. Even though this does not entirely avoids “the assessment of the level of one’s faith” it clearly draws the line between “those who do and do not know”, and “the assessment of the level of one’s faith” can than easily be compared with “the assessment of the level on one’s active faith” expressed through efforts undertaken both when one is alone, with the Lord of the Worlds, and when in class, participating in the educational process or when putting together the school boards. The process of explaining that religiousness is also a life activity, which can express itself in various situations, is really difficult, just as is the road to understood, accepted, received and applied or built-in faith, which is not possible without love the teachers must show.