PREPARING THE DEMONSTRATION CLASS IN THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Abstract

Muslim primary religious school (maktab) and Islamic religious instruction in the regular schools represent the priorities of the Islamic community at present. A muallim primarily must be educated in order to be successful in either maktab or school. We must move from the stereotypical kind of teaching to a more contemporary way of teaching which respects pedagogical standards and principles, if we are to have educated Muslims in the community. One of the main factors of successful class teaching is a thorough and good written preparation for the class. Many religious teachers and muallims are capable of organizing the class in theory but fail to apply this in practice. The author’s purpose was to help the colleagues in class preparation and teaching by including this preparation instructions used on December 30th, 2003 in his “Demonstration class “ held in the school in Teočak.