ISLAMIC EDUCATION BETWEEN PEDAGOGIC OPTIMISM AND PEDAGOGIC PESSIMISM

Abstract

All children have the right to high-quality education process in which they can develop their personality to the maximum. Stimulating and adequate environment for education in Islam is based on the platform of Qur’an and practice of the Messenger of God p.b.u.h. which is implemented with sincere intentions and visible engagement. In this paper, the author attempts to present specific contents from the Qur’an and Sunnah which directly or indirectly speak about pedagogic optimism and pedagogic pessimism as two extremes between which the Islamic education and upbringing take place. Islamic education respects the factor of heritage and environment, but also of activity of the education subject. From the Islamic education standpoint, there is no situation in which somebody has the right to give up on education. Neither the extreme of pedagogic optimism nor the extreme pedagogic pessimism are appropriate for Islamic education.