CONTRIBUTIONS OF MUHAMMED SEID SERDAREVIĆ TO MAKTAB SCHOOLS

Abstract

Muhammed Seid Serdarević is one of the most prominent and versatile Bosniak scholars of the beginning of the twentieth century. He had a particular interest in maktab schools, makatab class as well as the behaviour of the students of maktab schools. Serdareviće’s contribution to the development of maktab and maktab class is observed in three types of engagements : a) writing text books for makteb classes. Most important of these are Ta’limu tedžvid and Mektepski red, b) his own involvement in the process of teaching the maktab class, through which he got acquainted with the problems therein, c) his involvement in various religious and cultural associations and active participation in the reform of Muslim’s educational institutions including the maktab. In attempt to modernize and popularize the mactab class and thus to bring it closer to the contemporary European pedagogy, both in theory and in practice, he kept a special focus on pedagogy.