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THE IMPACT OF ISLAMIC CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION ON GRADE 6 STUDENTS AWARENESS AND ATTIDUDES IN THE NEXT GENERATION SCHOOL IN QATAR

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Research (Vol.8, No. 7)

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Page : 1741-1751

Keywords : Islamization Islamic Citizenship Programme Citizenship Education Education;

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Abstract

This article employs a qualitative inquiry method to understand the awareness and attitudes of three grade six students towards the Islamic Citizenship programme in the The Next Generation School hereto referred as TNG in Qatar. The TNG school strives to provide students with Islamic Values related to day to day lives while providing citizenship education in the form of Humanities subject. Through qualitative means, three grade six students were interviewed together with the Islamic Studies and Humanities subject teachers to understand their awareness and attitudes towards Islamic Citizenship Education. This was achieved by understanding in they had heard this term before, and if the understood the Islamic views on the subjects taught in the Humanities subject. The findings have revealed the students were mostly unaware of the Islamic Citizenship Education and of Islamic Perspective in the in Humanities subject. They seemed to show interest(attitudes) if Islamic perspective was discussed in the interviews regarding the Humanities topics. Recommendations have been provided for the school to create more robust processes to ensure students understand the Islamic Perspective in Humanities subject and take keen interest in the Islamic Citizenship Programme.

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