The Needs of Muslim Children in Public Schools

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Adan Saman Sheikh

Muslim children in Kenya attend several educational institutions including Qur’anic schools, Madrasa and secular public schools. Those who attend all the three tracks usually begin their lessons in Qur’anic schools at about 4.00 a.m. and move on to the secular public schools between 7.OO a.m. and 4.00 p.m. From the public secular schools, they again move on to Madrasa classes from 4.30 p.m. to about 6.00 p.m. Many of these children have ended up dropping out of either Madrasa or public secular schools due to the distances between these institutions and the curriculum overload involved. This state of affairs has meant that children are missing out either on Islamic education or on the free secular public education. In the last two decades, Kenya has witnessed a new type of institution that combines Islamic religious subjects and the public secular education curriculum. Though these schools are purely private initiatives requiring some form of fee payment, Muslims in Kenya have fully embraced them. This paper argues that the Islamic integrated schools can be an alternative avenue of education for Muslim children since they combine the best of both the Islamic and secular public systems. It traces Islamic education in the different historical epochs, beginning with the arrival of Islam on the shores of the East African coast to the present, with the establishment of the first integrated school in the mid 1990’s. The success of this type of schooling is attested to by the government’s adoption of integration in its 2012 Education Act, as one of the strategies for increasing access to education for Muslims and other minority groups. The paper draws upon field research carried out between April and July 2012 in Garissa County. The study utilized interviews, observation and document reviews to gather data on the popularity of this type of schooling and the challenges they face in combining two different curricula under one roof.   Abstrak:     Kanak-kanak Islam di Kenya menghadiri beberapa institusi pendidikan termasuk sekolah-sekolah Al-Quran, Madrasah dan sekolah-sekolah awam yang sekular. Mereka yang menghadiri kesemua institusi ini biasanya memulakan pelajaran mereka di sekolah Al-Quran pada kira-kira jam 4.00 pagi dan bergerak ke sekolah sekular awam jam 7.00 pagi hingga 4.00 petang. Dari sekolah sekular awam, mereka berpindah pula ke kelas Madrasah dari 4.30 petang hingga kira-kira 6.00 petang. Ramai di antara kanak-kanak ini akhirnya tercicir daripada Madrasah atau sekolah awam yang sekular disebabkan jauhnya jarak di antara institusi-institusi ini dan kurikulum yang terlalu sarat. Keadaan ini bermakna bahawa kanak-kanak akan kehilangan salah satu pendidikan Islam atau pendidikan awam sekular yang percuma. Dalam dua dekad yang lalu, Kenya telah menyaksikan sejenis institusi baru yang menggabungkan mata pelajaran agama Islam dan kurikulum pendidikan sekular awam. Walaupun sekolah ini adalah inisiatif peribadi yang memerlukan beberapa bentuk pembayaran yuran, umat Islam di Kenya telah menerimanya dengan sepenuh hati. Kertas ini berhujah bahawa sekolah-sekolah bersepadu Islam boleh menjadi satu saluran alternatif pendidikan untuk kanak-kanak Islam kerana mereka menggabungkan yang terbaik daripada kedua-dua sistem Islam dan sekular. Ia menjejaki perkembangan pendidikan Islam di era sejarah yang berbeza, bermula dengan ketibaan Islam di pinggir pantai sebelah Timur Afrika, dengan penubuhan sekolah bersepadu yang pertama di pertengahan tahun 1990an. Kejayaan sekolah jenis ini telah diakui oleh kerajaan yang menggunapakai integrasi dalam Akta Pendidikan 2012, sebagai salah satu strategi bagi meningkatkan akses kepada pendidikan di kalangan umat Islam dan kumpulan minoriti yang lain. Kajian yang berasaskan kajian di lapangan ini telah dijalankan antara April dan Julai 2012 di Garissa County. Kajian ini telah menggunakan temu bual, pemerhatian dan analisis dokumen untuk mengumpul data tentang populariti persekolahan jenis ini dan cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi dalam menggabungkan dua kurikulum yang berbeza di bawah satu bumbung.  


1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Karen Navratil ◽  
Margie Petrasek

In 1972 a program was developed in Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, to provide daily resource remediation to elementary school-age children with language handicaps. In accord with the Maryland’s guidelines for language and speech disabilities, the general goal of the program was to provide remediation that enabled children with language problems to increase their abilities in the comprehension or production of oral language. Although self-contained language classrooms and itinerant speech-language pathology programs existed, the resource program was designed to fill a gap in the continuum of services provided by the speech and language department.


1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hildegarde Traywick

This paper describes the organization and implementation of an effective speech and language program in the public schools of Madison County, Alabama, a rural, sparsely settled area.


1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lou Tomes ◽  
Dixie D. Sanger

A survey study examined the attitudes of interdisciplinary team members toward public school speech-language programs. Perceptions of clinicians' communication skills and of the clarity of team member roles were also explored. Relationships between educators' attitudes toward our services and various variables relating to professional interactions were investigated. A 64-item questionnaire was completed by 346 randomly selected respondents from a two-state area. Classroom teachers of grades kindergarten through 3, teachers of grades 4 through 6, elementary school principals, school psychologists, and learning disabilities teachers comprised five professional categories which were sampled randomly. Analysis of the results revealed that educators generally had positive attitudes toward our services; however, there was some confusion regarding team member roles and clinicians' ability to provide management suggestions. Implications for school clinicians were discussed.


1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Ruppert Houle

This study investigated factors that influence public school speech-language pathologists' acceptance and/or resistance to computer technology. Significant differences were found between speech-language pathologists who are frequent users of computers in the workplace and those who seldom or never use them. These differences were attributed to differences in attitudes toward computers, available funding for computers, in-service training, and physical facilities.


1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Johnson Glaser ◽  
Carole Donnelly

The clinical dimensions of the supervisory process have at times been neglected. In this article, we explain the various stages of Goldhammer's clinical supervision model and then describe specific procedures for supervisors in the public schools to use with student teachers. This easily applied methodology lends clarity to the task and helps the student assimilate concrete data which may have previously been relegated to subjective impressions of the supervisor.


1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin

The number of children with limited English proficiency (LEP) in U.S. public schools is growing dramatically. Speech-language pathologists increasingly receive referrals from classroom teachers for children with limited English proficiency who are struggling in school. The speech-language pathologists are frequently asked to determine if the children have language disorders that may be causing or contributing to their academic difficulties. Most speech-language pathologists are monolingual English speakers who have had little or no coursework or training related to the needs of LEP children. This article discusses practical, clinically applicable ideas for assessment and treatment of LEP children who are language impaired, and gives suggestions for distinguishing language differences from language disorders in children with limited English proficiency.


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