Monday 23 April 2007
Educating the Young Child
I attended this one-day conference on Saturday, and alhumdulillah I am glad I did. The workshops that I chose to attend were: 'Starting a small school', 'Realistic mathematics education, a proven Dutch method of developing early numeracy', 'Islamic school? State school? Private school? Homeschool? Making the right educational choices for your child', 'The classical curriculum: Developing a well-trained mind' and 'Succesful models for weekend supplementary schools'. I also attended the speeches by Sue Palmer ('Toxic childhood'), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf ('Raising Muslim Boys') and Imam Zaid Shakir ('The role of the Muslim father'). I will type up some of my notes over the coming weeks insha-Allah.
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Looking forward to it.
Tox
A message from the organisers ('The Quest Foundation for Learning'):
"Alhamdulillah, for anyone who missed some of the excellent and insightful talks (and those who would just like to listen in and benefit once more from the wisdom and advice of our teachers, scholars and friends) we are pleased to announce that parts of the conference will be aired periodicallly on Islam Channel’s Education Matters show (Sky Digital 813) over the coming year.
The first airing will be this Sunday 13th May 2007 at 5PM, of the Panel Discussion on 'Teaching Children Tolerance'. The discussion was chaired by brother Babar Mirza of Education Matters and includes Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Babikr Ahmed, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad and Abdullah Trevathan."
"Also, we have recently updated our website (www.quest-learning.org) with Paypal facilities for anyone who would like to purchase a copy of the Conference Journal 2007, which has excellent contributions from many of the main speakers and workshop presenters, and more. The journal makes an excellent gift for parents, grandparents and anyone involved with working or caring for children, and is available for is £5 within the UK, including postage and handling (http://www.quest-learning.org/html/events.html)."
did u do the write up for this somewhere?
Anonymous, other than my notes from the 'Raising Muslim Boys' talk (see May 2007 folder), unfortunately not.
A CD audio collection that I would recommend is 'Children Around the Prophet (SAW): How Muhammad (SAW) Raised the Young Companions' by Dr Hesham Al-Awadi.
I have it and am more than happy to lend it out to anyone wanting to borrow it.
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