The Curricula of Education in the Islamic legacy

Abstract

This article deals with the curricula of Islamic education in the Abbasid period in its different periods. These curricula adopted an educational philosophy that aims to achieve the higher goals of Islam (Maqasid al-Islam) that focuses on the status of the human being and his role in building and development the Earth. These curricula have worked on internalization of the student's moral side during the foundation stage and teaching him different sciences in the advanced educational stages. This means connecting science with morals, where science is in harmony with the human goals and not contradictory to or isolated from them. Their goal is to prepare the pupil to be a moral and rational human being. These curricula employ different methods that suit the stage of education. The methods of teaching at the elementary school aimed to strengthen the pupil's "memory" and developing his thinking through gaining him the methods of question, dialogue and debate.