English abstract
This study aims at identifying the elements of curriculum in the Islamic education thought. The main questions of this study are: 1- What are the implication of the characteristics of the Islamic education on the elements of curriculum? 2- What are the contributions of Moslem educators in curriculum? 3- What are the curriculum elements as seen by Moslem educators? To answer these questions the researcher used the descriptive approach in order to direct the relevant literature to the elements of curriculum. Some of the prominent results of the study can be summed as follows: 1 - There is a clear implication of characteristics of Islamic education in the curriculum and its elements. By these elements which in turn has contributed in establishing the ground of the Islamic curriculum. 2- The instructional objectives were seen by Muslim educators to be comprehensive. They do not exclusively develop a certain aspect of human personality rather they call for the integration and balance in all its aspects. 3- The content is characterized as comprehensive and integral. It includes the different sciences whit an emphasis on the religious science and their related disciplines. 4- The teaching methods used by Muslim educators were various and included lecturing, dialogue, discussion, debate, rote learning, dictating, giving illustrative examples and self-learning. 5- The evaluation teaching such as observation, recitation and verbal questions were simple inform and confined to individual evaluation. According to the results, the study recommends developing the curriculum of Islamic education through making use of the viewpoints and experiences of Muslim educators. It also recommends to work out a common format of the instructional objectives in the Islamic countries which takes into consideration the current characteristics and requirements. More over, it necessary to include various viewpoints and thought of Muslim educators in the courses of curriculum and methodology in Teacher Education Colleges.
