ORCID Identifiers
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Religions
Publication Date
8-1-2020
Abstract
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The concept of “tolerance” has been thoroughly promoted within educational settings in light of the increasing need to foster co-existence and to nurture peaceful climates in societies. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Islamic education curriculum promotes the notion of tolerance as a core tenant across different grade levels. However, there is a gap in the literature investigating the approach and conceptualization of tolerance in UAE Islamic education curricula. This study employed qualitative content analysis of grade 10–12 textbooks to understand how the concept of tolerance is promoted and to identify the opportunities and gaps in teaching tolerance through these texts. The notion of tolerance in these texts was discussed through the themes of civic engagement, critical thinking, acceptance of multiplicity, justice and equity, protection from extremism, and compassion for humans. This study identified gaps in addressing tolerance and suggested other concepts that could further supplement the Islamic education program to more thoroughly address the notion of tolerance. This study argues that teaching tolerance through religious-based instruction may facilitate an exploration of effective tolerance inculcation approaches that provide insights into the field of tolerance education at large.
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ISSN
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
11
Issue
8
First Page
1
Last Page
13
Disciplines
Education
Keywords
Cultural instruction, Islamic education, Multicultural education, Peace education, Religious instruction, Textbooks, Tolerance, United Arab Emirates
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Alhashmi, Mariam; Bakali, Naved; and Baroud, Rama, "Tolerance in uae islamic education textbooks" (2020). All Works. 3660.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3660
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yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series