Course Outline

  1. Education: Meaning, concept and function.
  2. Education: Science or Art. Types of education (formal, informal, non-formal).
  3. Aims of education: Democratic and totalitarian. Role of Religion, Culture, Society and Ideology in education.
  4. Foundation of education at a glance: Islamic Foundation, Philosophical Foundation, sociological Foundation, Economic Foundation, History Foundation. Philosophy of education, the branches of philosophy, Metaphysics/ontology, epistemology, axiology (Aesthetics, Ethics).
  5. Sources of knowledge: Logic and Rational knowledge, empirical knowledge authority, Institution, Inspiration from Allah (Revelation).Link between philosophy and education, Islamic Foundations Education: Ontology of Islam: Concept of Ontology in Islam.
  6. Epistemology of Islam: Concept of Epistemology in Islam. Epistemology of Islam, Axiology of Islam, Sociological Foundations of Education, Psychological Foundations of Education, Nature of Development, Economic Foundation, Historical Foundation of Education in Pakistan.