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Cultural Dialogue and curriculum design
September 11
God says in the Quran (O mankind! We have created
you from a male and a female, and made you into
nations and tribes, that you may know one another.
Verily, the most honorable of you with God is that
(believer) who has At-Taqwâ (i.e. the pious.) Verily,
God is All-Knowing, All-Aware.) Alhojrat: 13..
In June 2008, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul
Aziz, called for the need to have dialogue
between Muslims and Christians and Jews.
To build greater mutual understanding
between peoples, through dialogue, so
that extremism and radical attitudes that
arose within any community could be
addressed.
According to Webster Dictionary, “dialogue” is an exchange of ideas and opinions, and a discussion
between representatives of parties to a conflict that is aimed at resolution. Dialogue implies that the
person who states an argument has tried to understand the matter in question and is using powers of reason as to how and why evidence
supports his or her position.
Dialogue
Dialogue Dialogue Dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue
Knows how to build and sustain relationships with their peers, their
family, and their community
Is proud of his/her religion and heritage
Is a team player with good collaboration skills
Possesses the values of tolerance and the predispositions for dialogue with others
Is able to communicate in English effectively
Engages positively with globalization, and communicates with other cultures effectively
A New Vision for the Student
Among other attributes, the Saudi students of the future:
Future generations must be taught
mutual respect from childhood, and
school curricula in that regard was
essential.
Objectives
Content
Language Functions
Language situations
Grammatical Items
Language Topics
Writing the
textbooks
Evaluation
Considering students’ ages Important
For adult learners Easiest to Design as they will see its usefulness
clearly, and so will be motivated to learn.
For Adolescents Will perceive the purpose less vividly.
For children It will be too abstract to comprehend.
Objectives
To develop positive attitudes toward other cultures
Objectives
To develop the communicative skills
Content: Concepts to be developed
Knowledge of One's Own Culture
Knowledge of Different Cultures
Conflict Resolution Impacts of Prejudice
Social Justice
Socio-Cultural Consciousness
Human dignity
Equality
Tolerance
Freedom
Cultural Exchange
commitment
Peace
Language functions
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Communication
Analyze
Make inferences
Provides evidence
Reasoning
Persuasion
Interpretations Assumptions
Expectations
Introducing
Identifying
Accepting
Excusing
Apologizing
Comparing
Evaluating
Language situations
Service setting
Academic setting
Social setting
Official setting Health setting
Grammatical Items
Language topics
Climate Money
Writing the textbooks
Activities, not just 'Discussion :
http://www.islamproject.org/education/Lessonplans.htm
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Evaluation
Authentic Assessment
This assessment should drive the curriculum. That is, designer first
determine the tasks that students will perform to demonstrate their mastery, and then a curriculum is developed that will enable students to perform those tasks well, which would include the
acquisition of essential knowledge and skills.
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