Journal Article

·2015 OPEN ACCESS

INCULCATING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION: A PLAN OF ACTION FOR MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Alparslan Açıkgenç YTU

TAFHIM IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World

Abstract

The real purpose of education is to inculcate students with a state of mind that is congenial for creativity and innovation. However, such is not the case in the Muslim world. The present article is an attempt to provide a new plan of action for creativity and innovation in the Muslim world by developing an epistemology defined as "the anatomy of human knowledge." The article begins with the present discussions of creativity and mnovation in the West and solutions that are primarily psychological offered. Then, an attempt is made to provide an alternative approach to the issue in the Muslim world. The author offers an epistemology as the ground of a new philosophy of education which may read to an educational system that fosters the critical attitude needed for acquiring such skills.

Keywords

Creativity Plan (archaeology) Action (physics) Epistemology State (computer science) Sociology Action plan Engineering ethics Critical thinking Pedagogy Mathematics education Psychology Computer science Management Social psychology Philosophy Engineering

Subject Areas

Education and Islamic Studies ·Education ·Social Sciences
Education and Critical Thinking Development ·Education ·Social Sciences
Education and Character Development ·Education ·Social Sciences

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