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Lessons from a teaching life: towards a Muslim African American perspective on service learning

Abdur-Rashid, Daa'iyah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1369836353

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1999, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
Service learning is increasingly hailed as one of the most promising innovations in the educational reform movement. It is imperative, therefore, that its conceptualization and theoretical base be derived from a multi versus mono-cultural foundation if it is to avoid the pitfalls of other reform initiatives which, though well intentioned were unsuccessful with many non-dominant cultural groups because of their failure to consider culturally specific issues of conceptualization and implementation. This qualitative study attempted to contribute to the pool of non-dominant cultural ideas available to inform service learning theory and production by utilizing a Godcentric analytical lens to look at the teaching and educational ideas of a leading Muslim African American educator. Through the employment of alternative methodological approaches the research found that Muslim African American perspectives on service learning are rooted in their Godcentric worldview and as well as their African and African American heritages. Themes such as othermothering, jihad (striving in the way of God) and cultural affirmation permeate their understanding of education and can inform dominant cultural perspectives on teaching. Additionally, the Muslim emphasis on the person of the teacher lead to the conceptualization of service learning as a tool to cultivate servant leadership—not just for the teacher, but for teacher educators and all those involved in the processes of education.
Cynthia B. Dillard (Advisor)
Education

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  • Abdur-Rashid, D. (1999). Lessons from a teaching life: towards a Muslim African American perspective on service learning [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1369836353

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abdur-Rashid, Daa'iyah. Lessons from a teaching life: towards a Muslim African American perspective on service learning. 1999. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1369836353.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abdur-Rashid, Daa'iyah. "Lessons from a teaching life: towards a Muslim African American perspective on service learning." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1369836353

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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