Teaching About Islam: Pedagogical Resources and Perspectives
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What does it mean to be a Muslim?
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What about women in Islam?
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What is Shari’ah?
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How do I unpack all the news about the Muslim world?
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What about the U.S.? Is teaching about religion tolerated, encouraged, or required by states?
Join us for this FREE workshop provided by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University
WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2009 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Marquette University, Alumni Memorial Union Ballroom
Register ONLINE now!
This workshop, presented by Susan Douglass, provides facts, historical content, and age-appropriate pedagogical strategies. The event is open the public, but is especially appropriate for P-12 teachers, university/college level instructors, or anyone concerned with understanding the relationships between Christianity and Islam.
Every topic from the workshop is paired with teaching material that is readily available, and is correlated to national and state academic standards.
Workshop Topics:
- Building a Comfort Zone: Teaching about Religions in the Public (or Private) School Classroom
- Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam
- The World in the Classroom: Structural context for teaching about world religions
- Historical Issues in Teaching about Islam
- Contemporary Hot-Button Issues
Susan Douglass
Susan Douglass has an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in History from the University of Rochester, and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in history at George Mason University. During 2006, she served as Senior Researcher for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations initiative, and has been an Affiliated Scholar with the Council on Islamic Education for over a decade, reviewing over a dozen commercial textbooks in development, reviewing state curricula and standards, and developing instructional resources. Read more.
For more information about the workshop, please contact Melissa Genrich at 414-288-7375 or by email at melissa.genrich@marquette.edu
Teaching About Islam: Pedagogical Resources and Perspectives is jointly sponsored by the College of Education and the departments of History, Philosophy, and Theology. Additional support is provided by the Marquette University Office of the Provost and the Edward D. Simmons Religious Commitment Fund
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