Alkandari, K: Islamic School: Challenges and Potentials in T

This book explores,describes, and illuminates,a school in Kuwait that adapts and implements a curriculum ed by U.S.educators. At the same time,focuses on an Islamic studies curriculum.The main incentive for selecting this focus was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.Since that date, mass media have paid much attention to Islam and to Muslim society, particularly to its educational system, which been viewed with skepticism. General questions were asked in this book: How do Islamic parents who send their children to this school define the spiritual and religious needs for their childern? How do spiritual/religious and academic needs intersect within the formal curriculum at the school? Finally, in the midst of increased westernization and globalization, how do teachers negotiate the influences of western values on their students and curriculum? This book seeks to enable readers to understand more fully and accurately how those involved with such an institution cope with the various challenges they meet in the global sphere.