Hazara Islamicus (Dec 2016)
Incorporation of Social and moral values through secondary school Islamiat Curriculum: A Content Analysis
Abstract
This study was conducted to explore the incorporation of social and moral values through secondary school Islamiat curriculum in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study explored possible answers to the following research questions: What social and moral values are included in the Islamiat textbook at the secondary school level? What important social and moral values are missing in the Islamiat textbook at the secondary school level? What social and moral values can be used to groom students as socially responsible members of the society? Secondary school Islamiat textbook and teachers of Islamiat in district Mansehra comprised the population of the study. Lessons about social and moral values from the textbook and twelve Islamiat teachers were selected as sample of the study through purposive sampling technique. The textbook of Islamiat of secondary classes and transcribed interviews of Islamiat teachers were analysed using qualitative content analysis techniques. Findings revealed that the textbook contained social values including human rights, love and regard for one’s family, equality, service of humanity, responsibility, dignity of labour, hard work, charity and justice and moral values including honesty, obedience, patience, gratefulness, truth and faith. Most of social and moral values which were included in the textbook were described briefly. Islamiat teachers argued that social and moral values are connected with human behaviour on the basis of which good or evil behaviour of individuals in an Islamic society could be judged. This study recommends that social values: equality, responsibility, dignity of labour, charity, justice, brotherhood, unity and patriotism and moral values: modesty, purity, tolerance, virtue, goodness and trust might be included in the Islamiat textbook in more detail for a more comprehensive understanding of the values.
