Graduate Seminar of Educational Management and Leadership

This course is part of the program concentration of Educational Management, Leadership and Policy, for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. In this course, the students explore the advanced theoretical and practical concepts related to leadership and management in an educational institution setting (K-12 to university). The course will address issues underpinning effective leadership and management issues in a variety of educational contexts such as personal characteristic, social, political, cultural, and policy factors. We will also discuss specifically about leadership in low performing schools and the Islamic educational leadership. The course is ideal for those who wish to become researcher, expert in management and leadership in education, move into or progress in educational leadership roles.

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Instructional Design and Technology

This course focuses on instructional design and technology field. It is the systematic process of planning, creating, delivering, and evaluating instructional activities, products, environments, and modules/courses. It can be applied in both face-to-face and digital settings, with a common emphasis on utilizing educational technologies to enhance the learning experience. Students will explore the principles, theories, and practice of the Instructional design model. The course is divided into three modules. Module 1 examines The principles of Instructional design and technology. Module 2 explores the procedure of planning Instructional Design. Module 3  Practice: Instructional Design project.  Students will engage with primary learning resources such as ebooks, and journals. In addition, students also will do group presentations and discussions to gain a deeper understanding of the topics. The course is designed to develop students’ technical skill in developing instructional content and media. Not only technical skills, the student generic skills also will be developed.

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Theories of Learning

This course is a concentration core subject in a doctorate program in the Faculty of Education of UIII. The course provides a broad overview of some of the influential learning theories and the implications of these theories for educational practice.

Each of us carries assumptions about how, why, and where people learn and what constitutes adequate learning or understanding in various situations. These assumptions come from our cultural backgrounds and upbringing, from our own “apprenticeship of observation”(Lortie, 1975) as learners who have engaged in different endeavors, perhaps from our work as educators of children and adults, and from other pursuits such as being a researcher or an expert in some arena. One major goal of this course will be for each of us to make our assumptions about the processes and products of learning as explicit as possible. Becoming aware of our theories of learning assists us with the second major goal of this course—gaining a deeper understanding of the significant theories of learning and development that have influenced our educational systems.

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Qualitative Data Analysis

This course aims to provide students with an orientation to the discipline and practice of qualitative research, especially qualitative data analysis as part of research methodology-related courses.  Topics include: the discipline and practice of qualitative research, qualitative research design, qualitative research characteristics, and objectives. The course will also offer the students with practice of choosing a qualitative research approach, formulating a good qualitative research question, collecting, analyzing, interpreting qualitative data, drawing a conclusion, and appraising a qualitative research report. A high proportion of course will be devoted to practices of analyzing and discussing qualitative data, especially those from observations, interviews, and documents.  Over the course scaffolding will be provided under the apprenticeship.

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Quantitative Analysis and Advanced Statistics

This course aims to provide an overview of quantitative research methods and the advance statistics that often encounter within educational study. This course gives opportunity for students to understand and use more sophisticated statistical techniques to formulate and test research hypotheses, conduct rigorous data analysis up to interpret and disseminate the findings as well as evaluate the existing quantitative research.

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Graduate Seminar in Educational Research

This course is designed as a foundation for postgraduate students to beginning their PhD in Education at UIII. The aim of this course is to provide students with the concepts and approaches in formulating educational research, including identifying research interests, research questions, and selecting appropriate research methods (quantitative and qualitative) through oral and written modes of communication. The course will also discuss various research issues in educational settings. Numerous careers are designed within this course, such as researcher, educator, and policy analyst.

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Wasathiyatul Islam in the Globalizing World

In this course, students learn various concepts and practices of wasatiyya as introduced by scholars and practiced within Indonesian societies. Students are trained to become familiar with wasatiyya conceptually from the Qur’an, Hadis and contemporary Islamic thinkers, as well as from experiences in Indonesia as exposed and managed by civil society exponents and the state. At the end of the lecture, students are expected to have in-depth knowledge of various concepts and practices of wasatiyya in contemporary Indonesia. The teaching method used includes lecture, presentations, discussions, and assignments (paper writing), all of which are summarized in class seminar activities.

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Advanced Islamic Education

The course aims to introduce students to critically explore diverse interpretations of ‘Islamic Education’ and examine historical, theological and
philosophical aspects of classical and modern Muslim educational thought, practice and institutions. Students will be introduced to the concept of ‘critical, contextual, plural and transformative Islamic Education’ through discussing diverse perceptions and scholarly approaches to define the subject. Students will have the opportunity of engaging critically with the Muslim educational/pedagogical legacy and explore how it shaped the formation of classical Islamic scientific and scholarly traditions. The course provides a reflective insight into the sources and origins of Islamic educational thought with special reference to perceptions of education in the Qur’an, prophetic traditions and the wider Muslim intellectual heritage. The role of knowledge(ilm) and knowledge bearers (ulama) in expressing Islamic civility within ethnically, culturally plural and gendered social spaces.

The course will specifically examine the traditions of Islamic Education, their historical formation and contemporary articulations within the
context of majority/minority Muslim societies in Global Southeast Asia. Students will assess existing national Islamic Education policies (
construction of curriculum, textbooks, pedagogy and teacher education systems) regarding mainstream as well as Islamic higher education
institutions. They will further discuss the educational challenges facing global Muslim communities with a special reference to understanding the process of educational change and its relationship with the wider sociopolitical reform initiatives. The course will critically examine how best to develop appropriate Islamic educational strategies to tackle religious extremism and address issues concerning the faith development of Muslim young people in the modern world.

The emphasis will be on the importance of contemporary educational research into Islamic Education, especially research springing from the
Social Sciences and Humanities directed towards philosophy, pedagogy, curriculum and policy related developments in contemporary Islamic
Education. Students will explore empirical and conceptual interdisciplinary research agenda of the field and develop their own specific areas of
research interest in Islamic Education. They will be encouraged to develop their own philosophies of Islamic Education.

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Advanced Comparative Philosophy of Education

The purpose of this course is to clarify, deepen, and criticize the main and fundamental issues about education. The discussion covers a broad range of issues, including normative, epistemological, socio-political, and educational ethics. The normative aspect includes an in-depth discussion of the goals, principles, and functions of education, about what should be taught or what should be the content of education, how students should be treated, or about what kind of fair society should be realized through education. The course also discusses epistemological aspects, such as about what valuable knowledge should be developed for students and on what justification it is important for knowledge to be developed for students, about whether in education there is a place for beliefs that are not scientifically robust. Regarding the discussion of the socio-political dimension, for example, whether children/students have rights and if children's rights and parental rights conflict whose rights should be upheld, can children develop autonomy at the same time as being part of a religious or belief community. As for the ethical aspect, for example, regarding what kind of interactions should occur between teacher-leaders, teacher-students, between students, and between parties in educational institutions.

Included in the discussion are topics about the comparative or present traditions of thought from --- but not limited to -- the West, the Muslim world, and from Indonesia. This course will examine, among others, the traditions of Western thought, for example, John Dewey, traditions of Islamic thought, such as al-Ghazali, Fazlur Rahman, Naquib al-Attas, and traditions of Indonesian thought, such as Ki Hajar Dewantara. It is hoped that - after attending lectures - students have thoughts, broad insights about educational patterns and are able to reflect on the educational orientation of the Muslim world, the West, and Indonesia as well as be able to identify, differences and similarities, strengths and weaknesses of the thoughts discussed in the course against current education.

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