Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. MBChB(MUK), MPH
(Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Bioethics Faculty of
Medicine King Fahad Medical City Eldoret Kenya February 18, 2012.
1.0 THE CHALLENGE OF VISION
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The colonial era
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The post colonial era
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The frame of educational reform:
within vs without
2.0 THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY
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The start of knowledge with
terminology
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Knowledge from revelation
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Empirical knowledge of ancient
civilizations
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The European medieval era
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The renaissance
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The post renaissance period
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How did history leave us behind?
3.0 THE 5 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE
KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATIONAL CRISIS
· Deficiency in quantity & quality:
· Duality:
· Irrelevance:
· Divorce from morality:
· Brain drain:
4.0 CONSEQUENCES OF THE KNOWLEDGE
CRISIS
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Thought malaise
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Action malaise:
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Political dependency:
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Economic dependency
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Military weakness
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Dependency in science and
technology
5.0 MANIFESTATIONS OF THE THOUGHT
MALAISE
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Intellectual stagnation (no
innovation, no creativity, and fanaticism),
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Syncretism, talfiq (juxtaposition
of ideas that are incompatible without attempting to analyse them critically to
arrive at a synthesis or favor one of them, tarjiih,
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Lack of vision as a guide vision for the present and the future
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Superficiality, satahiyyat (concern with minor inconsequential issues.
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Sterile arguments, jadal, lead to no purpose or goal of
practical utility.
6.0 PROBLEMS UNSOLVED BECAUSE OF
THE THOUGHT MALAISE
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Gender: the nature, role, rights,
and responsibilities of the woman
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Plurality of opinion and practice
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Leadership: qualifications,
selection, roles, and scope of responsibility
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Public mutual consultation, shura, in public decision making
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Our visions of the economy,
education, politics, and international relations.
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Definition of and pride in our
cultural identity with the result that our lifestyles are dictated by European
norms.
7.0 REFORM OF THE EDUCATION
SYSTEM: A STRATEGICAL FORMULATION
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Vision:
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Mission:
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Goals:
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Characteristics of a reformed
education system: universal access to affordable education, teacher-student
relation
8.0 REFORM OF THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM: the process of education
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The learning obligation:
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The teaching obligation:
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Etiquettes of searching for
knowledge, adab talab al ‘ilm:
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Etiquettes of teaching, adab al mu’allim:
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Restoring the prestige of the
teaching profession:
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Academic freedom:
8.0 REFORM OF THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM: Reforming the school
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Goals of the school:
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Socialization:
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Emphasis of the curriculum:
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Methodology of the curriculum:
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Content of the curriculum:
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Extra-curricular activities
9.0 REFORM OF THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM: Reforming higher education
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Definition of higher education:
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Objectives of higher education:
10.0 EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFORM
· Definition
· Vision and mission of epistemological reform
· Goals of epistemological reform
· The scope of epistemological reform
11.0 Practical steps / tasks of
the reform process:
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Mastery of our intellectual
heritage
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Critique of the disciplines
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Review of teaching materials
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Preparing introductions to
disciplines, muqaddimat al ‘uluum
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Research
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Teaching material
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Applied knowledge
