Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity

  Sociological studies have shown that teenagers in larger Swedish cities from ‘poor result schools’ participate in extra-curricular activities connected to religion more frequently than others, and that involvement in such religious activities is positive in terms of educational outcomes for pu...

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Main Author: Jenny Berglund
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Forum for Islamforskning 2023-12-01
Series:Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
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Online Access:https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/142419
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description   Sociological studies have shown that teenagers in larger Swedish cities from ‘poor result schools’ participate in extra-curricular activities connected to religion more frequently than others, and that involvement in such religious activities is positive in terms of educational outcomes for pupils from the lower strata of the social hierarchy. These findings raise new questions about supplementary Islamic education, as this is one type of religious extra-curricular activity found in many such areas. The article is based on interviews with students as well as observations from four Swedish mosques. The purpose is to discuss how we can understand the potentially compensatory effect of supplementary Islamic education. Thus, the emphasis is not on the traditional core of Islamic education, but on what we can call co-curricular Islamic educational activities, such as football, homework help, and mathematics. 
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spelling doaj.art-97f71a91786f45c4b7ae3b43f53ebb5b2023-12-15T01:03:04ZdanForum for IslamforskningTidsskrift for Islamforskning1901-95802023-12-0117210.7146/tifo.v17i2.142419Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activityJenny Berglund   Sociological studies have shown that teenagers in larger Swedish cities from ‘poor result schools’ participate in extra-curricular activities connected to religion more frequently than others, and that involvement in such religious activities is positive in terms of educational outcomes for pupils from the lower strata of the social hierarchy. These findings raise new questions about supplementary Islamic education, as this is one type of religious extra-curricular activity found in many such areas. The article is based on interviews with students as well as observations from four Swedish mosques. The purpose is to discuss how we can understand the potentially compensatory effect of supplementary Islamic education. Thus, the emphasis is not on the traditional core of Islamic education, but on what we can call co-curricular Islamic educational activities, such as football, homework help, and mathematics.  https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/142419Islamic educationextra-curricular activitiesco-curricular activitiessocial capitalbridging and bonding
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Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
Islamic education
extra-curricular activities
co-curricular activities
social capital
bridging and bonding
title Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
title_full Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
title_fullStr Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
title_full_unstemmed Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
title_short Islamic supplementary education as an extra-curricular activity
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topic Islamic education
extra-curricular activities
co-curricular activities
social capital
bridging and bonding
url https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/142419
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