Muhammad Iqbal’s Islamic Philosophy Concept of Education Contextualised in Facing the Disruptive Era

Badrul Munir Chair

doi:10.33102/abqari.vol24no1.304

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This article describes the Muhammad Iqbal’s Islamic philosophy concept of education contextualised in facing the disruptive era. Contextualise thought of Muhammad Iqbal’s Islamic philosophy of education is very necessary because the industrial revolution always bring impact to human life, no exception in the field of education. The important points of Iqbal’s decription of individuality, individual development, alignment between the material and the spiritual, and creativity in education are particularly relevant to our educational conditions today. For Iqbal, the main educational purpose is to stengthen individuality so that everyone is able to understand the own potensiality. The development of individuality is a process in which humans must play an active role by conducting various experiments tha are relevant to the spirit of the times. The spirit of the disruptive era is the spirit of experimentation. But educational experiments, according to Iqbal will always have a moral and spiritual impact. So academics should not ignore the spiritual side of education.

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If we look at history, the industrial revolution always has a direct impact on human life, not least in education
AND DISCUSSION Brief Biography of Sir Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal is a Muslim intellectual, poet and education practitioner who was born in Sialkot, Punjab on November 9, 1877
Besides being known as a philosopher and practitioner in the fields of education and law, the name Muhammad Iqbal is quite famous as a poet

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If we look at history, the industrial revolution always has a direct impact on human life, not least in education. The third industrial revolution, which is synonymous with computerization and web-based connectivity developed in the 1980s and 1990s, had a significant impact in the fields of politics, economics and public education The industrial revolution requires the ability to adapt, the ability to learn, and think independently of each individual. Many research results show that students today will face new technologies and industries in the future, which they may never learn in school. Students today are required to continue to develop and renew their skills Students today are required to continue to develop and renew their skills (Penprase, 2018, p. 219)

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