Syed Ahmed Khan and His Educational Ideas

Autor/in	Alam, Arshad
Titel	Syed Ahmed Khan and His Educational Ideas
Quelle	In: Contemporary Education Dialogue, 16 (2019) 1, S.108-124 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1849
DOI	10.1177/0973184918807297
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Muslims; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Educational Objectives; Educational History; Social Class; Womens Education; Educational Attitudes; Access to Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Muslim; Muslimin; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Indien
Abstract	Syed Ahmed Khan is understood as the harbinger of modern education amongst Muslims of South Asia. There is a general scholarly consensus that it was through his educational efforts that English medium education came to Muslims who were otherwise aligned with traditional religious education. The commentary argues that this consensus needs revision and that Muslims were already accessing modern education through the English medium even before Syed Ahmed started his college at Aligarh. Moreover, the commentary also problematizes the notion of Muslim community within Syed Ahmed's thought. Through his writings and speeches, it is pointed out that for Syed Ahmed, the notion of Muslim community was confined to upper caste Muslims called the Ashrafs. Also, Syed Ahmed's views were extremely regressive when it came to women's education. Despite Aligarh being a modern university which is accessible to all castes and gender, Syed Ahmed's legacy has not been critically analysed. The commentary is a small start in this direction (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01