The Politics of Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education in Selected Philippine Schools
Authors
Ma. Arsenia C. Gomez, Zainul Asmawi, Maftuh Bunyamin, Helius Sjamsuddin
Corresponding Author
Ma. Arsenia C. Gomez
Available Online April 2019.
- DOI
- 10.2991/aes-18.2019.50How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ALIVE; Muslim Filipinos; minority
- Abstract
The study aims to expound on the politics involved in the conduct of Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) in selected Philippine elementary schools. The ALIVE is the Philippine government attempt to mainstream madrasah education into the public education system. Through case study research, the authors found out that as a program for the minority population, the implementation of the program was affected by the marginal status and “otherness” of Muslims in Philippine society. If unexamined, the biased attitudes of the Christian majority towards the Muslims can hugely affect the success of ALIVE.
- Copyright
- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ma. Arsenia C. Gomez AU - Zainul Asmawi AU - Maftuh Bunyamin AU - Helius Sjamsuddin PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - The Politics of Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education in Selected Philippine Schools BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 214 EP - 217 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aes-18.2019.50 DO - 10.2991/aes-18.2019.50 ID - Gomez2019/04 ER -