Psychology of Learning from An Islamic Perspective

Abstract

The objectives of this paper are: (1) to provide an Islamic overview on the concept of learning, (2) to evaluate contemporary learning theories from an Islamic perspective, (3) to integrate various learning theories to form an Islamic model of learning, and (4) to illustrate the application of the Islamic learning model from the Biography of the Prophet.  The paper presupposes that the audiences have a working knowledge of the psychology of learning including familiarity with classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning; or will be using this paper in conjunction with psychology of learning textbooks.  Therefore, this paper will focus more on evaluation of current theories as compared to description of theories of learning