‘Theorising a dialogic approach to holistic Islamic education’ 
Dr. Farah Ahmed, (Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) 

17.30pm – 18.30pm
 
This short presentation will briefly outline the notion of a dialogical Muslim-self as a means to address contemporary Muslim double consciousness. I will then introduce some foundational Islamic ontological and epistemological concepts that allow for a dialogic conceptualisation of education from within an Islamic paradigm. Finally, I will illustrate dialogic pedagogy through the example of a traditional halaqah (circle of learning) operating as a transformative, dialogic space.
 
Farah Ahmed is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She co-convenes the ‘Cultural, religious and philosophical traditions in educational dialogue’ strand of the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research group. Her current project is: Rethinking Islamic education for British Muslim children: a philosophical investigation of dialogue in Islamic educational theory and an empirical study trialing dialogic pedagogy in UK madrasahs (supplementary schools). Farah has published widely on holistic Islamic educational approaches and is founder and Director of Education at Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation; where she works on developing research informed curricular resources and teacher professional development. She is the author of Principles of Shakhsiyah Education and the lead developer of Shakhsiyah Halaqah and Holistic Curricula. She is also Founding Fellow and Council Member of the Chartered College of Teaching. 
 
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