Good classroom routines promote good behaviour. Teaching good procedures to your Madrassah pupils, and being consistent in implementing them, will improve behaviour Insha’Allah. Have routines for: entering the classroom where pupils sit checking which pupils are present in class lateness to class giving out equipment and books how pupils can [...]
What is motivation? “Motivation consists of internal processes and external incentives which spur us on to satisfy some needs” (Child, 2007) As a Madrassah teacher, you will undoubtedly encounter pupils with varying degrees of motivation. Some pupils are keen to complete work and ask questions and learn with or without your input. Other [...]
Before your Madrassah can begin providing practical support for its Madrassah pupils with special educational needs (SEN), a good SEN department should be established. It is up to the Madrassah management committee to decide how it should be arranged but a good model has been provided in the diagram. [...]
Madrassah pupils with SEND will often need additional help. This could be a volunteer assistant helping them with their work, or extra help given to them by Madrassah teachers. This page outlines some useful tips and strategies for Madrassah teachers to use in the classroom to help pupils with SEND. Tips to help pupils [...]
What is SEND? All children and young people develop at different rates and have both areas of strength and areas of weakness. Madrassah pupils who have additional or different requirements from other pupils, may qualify as having SEN - that is special educational needs. These special educational needs can range from learning difficulties to [...]
Assessment: to determine or assess the rate or amount of something. In Madrassah teaching, it is about determining the amount of learning in the Madrassah classroom. There are two types of assessment: Formative Assessment Telling the Madrassah pupils how they can move forward. This type of assessment improves pupils' learning and the Madrassah teachers’ [...]
There are many different ways to plan a lesson. This is a general overview of the stages you can go through when planning a lesson for your Madrassah pupils. Another method of planning lessons is below which is good for using when teaching a skill. Lesson plans should be recorded centrally and kept [...]
Starter The starter should: present an active and motivating start to Islamic studies or Arabic link to previous learning, and may include revision of key points from the last lesson. identify any lack of essential underpinning skills and knowledge offer a clear opportunity to share the learning aims and outcomes of [...]
Teaching in the Madrassah can sometimes be described as a cycle of planning, teaching and evaluation. Planning how and what will be taught, is what happens before teaching Teaching is imparting knowledge and the learning of that knowledge by the pupils in the Madrassah classroom Evaluation is the assessment of the teaching and learning that [...]
As Muslims, we all know the importance of reflection (tadabbur) in Islam. Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an: "Will they not then ponder the Qur'an or are there locks upon their hearts?" [Qur'an - Muhammad 47:24] Allah is not only asking us to recite the Qur'an, rather He is asking us to go a step further [...]
