ENGLISH-4 Learning religious education through Practice: Impact of co-curricular Activities in teaching of Religious Studies at university level .

Abstract

Learning is an interesting activity but learning religious teachings varies from person to person. Sometimes religious education is taken with emotional zeal and sometimes with the constructive approach or faith. In a society like Pakistan where religious education is a compulsory part of syllabus religious teachings should be taken for the purpose of constructive approach. But unfortunately religious education as compulsory subject has taken by the students only to fulfill the requirement of curriculum. Even the religious teachers teach religious subject as requirement of curriculum instead of enabling students to grasp the true and practical meaning of Islam.

The main problem in teaching and learning Islamic studies as subject is effective teaching methodologies which could create interest and understanding of Islamic values and way of life. The traditional methods in Islamic education can help students in gathering large amount of information about Islam but it does not enable them to properly remember and to use this information practically because the rational and analytical approach of teaching is missing in class room (Khan,2009).  Present research is conducted to evaluate the impact of co-curricular activities in teaching of Islamic studies at under graduate level and effectiveness of adopting these techniques in creating interest of students in learning and applying Islamic teachings and values in practical life.