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Merah Souad

Academic Qualification

  • Social Change - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • SOCIAL CHANGE - Masters Degree, Algier University
  • LABOR SOCIOLOGY - Bachelor Degree, University of Annaba

Merah Souad (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF EDUCATION

Other's position:

Head, Kulliyyah of Education

souad@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Sociology of Development ~ Collective Action and Social Change - Social Change, Islamic Education, Islamic Thought, Women Issues, Sociology of Education, Teaching Methods


Professional Membership


  • 2017: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Yale University Art Gallery


Teaching Responsibilities


ADV.SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION 2014/2015 2013/2014
ADVANCE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION 2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018
ADVANCED HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC EDUC 2019/2020 2018/2019
ADVANCED HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAMIC EDUCATION 2017/2018
ADVANCED SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAMIC EDUC. 2020/2021
BALAGHAH IN THE QURAN AND HADITH 2015/2016
CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES 2018/2019 2017/2018
CRITICAL & CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS 2020/2021
EDUCATION AND CULTURAL TRANSMISSION 2016/2017
EDUCATIONAL CLASSICS 2016/2017
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION 2021/2022
ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES IN ADMIN & HUMAN RELATIO 2019/2020
ISLAMIZATION OF EDUCATION 2021/2022
METHODS IN TEACHING MORAL EDUCATION I 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014
METHODS OF TEACHING MORAL EDUCATION 1 2017/2018 2016/2017
METHODS OF TEACHING MORAL EDUCATION I 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
METHODS OF TEACHING MORAL EDUCATION II 2017/2018
MORAL DEV. FROM THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 2016/2017 2015/2016
MORAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014
PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY FOR SCHOOLS 2019/2020 2018/2019
PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION FOR THINKING 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
PHILOSOPHY INQUIRY FOR THE SCHOOL 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015
RHETORICAL, "AL-MA'ANI SCIENCES" 2015/2016
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY 2018/2019
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP 2020/2021
SOCIAL WORK FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 2014/2015
SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014
SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2017/2018
THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY 2013/2014
WESTERN EDUCATIONAL THEORIES 2019/2020


Research Projects


Completed
2018 - 2021 Construction of Moral Values Education Course Module for Pre-Service Teachers
2015 - 2020 Depiction of ?non-Muslims? in Secondary Islamic Studies Syllabus and its Impact on Muslim Students? Level of Religious Tolerance: International Islamic School Malaysia as a Case Study
2015 - 2019 Values Transmission through the English Textbooks for Secondary School Students and its Influence on their Perception of the Islamic Identity
On-Going
2020 - Present A Model of Education for Repatriation : A Case Study of Rohingya Refugee Children in Malaysia
2016 - Present Profiling the Effects of Urban Poverty on the Academic Achievement of Students from different Ethnic Groups in Major Malaysian Cities


Award & Recognition


22 Jul, 2020 Top 30 Contributors to IIUMa??s Research Performance - IIUM University
09 May, 2017 Most punctual Lecturer - BEDSA, Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM KCDIO


Publications


Article

2021 The influence of urban poverty on students’ academic optimism: does government assistance play a role?. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 9 (4) pp. 37-57
2019 Islamic Curriculum: Philosophical Foundations and Historical Practices. Oxford Research encyclopedia of Education, () pp.
2019 Self - Realization & The Religious Representation of The ‘Other’ in the Islamic Studies Textbooks. The Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, () pp.
2019 Traditional morality and the depiction of non muslims in Islamic studies an analytical account. International Journal of Advanced Research in Islamic and Humanities, 1 (3) pp. 9-19
2018 Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image in Adolescents: A Psycho-Sociological Analysis of the Causes and Effects. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 8 (10) pp.
2018 MUSLIM STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF WESTERN VALUES AS PRESENTED IN ENGLISH TEXT BOOKS: INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC SCHOOL MALAYSIA (SECONDARY) AS A CASE STUDY1. AL-SHAJARAH JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (IIUM, () pp. 241-266
2018 Muslim students’ perception of western values as presented in English text books: International Islamic school Malaysia (Secondary) as a case study. Al-Shajarah, Special Issue (Special Issue: Education, 2018) pp. 241-266
2018 THE USEFULNESS OF MUSIC AS A TOOL OF TEACHING ISLAMIC EDUCATION: TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE1. AL-SHAJARAH JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (IIUM), () pp. 267-286
2018 The usefulness of music as a tool of teaching Islamic education: Teachers’ perspective. Al-Shajarah, Special Issue (Special Issue: Education, 2018) pp. 267-286
2017 Fātimah Al-Fihrīand religious fraternity in Al-Qarawiyy in University: a case study. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 7 (10) pp. 177-183
2017 Institutionalizing education and the culture of learning in medieval Islam: the Ayyūbids (569/966 AH) (1174/1263 AD) learning practices in Egypt as a case study. Al-Shajarah, Special Issue: Education () pp. 249-280
2017 Medieval Muslim scholars: teachers, missionaries and theoreticians, Qādi al-Nu'mān as a case study. Al-Shajarah, Special Issue: Education () pp. 281-309
2017 Towards a new approach in the teaching of the Holy Qur’an. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 7 (10) pp. 143-152
2014 The Fatimid Educational administration in Egypt. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4 (11) pp. 136-150
2014 What is to be done: The Enlightened Thinkers and Islamic Renaissance. By Dr. Ali Shari’ati. Edited and Annotated by Farhang Rajaee. Foreword by John L. Esposito. Houston, Texas, USA: The Institute for Research and Islamic Studies (IRIS), 1986, pp. 181. ISBN 0-932625-04-5, ISBN 0-932625- 01-0 (pbk.) . IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 2 (2) pp. 107-115
2001 Between orientalists and Al Jazeera: image of Arabs in the West (comparative inquiry). International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1 (4) pp. 160-169
Conference or Workshop Item

2019 Values Transmitted through English Textbooks and Islamic Identity perception: Reinforcement or Alienation!�. In: International Conferences on Business, Economy, Social and Technology (ICBEST 2019),
2018 Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image in Adolescents: A PsychoSociological Analysis of the Causes and Effects. In: World Muslim Women Summit and Exhibition,
2018 Religion and Politics in the life of Arwa Al- Sulayhia: A Historical Analysis. In: World Muslim Women Summit and Exhibition,
2018 االستراتيجيات الحديثة في تدريس مادة الرياضيات بمرحلة التعليم االبتدائي في دولتي سنغافورة وكوريا الجنوبية نموذجا. In: المؤتمر الوطني األول المقاربة بالكفاءات في المنظومة التربوية الجزائرية أي نسق تربوي ...؟,
2017 APPROACHES OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE STORIES OF THE QUR’AN: BETWEEN THE SWORD AND DA’WAH. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam,
2017 Educational Institutions and the State in Medieval Islam: The Fatimid of Egypt as a Case Study. In: International Conference on Lifelong Learning for Islamic Education (ICLLIE) 2017,
2017 Social Change According to Badiuzzaman Nursi and Ali Shariati: Comparative Inquiry. In: The trnternational Conf,enence a{i Eed!slzzarraan Said lr{ursi's TiaougFrt on lYasatiyyah aud An Exernplary Society,
2017 THE USEFULNESS OF MUSIC AS A TOOL OF TEACHING AS EVALUATED BY THE TEACHERS OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam 2017.,
2016 Fātimah al-Fihrī and religious fraternity in al-Qarawiyyin University: A Case Study. In: International Conference on Education Towards Global Peace (CAPEU 2016),
2016 FOSTERING CRITICAL THINKING IN MORAL EDUCATION IN MALAYSIAN SCHOOLS: A NEW LEARNING FRAMEWORK. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam 2016,
2016 TOWARDS A NEW APPROACH IN THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY QUR’AN. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam 2016,
2015 Tribalism and democracy in the arab world: a sociological study of the Arab mind and its perception of democracy through the events of the Arab spring . In: Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, language & Social Science Conference,
2015 Values Transmission through English Textbooks for Secondary School Students and its influence on their perception of the Islamic identity. In: Kuala Lumpur International Islamic Studies and Civilisations (KLiISC) 2016,
2014 Integrated curriculum success and challenges: a review of the experience of the International Islamic School Malaysia (IISM) . In: OICIE 2014,
2014 INTEGRATED CURRICULUM: SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES A review of the experience of the International Islamic School Malaysia (IISM). In: Oasis International Conference on Islamic Education (OICIE 2014),
2013 THE BLOODLESS COUP OF SALĀH AL-DĪN AL-AYYŪBI. In: International Conference on Teacher Education in the Muslim World 2013 (ICTEM 2013),
2009 Globalizatopn or Westernization? Role of the media. In: 7tn Biennial PACA 2009 Conference 'comrnunication Encounters Across cultures',
2007 MUSLIM WOMEN AND THE NEW GODS: psycho-sociological study on the influence of the media on women and prospects. In: INTflPNATIONAL INSTITUTE TOP MUSLIM UNITY,
Book Section

2021 Islamic perspective on schooling and education. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-049-5, pp. 32-49
2021 Technological development influencing education and the school. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-049-5, pp. 128-138
2021 Theories on education and schooling. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-049-5, pp. 50-67
2016 Integrated curriculum: success and challenges review of the experience of the International Islamic School Malaysia (IISM). In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, ISBN: 978-967-460-203-1, pp. 175-189
2016 Integrated curriculum: success and challenges review of the experience of the International Islamic School Malaysia (IISM). In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, ISBN: 978-967-460-203-1, pp. 175-189
2016 Leadership, education and social change: the Qura'anic view. In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, ISBN: 978-967-460-202-4, pp. 45-79
2016 Leadership, education and social change: the Qura'anic view. In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, ISBN: 978-967-460-202-4, pp. 45-79
2016 Role of educational institutions in Medieval Islam: the Fatimids as a case study. In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, ISBN: 978-967-460-203-1, pp. 3-26
Monograph

2021 Construction of moral values education course module for pre-services teachers. In: IIUM Press,
2019 Depiction of non-Muslims in the secondary Islamic studies syllabus and its impact on Muslim students’ level of religious tolerance: IISM as a case study. In: ,
2019 VALUES TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THEEIR PERCEPTION OF THE ISLAMIC IDENTITY. RIGS 15-159-0159. In: ,