The Educational Philosophy of Elijah Muhammad: Education for a New World / Edition 2

by Abul Pitre Fayetteville State University, North Carolina, Tynnetta Muhammad

Overview

Features new to the second edition include a foreword by Tynnetta Muhammad, wife and student of Elijah Muhammad; opening comments by world renowned mathematician Dr. Abdulalim Sahabazz; a new chapter co-authored with Dr. Dorothy Blake Fardan; plus guided questions and power point notes to stimulate discourse around Elijah Muhammad's educational ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761840831
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	06/24/2008
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Abul Pitre is professor and department head of educational leadership and counseling at Prairie View A&M University, where he teaches Multicultural Education for Educational Leaders, and Leadership. He was appointed Edinboro University’s first named professor for his outstanding work in African-American education and held the distinguished title of the Carter G. Woodson Professor of Education.

Table of Contents

Opening Comments     vii
Foreword     ix
Preface     xv
Acknowledgments     xix
Introduction     xxi
The Making of Elijah Muhammad     1
Knowledge as Power     11
The Universal Educator     19
The Keys to Heaven: Proper Education     27
Elijah Muhammad: The Teacher     29
Education for a New World     37
Islam, Diversity, and the New World with Dorothy Blake Fardan     45
Education, Transformation, and Culture     57
The Role of Teachers     65
Conclusion     79
Afterword     83
Elijah Muhammad Educational Quotes     87
Guide for Discussion and Reflection     89
Power Point Notes     91
References     99
Index     103

Editorial Reviews

Let us turn the pages of Dr. Pitre’s wonderful book to view the past, present, and future worlds with the illumination of God’s Divine Light in Making All Things New.

Tynnetta Muhammad

With deep insight and thought the author, Abul Pitre, very skillfully takes the reader on an exciting enlightening intellectual roller coaster ride with stops at The Leadership of Elijah Muhammad; Knowledge as Power; The Critical Educator; Elijah Muhammad: The Teacher; Education for a New World; Islam, Diversity, and The New World; Education, and The Role of Teachers.

Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz

It was Elijah Muhammad’s “personal approach to teaching” that lives on today, Pitre teaches, not only in mosques but also wherever students study this book, a book that represents an enactment of critical Black pedagogy, like Elijah Muhammad, inviting us to work from within.

Dr. William F. Pinar

It was Elijah Muhammad's "personal approach to teaching" that lives on today, Pitre teaches, not only in mosques but also wherever students study this book, a book that represents an enactment of critical Black pedagogy, like Elijah Muhammad, inviting us to work from within.--Dr. William F. Pinar, Canada Research Chair-University of British Columbia

Let us turn the pages of Dr. Pitre's wonderful book to view the past, present, and future worlds with the illumination of God's Divine Light in Making All Things New.--Tynnetta Muhammad, a wife and student of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad

With deep insight and thought the author, Abul Pitre, very skillfully takes the reader on an exciting enlightening intellectual roller coaster ride with stops at The Leadership of Elijah Muhammad; Knowledge as Power; The Critical Educator; Elijah Muhammad: The Teacher; Education for a New World; Islam, Diversity, and The New World; Education, and The Role of Teachers.--Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz

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