Layla Attar
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Layla Abd al-Rashid al-Attar is an academic specializing in Islamic pedagogy who served as an assistant professor of Islamic education at the College of Education for Girls in Jeddah .
Academic career and scholarship
Al-Attar completed postgraduate studies at Umm al-Qura University, producing a study titled al-Janib al-tatbiqi fi al-tarbiya al-islamiyya ("The Applied Aspect in Islamic Education") in 1401 AH, which was later published in Jeddah in 1403 AH / 1983 CE .
She received her doctoral degree with distinction and first-class honors for her dissertation on medieval educational thought, published in 1419 AH / 1998 CE under the title Ara' Ibn al-Jawzi al-tarbawiyya: dirasa wa-tahlilan wa-taqwiman wa-muqarana ("The Educational Views of Ibn al-Jawzi: A Study, Analysis, Evaluation, and Comparison") . In this research, al-Attar extracted and classified the pedagogical, psychological, and ethical principles in the writings of Ibn al-Jawzi, evaluating his propositions in light of the Quran, prophetic traditions, and legal maxims, while comparing his insights with those of his contemporaries as well as modern educational theorists .
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Ara Ibn al-Jawzi al-Tarbawiya: Dirasa wa-Tahlilan wa-Taqwiman wa-Muqarana (The Educational Views of Ibn al-Jawzi: A Study, Analysis, Evaluation, and Comparison) is an academic study that examines the principles, psychological insights, and pedagogical methods found throughout Ibn al-Jawzi's writings. It evaluates these ideas against Islamic textual sources and compares them with both medieval and modern educational theories.