al-Tawjih al-Islami lil-Numu al-Insani inda Tullab al-Talim al-Ali
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al-Tawjih al-Islami lil-Numu al-Insani inda Tullab al-Talim al-Ali (Islamic Guidance for Human Development Among Higher Education Students) is an educational treatise by Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Zayd, an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistic and Educational Specialization at the Arabic Language Institute at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca . The study examines the stages, factors, and manifestations of human development during youth and late adolescence, proposing educational frameworks grounded in Islamic principles for university-level students .
Purpose and Framework
The treatise addresses the critical transition of youth and adolescence in higher education, where physiological, intellectual, emotional, and social transformations require targeted guidance and supervision . The author frames the investigation around Article 53 of the Educational Policy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which stresses accommodating developmental stages and fostering balanced spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and social maturity under an Islamic orientation, as well as the curriculum objectives of Islamic education courses at the Islamic University of Madinah .
Structure and Contents
The work is organized into several interrelated sections covering conceptual definitions, developmental stages, influencing factors, and specific manifestations among university students:
- Definition of Growth and Development: Explores the lexical root of development (al-numūw and al-namā’, signifying increase and growth) and its psychological definition as continuous change toward maturity across physical, cognitive, and social domains .
- Importance of Studying Development: Highlights the role of developmental psychology in facilitating personal adjustment and providing parents and educators with tools for guidance .
- Stages of Human Development: Reviews the classification of developmental phases from conception to old age, citing both Islamic pedagogical frameworks—such as those articulated by Miqdad Yaljin—and broader psychological models linking growth to schooling levels .
- Factors Influencing Development: Divides determinants of human growth into primary factors, such as biological heredity (al-wirātha) and the endocrine glandular system, and secondary factors, encompassing the family, social environment, and culture .
- Manifestations of Development Among Higher Education Students: Examines the normative age bracket of Saudi undergraduate students (ages nineteen to twenty-two) . It analyzes their physical maturity, the emergence of differentiated intellectual aptitudes (such as linguistic, mathematical, and literary abilities), and their social and emotional maturation within family and institutional environments .
Conclusions and Recommendations
The treatise concludes with a set of practical recommendations aimed at educational institutions, counselors, and families . It recommends mandating a general university course titled "Human Development" (al-Numūw al-Insānī) for all higher education students to educate them on the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of growth . It advocates staffing university counseling and student service units with specialists trained in both Islamic law and educational guidance, encouraging mentorship between senior and incoming students, strengthening interpersonal rapport between faculty and students, emphasizing premarital health awareness regarding hereditary diseases, and fortifying students against global broadcasting influences that impact religious creed and cultural values through targeted educational lectures .
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