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The article examines whether the textbooks on Islamic Ethics (akhlak) taught in-the Muhammadiyah schools promote peace. Studying the content of schools’ text-books is nececessary due to the increase of social conflicts and violent actions among-students. In particular, this article explores the Islamic teaching of peace within-Islamic Ethics textbooks published by the Board of Basic and Secondary Education-of Muhammadiyah (DIKDASMEN) in Yogyakarta Special Territory. By the use of-content analysis, this article finds that teaching materials in the Islamic Ethics text--books promote the values of peace. However, the texbooks editing quality needs to-be improved so that the narrratives (story tellings) and pictures (ilustration) can fit-the students’ needs

Buku Islamic Education in Britain ini lahir di saat yang tepat. Pencarian yang panjang tentang bagaimana Muslim Eropa terlibat dalam dinamika masyarakatnya yang plural baik dari aspek agama maupun budaya serta secara khusus bagaimana pendidikan Islam itu dikonstruksi, telah menjadi kajian, riset dan perdebatan. Tentu saja, buku ini berada pada konteks demikian, yakni sebagai ikhtiar akademis untuk mendudukkan secara rasional atas formasi pendidikan Islam yang sesuai untuk Muslim dan masyarakat Eropa

This article covers scaffolding efforts done by the writer to be a reflective educator in the middle of educational condition which is often stopped, routine and less innovative. By depending on the stages of carrier of being educator, some important inventions can be showed that between the first stage of carrier and the stage toward maturity in educating, it can be found a time of carrier transmission making ones be wary and alien to the carrier chosen. This stage must be passed by some actions not only having self reflection but also learn and adopt critically toward the best innovation and model done by other colleges. Moreover, some creativities and innovations also need to be developed, so the carrier of being an educator becomes the important choice in one’s life. This article also explains that a skill of reflection and improving the quality of work is an Islamic action for every Moslem which is having educational profession.