PENDIDIKAN ISLAM PADA MASA RASULLAH SAW. (PERIODE MEKAH DAN MADINAH)

Islamic education today cannot be separated from Islamic education in Islamic classical era. The Prophet Muhammad has served as a central figure of Islamic education from Islamic classical era to modern Era. The implementation of Islamic education in the time of the Prophet Muhammad can be categorized into Meccan period and Medina Period. In Meccan period, the prophet  put emphasis on tawhid, who used to adhare to politism, to adhare to monotism, that is to believe in Allah the only God. The strategy of education employed by the prophet was secret in nature. Initially, he conducated Islamic education amongst the members of his family and his companions then  to more extended cummunity. In Mecca, the Prophet made the house of al-Arqam ibn Abi Al-Arqam, as the centre of  Islamic education.  In Medinan period, the prophet conducted more complex  Islamic  education  than that  he did in Mecca. Islamic education conducted to covered  (a) Islamic brotherhood; (b) social walfare education;   and (c) nation defence education. In this period, it was mosque that served as the centre of Islamic education.

Impact of Transformational Leadership Styles of Principals on Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers

Much of the fresh literatures on effective schools have been emotionally connected to the leadership role of the school principals and teachers’ job satisfaction to the achievement of organizational outcomes. Transformational leadership theory has pitched these relations in a new perspective where supporters have claimed that transformational leaders are more able to satisfy their followers to achieve their organizational objectives compared to other styles of leadership. This study was aimed to determine the impact of transformational leadership styles of principals on job satisfaction of secondary schools teachers. The major objectives of the study were: (1) to investigate the level of transformational leadership styles of principals; (2) to identify the level of job satisfaction among secondary schools teachers and (3) to examine the relationship between transformational leadership styles of principals and job satisfaction of secondary schools teachers. To achieve the objectives, the hypotheses were tested. This study was delimited to secondary schools teachers of government male high and higher secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and all government teachers enrolled in different programs at Northern University, Nowshera. It was descriptive co relational study and survey method was used for data collection. The population for the study was all secondary schools teachers of 1166 government male high and higher secondary schools and all government teachers enrolled in various programs of Northern University in KPK. Using a convenient sampling technique, a sample of 1050 teachers from 140 schools, 20 each of seven selected districts on the basis of cultural background, was taken as sample-I. Another sample of 100 government teachers enrolled in different programs from Northern University was taken as sample-II. Two instruments i.e. MLQ and JSS were used for the collection of data in this study. Data were collected through personal visits. Data were analyzed by applying mean, standard deviation, ttest and Pearson’s correlation. The findings of the study were that principals of male high and higher secondary schools showed higher level of transformational leadership styles. The level of job satisfaction of secondary school teachers was found at a moderate level. Both the samples showed a positive and significant relationship between transformational leadership styles of principals and job satisfaction of secondary school teachers. The findings revealed no major differences in the results of collected data from two different environments and locations.