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Küresel dünyada kültürel birliktelik: Azınlık bağlamında asabiyet uygulamaları
Full text linkGlobalization precedes indigenous cultural particularism while promoting single culture aligning to European nature. Dissolving of indigenous culture has created tension in Muslim minorities. This article, therefore, examines the concept of Asabiyyah of Ibn Khaldun and its implication for the Muslims live in non-Muslim country. The concept of Asabiyyah describes social solidarity by affirming cohesion based on ethnicity and faith. The culture of a community will be protected if Asabiyyah is strong among the members of that community. The researcher studied the methodology of Syed Nursi in protecting cultural solidarity in Turkey from Asabiyyah perspective and examines the prospect of adopting similar procedure to intensification of Asabiyyah among Muslim minority of Sri Lanka.Küreselleşme, temelinde Avrupalılık olan tek kültür birliğini desteklerken, yerli kültürel birlikteliğin de önüne geçmektedir. Yerli kültürün bozulması Müslüman azınlıklar arasında gerilim oluşturmaktadır. Bu makale İbn Haldun’un asabiyet kavramını ve bu kavramın gayrı müslim ülkelerde yaşayan Müslümanlar üzerindeki uygulamalarını incelemektedir. Asabiyet kavramı, toplumsal dayanışmayı inanç ve etnik köken temelli birlik olarak tanımlar. Eğer toplumun üyeleri arasındaki asabiyet bağı güçlü ise toplumun kültürü korunmuş olur. Araştırmada, asabiyet perspektifinden Said Nursi’nin Türkiye’deki kültürel dayanışmayı koruma metodu ve Sri Lanka’daki Müslüman azınlıklar arasındaki asabiyetin kuvvetlenmesini sağlayacak benzer yöntemlerin kullanılması ihtimali incelenmiştir
Application of Design-Based Research (DBR) in Computer Education
No full textSri Lanka is a South Asian country with a population of 23 million. In addition to a high literacy, Sri Lanka enjoys a high life expectancy of 74.9, an educated population, good infrastructure, low population growth, and excellent geographical conditions. However, it is still be listed as a developing country. Although there are many issues contribute to this situation, less computer literacy plays a major role. Since the computer literacy rate is only 36.0, Sri Lanka took initiatives to improve computer education. However, these initiatives are not successful due to many reasons such as issues in infrastructure, curriculum, teaching, parenting, motivation, English language and social capital. Hence, this chapter evaluates the current approaches to computer education in the country. This chapter employed the library research method and used content analysis to interpret the data. The finding shows the possibility of applying DBR to improve computer education in Sri Lanka. © 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Strategies to manage the ethnic diversity in Sri Lanka: Social cohesion through education
No full textDiversity has become a challenge in many communities for their socioeconomic and political development. Overlooking the positives benefits of diversity, considerable attention has been given to negative aspect instead. Hence, there is a potential to build a rich civilization through proper management of diversity. Education plays a key role in managing the diversity by enhancing social identity of children. Hence, this research aims at explaining the strategies and plans adopted by the education ministry in Sri Lanka to promote social cohesion and exploring the challenges that faced by the decision makers in implementing these strategies and plans in schools. For this purpose, the present study employed a qualitative research methodology based on textual and document analysis along with open-ended interview protocol. Nine people who are in decision-making position in the process of implementation in different levels; national, provincial, zonal and school were selected for the interview. This research used interviews, textual and document analysis to collect the data. Curtailment of cultural acceptance, insufficient awareness on multiculturalism, segregated system of schooling; inadequate trained-teachers and poor coordination were found in this study as major challenges to promote social cohesion through education. This research recommends addressing these issues prior to implement the strategies on social cohesion in order to maximize the result
Development of an Organisational Framework for Madrasah Education in Sri Lanka
Full text linkMadrasah education in Sri Lanka has been studied for a long time, but no organisational framework has been proposed yet. This study is aimed at developing an organisational framework for madrasah education. A Nominal group technique, Interpretive structural modelling, and Fuzzy Delphi methods are used to design, develop and evaluate the framework. Nineteen subject matter experts were involved in this study. The proposed framework comprises five authority levels of ten domains with thirty influential elements. The domains and framework achieved 100% agreement among experts. The organisational framework can solve the madrasah's real-world challenges with robust theoretical underpinning and practical and actionable solutions
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Tracing the Origins and Development of Madrasah Education in Sri Lanka
Full text linkThe Madrasah education system in Sri Lanka, established in the late 19th Century, has long been an important aspect of the country’s educational landscape. This study explores the establishment, development, and contextual relevance of Madrasah education in Sri Lanka, focusing on its ability to address contemporary challenges. An integrative literature review, grounded in Phillips and Ochs’ theory of education policy borrowing, was employed to examine the historical and current state of Madrasah education. The findings reveal that Madrasah education in Sri Lanka has evolved through three distinct phases: the Monolithic Madrasah before colonization (pre-1505 CE), Indigenous religious Madrasah during colonization (1505 CE to the late 19th Century), and the Indian Model Madrasah that persists today. Despite its historical significance, contemporary Madrasah education has failed to adapt to the country’s socio-political and educational developments. These findings highlight the need for a comprehensive reform to ensure the relevance of Madrasah education, offering valuable insights for policymakers and educators to enhance the integration of Madrasahs into Sri Lanka’s broader educational system
An analysis on Takaful operation under conventional regulator: A Sri Lankan experience
Full text linkIn this contemporary world, insurance plays a significant role in the affairs of a human being. It has become inevitable in the life of people. This study aimed at analysing the operations of Takāful (Islamic insurance) companies that are regulated by the Civil Law and finding their core regulatory issues in Sri Lanka. This study highlights the role of Sharīʻah Advisory Council in Takāful industry in Sri Lanka as this council formulates policies and guidelines, and ensures the investment and operation in line with Sharīʻah principles. The research also discusses core issues relating to Islamic insurance such as operation, investment, reporting and separation of funds. It argues that there is a need for the Muslim Leaders as well as the Sharīʻah scholars, Takāful operators and academics to be effectively involved in designing a framework for Takāful regulations in Sri Lanka. Finally, the research recommends the establishment of a regulatory council that will be responsible for the formulation of Takaful Law in that will be similar to that of the Malaysian Islamic Financial Service Act 2013 (IFSA), in Sri Lanka
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