ABSTRACT

This article describes one of the first webquests that was designed to enhance middle- and secondary-school pupils’ understandings of Islam and Islamic civilisation. It also explores teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives on their experiences of the webquest’s implementation. Pupils actively participated and collaborated in conducting this web-based project by learning basic information about Islam and reflecting on their understanding of the factors that led to the rise and decline of Islamic civilisation. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through the use of pre- and post-project surveys which were disseminated among pupils, as well as by capturing feedback from the teacher through the medium of an interview. Pupils’ perspectives regarding the use of the webquest were very positive. The findings illustrate that the webquest is suitable for middle-school pupils as a web-based instructional tool for learning about Islam and Islamic civilisation. These findings highlight the potential of this particular webquest to fill a gap regarding the need for appropriate instruction for an important subject.

抽象的

本文介绍了旨在增强中学生对伊斯兰和伊斯兰文明的理解的首批网络任务之一。它还探讨了教师和学生对他们实施Webquest的经验的看法。学生通过学习有关伊斯兰教的基本信息并反思他们对导致伊斯兰文明兴衰的因素的理解，积极参与并合作开展了这个基于网络的项目。通过使用项目前和项目后调查收集了定量和定性的数据，这些调查在学生中进行了散布，以及通过访谈的方式从老师那里获得了反馈。小学生对使用webquest的观点非常积极。调查结果表明，网络查询作为学习伊斯兰和伊斯兰文明的基于网络的教学工具，非常适合中学生。这些发现凸显了该特定Webquest可能填补有关为重要主题提供适当指导的空白。