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Foreword One

The Qur’an is a Message that encompasses the essence of all the previous Divine Revelations since the beginning of time, and it will ring true till the end of time. The process of Divine Guidance was initiated with the inauguration of human existence on the earth and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the last Messenger to be the savior of humanity, signaling the end of Divine Revelations and the Prophethood.

 

It may not be unfair to consider all former Divine Revelations a prologue for the Qur’an and all former Prophets being sent to prepare us for the arrival of Muhammad - the Seal and Gem of a Prophet - peace be upon him.

 

Millions of pages have been written to make the words of the Qur’an easily comprehensible by societies by and large in order to facilitate the use of The Book and the lessons it contains in all its wisdom and help humanity in the application of its lessons and verdicts to the capricious conditions of life.

 

In being the ultimate miracle of Allah – the Exalted and Merciful - and the abiding evidence of Allah’s Grace and Mercy, it unfolds the realities of the past and also miraculously guides human thought and action.

 

Its Message transcends the boundaries of space and time and will enter eschatological stages with mankind as a manifestation of Divine Communication with humanity.

 

It is a difficult task to bring about a comprehensive explanation of the Qur’an: an endeavor that has been a challenge for Muslim scholars since the time Shah Wali Allah first...

Congenital Heart Disease: Causes and Risk Factors Congenital Heart Disease: Causes and Risk Factors

Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is a multifactorial disorder based on both genetic and environmental factors involved in development. The basic problem lies in the structure of heart leading to CHD that occurs in walls, valves, arteries and veins of heart. During cell cycle, the gene that controls this process may mutate, causing disturbance in any portion of heart leading to disturbed blood flow, blood flow in wrong direction or complete blockage. Defect may range from simple with no manifestations to complex with severe symptoms. Simple defects need no treatment while some babies with complex birth defects during birth require special care, vaccination, medication or otherwise treated with surgery. The incidence of CHD has declined from 80 to 20% due to progress in heart surgery techniques, medical treatment and interventional cardiology. Various genetic and non-genetic increase the susceptibility for CHD. The diagnosis and treatment of CHD has greatly improved in recent years. Almost all the children with CHD survive to adulthood and spend healthy and active lives after being treated.

Using Self-Study to Explore the Teaching of Topics Perceived to Be Difficult by Students in a High School Chemistry Classroom

This study describes best practices followed in my own classroom while teaching difficult concepts of organic chemistry to twelve grade students at a private high school in Pakistan using self-study research. The focus of the study is two difficult topics identified in literature and during my ownteaching learningexperiences including stability ofcarbocationand Isomerism. This self-study explores the best practices of teaching of topics perceived to be difficult by students using a relatively new genre of research. As mentioned by Loughran (2007) self-study scholars are interested in the resolution of current problems and in the achievement of short and long-term educational reformation. The main purpose ofthe study is myintrinsic motivation of improving my own classroom teaching. I am attracted towardsself-study approachbecause I want to know more about myself as a teacher. Secondly, the identification of organic chemistry as a problem area in chemistry in Pakistan and elsewhere provides the rationale for this self-study. Moreover, it is very important for teachers to explore their own best practices that enhance student’s learning within their own classrooms and self-interactions. The discourse about best practices will help other teachersto learnwhat works best for them. The data collection procedures for this study involved my own reflective journal and my own teaching portfolio consisting of lesson plans, teaching resources and student’s reflection about teaching. The analysis of the data involvedon goinganalysis of my reflective notes, critical analysis of the reflective journal and analysis of the student’s reflections using content analysis and method of constant comparison. The major findings of the study include an overarching theme of emotional pedagogy. It was found the emotional aspect of pedagogy needs to be fully understood and incorporated within whatever is taught andspeciallythe difficult topics. Moreover, it was also revealed thatteacher’s attitudetowards a topicactually becomea stimulus for student’s learning. It was found that students feel while they learn. So the pedagogies that are planned for teaching must involve both the aspects ofstudent’sthinking and student’s feelings. Another very important finding about self-study is about using informal pedagogies such as going out of classroom settings also creates enabling environment for the student’s to grasp abstract and difficult concepts in a better way which actually decrease the anxiety among students and fear pertaining to the topic itself. However, a key finding of the self-study is improving the class ecology. The class ecology includes establishing a positive relationship between students and the topics prior to teach them
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