Focus and Scope
Focus and Scope
Maqasid Tarbiyah: Journal of Islamic Education and Human Flourishing is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to advancing rigorous academic inquiry in Islamic education and its contribution to holistic human flourishing. The journal publishes original research articles, conceptual studies, literature reviews, and book reviews that integrate Islamic intellectual traditions with contemporary educational scholarship.
The journal welcomes submissions that engage with the maqasid (higher objectives) of Islamic education and explore how educational theory, policy, and practice can cultivate intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, and civic development across diverse Muslim contexts and beyond.
Areas of Focus
The journal accepts manuscripts that fall within, but are not limited to, the following thematic areas:
- Philosophy of Islamic education and maqasid-oriented pedagogy
- Islamic curriculum design, development, and evaluation
- Character and moral education from an Islamic perspective
- Pesantren, madrasah, and Islamic boarding school studies
- Higher education and Islamic university leadership
- Muslim family education and intergenerational learning
- Religious moderation, tolerance, and peace education
- Digital Islamic education, e-learning, and educational technology
- Islamic educational psychology and human development
- Islamic ethics, professional ethics, and educational leadership
- Comparative studies of Islamic and contemporary educational thought
- Teacher education, professional development, and educational policy
- Gender, inclusion, and equity in Islamic education
- Spiritual development and the cultivation of human flourishing
Accepted Methodologies
The journal welcomes a wide range of methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, as well as systematic literature reviews, bibliometric analyses, case studies, classroom action research, research and development (R&D), ethnographic studies, phenomenological inquiry, policy analysis, and conceptual or philosophical investigations grounded in the Islamic scholarly tradition.
