My Pedagogic Creeds from John Dewey at 1897, still exist and relevant until now. School must be a part of society. I read it from Sage Publication book printed at 2006, Critical Issues in Education: An Anthology of Reading. School as a part of community. Teachers must facilitate students to learn about social life.
I remember my last teachers at Islamic Boarding School done. They made an Islamic boarding school as miniature of society. We students prepared to be survive at the society. We learn 24 hours in a day. Every aspect of boarding school life is an education. Nobody can escape from rules conducted here. The strict rules must be conducted for us as teenagers at sex separated boarding school. We live together at a big room with 20 - 40 students each. We are learn to be a cadre of ummah, cadre of nation. We educated like spartan did. Many activities can be choosen by students here, depend on our interest. Sports,Craft, Arts, Computer, Scientific Research, Journalism etcetra.
Years after graduated from boarding school, I found my self work at university. My friends have varies job like traders, chef, bussiness men, travel agent, Writers, ustadz, lecturer, political party activist, lawyer, artist, event organizer, etcetra. That is the results from a system that give a strong spirit to their students to spread Islamic values whenever and whereever you are. What was Dewey said, have been done absolutely by KH Imam Zarkasy and his brothers at Islamic Boarding School Darussalaam, Gontor Ponorogo Indonesia
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