Education, Gülen movement
To accomplish the educational projects that Mr. Fethullah Gülen envisioned required human and financial resources. Teachers and principals were needed who were dedicated and committed to quality education and who were willing to make sacrifices to enhance the education of their students. Parents had to be willing to work with teachers and school administrators for common educational goals. And to achieve these goals philanthropic giving through the establishment of charitable trusts was necessary. …
Education
The role of the hizmet teachers is crucial in order to understand the ideational background of Gülen-inspired schools. Fethullah Gülen distinguishes between education and teaching and stresses the importance of not simply imparting knowledge but to be also responsible for building the characters of the students by teaching them moral values. According to Gülen, education will help to shape a new generation, a “golden generation” (altın nesil), that will be able to combine scientific knowledge and moral values in an effort to lead society toward its own betterment.…
Education
The commitment and hard work of teachers in Hizmet schools is a significant factor behind their academic success. Teachers are willing to work harder and for longer hours than their counterparts in other schools, and are not paid any more to do so. This willingness is referred to internally in the [Gülen] movement as fedakarlık (self-sacrifice), and is highly prized and encouraged. …
Education
Dogu Ergil Fethullah Gülen and his assistants have a long list of successes, ranging from sports to the Scientific Olympiads. The students of our schools abroad, in addition to winning the first places in the tests and contests held at…
Education, Fethullah Gülen
One of the crowning achievements of Gülen in his activism was the establishment of the tripartite educator–parent–sponsor relationship. As his approach entailed serving the whole community, Gülen persuaded parents who were paying tuition and the business owners supporting the schools that the educational opportunities offered to the financially-able families needed to be extended to the economically disadvantaged.…
Education, Islam
Doğu Ergil Are there any countries, which do not allow the [Hizmet] schools to be opened? If so, which ones? Have schools been established in countries experiencing social or political problems, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Philippines, and Bosnia Herzegovina? If…
Education, Fethullah Gülen
Yuksel A. Aslandogan, Muhammed Cetin One way to evaluate Gülen’s educational philosophy and its appeal for diverse societies from Turkey to South Africa, and from the Philippines to Romania, is to review what first motivated his philosophy and activism. Gülen…
Education
Farhod Alimuhamedov This paper is about the conditions of inter-ethnic, inter-religious and inter-class relations in Gülen schools and looks into their operation in non-Turkish and non-Muslim settings. It aims to examine the relations among young people coming from different groups.…
Education, Fethullah Gülen
Bruce Eldridge Education, according to Gülen, is a key tool in the development of society. For Gülen, education is an all-encompassing lifelong process. As an educationalist, Gülen does not confine his understanding of education to one particular facet of life.…
Education, Fethullah Gülen
Yuksel A. Aslandogan, Muhammed Cetin Fethullah Gülen’s motivational efforts started initially with teachers and potential sponsors. He went to great lengths to motivate college students to choose education as their profession. He saw altruism as the key to convincing business…
