Inculcating Creativity and Innovation: A Plan of Action for Muslim Educational Systems

The real purpose of education is to inculcate students w1th a state of mind that is congenial for creativitY. and innovation. However, such IS not the case in the Muslim world. The present article is an attempt to provide a new plan of action for creativity and innovation in the Muslim world by developing an epistemology defined as the anatomy of human knowledge. The article begins with tbe present discussions of creativity and mnovation in tfie West and solutions that are primarily psychological offered. Then, an attempt is made to provide an alternative approach to the issue in the Muslimworld. The author offers an epistemology as the ground of a new philosophy of eaucation wliich mar. read to an educational system that fosters the critical attitude needed for acquiring such skiJis.