Abstract—Islam encourages collaboration in all aspects of life,
in which leadership and teamwork play important roles. This
Islamic obligation is pursued by the Malaysian Ministry of
Higher Education’s “Teaching and Learning Taxonomy;” in
which leadership and teamwork are among some of the basic
soft skills that must be developed throughout the students’ study
duration of the Malaysian students in tertiary educational
institutions. Thus, the architecture faculty takes the challenge by
instigating collaborative setting in most of the courses offered.
This paper aims to discuss on Islamic perspective of
collaboration, with special reference to the
Integrated
Multi-disciplinary course. It has the objective to examine the
effectiveness of the
Integrated Multi-disciplinary course, in
instilling collaborative capability of leadership and teamwork,
among undergraduate architectural students at International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). This research uses
quantitative method to achieve its objective. Questionnaires
were distributed among all architectural students who took the
course, with n=105. Two-third of the respondents either agreed
or strongly agreed that the Integrated Multi-disciplinary Course
has effectively developed students’ leadership and teamwork
skills. Indeed, the application of the Islamic standpoint on
collaborative setting of architectural education would develop
better graduates to lead the
ummah, particularly in the Islamic
built-environment.
Index Terms—Architectural education, collaborative skill,
leadership skill, Islamic built-environment, teamwork skill.
Fadzidah Abdullah, Aida Kesuma Azmin, and Nurul Hamiruddin Salleh
are with Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and
Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, 53100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (e-mail: fadzidah@iium.edu.my;
aida_kesuma@iium.edu.my; hamiruddin@iium.edu.my).
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Cite: Fadzidah Abdullah, Aida Kesuma Azmin, and Nurul Hamiruddin Salleh, " Developing Graduates’ Collaboration Skill Based on
Islamic Perspective through Integrated Multi-Disciplinary
Course in the Built Environment," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 117-121, 2014.