Compatibility of Spaces Organization of Islamic Schools with the characteristics of the contemporary learning environment

Most of the Islamic schools were characterized by distinctive features, which formed a certain pattern, on space organization (building layout and spaces arrangement) and spaces relationships, as a reflection of compatibility with learning system throughout history. On the other hand, a set of characteristics of contemporary schools, both at the intellectual”, social and physical level, emerged as a “self-organizing learning environment. The research hypotheses, that there is compatibility in the spatial characteristics of the learning environment of the Islamic schools with the characteristics of the contemporary learning environment, especially with the self-organizing learning environment. The research problem identifies as“The need to determine the compatibility levels in learning environment between Islamic and contemporary schools”. The evaluation methodology was adopted by applying the characteristics of the contemporary learning environment like Openness and Connectivity on samples of Islamic schools, after analyzing the results, and determining the conclusions. The most important of these is that the contemporary ideas in learning, especially those related to the physical environment, have already been achieved in the old Islamic schools and their historical and intellectual origins are realized by modernity and modernity.