Curriculum Development
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The main aim of the present study is developing and validating learning opportunities of rational curriculum in Islamic resources. The research method was Mixed Method and the qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to carry it out. The statistical sampling in the qualitative section consisted ...
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The main aim of the present study is developing and validating learning opportunities of rational curriculum in Islamic resources. The research method was Mixed Method and the qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to carry it out. The statistical sampling in the qualitative section consisted of all curriculum experts, out of whom 11 were selected using goal-oriented sampling. The quantitative statistical sampling comprised of 352 elementary school teachers whom were selected using cluster sampling. The research data were collected from content analyzing, semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire. In order to determine the validity, content validity and to check the structural validity, operating analysis, and to estimate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cranach’s alpha coefficient was used. The findings showed that the results obtained in the qualitative section are in agreement with those obtained from the qualitative section. According to the research results, learning opportunity in rational curriculum is strengthening senses especially eyesight and hearing of students; contemplation on nature and discovering its inherent order; inquisitiveness and inquiry; and increasing and constructing knowledge.
masoud safaeimoghadam; A.r. Rashidi; M.J. Pakseresht
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Ascertaining the status of reason and rationality is one of the basic concerns of philosophy of education. In this exposition an effort will be made to, based on the Islamic teaching, investigate the situation of reason in an Islamic system of education. For this purpose, to begin with an analysis into ...
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Ascertaining the status of reason and rationality is one of the basic concerns of philosophy of education. In this exposition an effort will be made to, based on the Islamic teaching, investigate the situation of reason in an Islamic system of education. For this purpose, to begin with an analysis into the meaning, both lexical and topical, of the term reason (Aql) is made and the significance of reason and rationality in the Islamic literary tradition is touched upon; then, bearing the Islamic origins and domain of rationality in mind, the various dimensions of rationality are explored and explained and a number of important questions regarding reason, particularly concerning its potentials and limitations, its individual and social essence, and its relationships with sensation and emotions, on the one hand, and with action and particularly ethical actions, on the other, are explored. In the end, laying some emphasis on the fundamental characteristics of reason, gathered from the above –mentioned questions, a number of educational implications in areas of methodology and curriculum are drawn.
M. Safaei Moghaddam
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For educationalists, especially those who are working on moral education, it is crucial to establish a relation between morality and reason. This is because the moral theories can be regarded as foundations for moral education only if they see morality as a rational matter and moral statements as cognitive ...
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For educationalists, especially those who are working on moral education, it is crucial to establish a relation between morality and reason. This is because the moral theories can be regarded as foundations for moral education only if they see morality as a rational matter and moral statements as cognitive statements. In this article, the theory of ethical egoism will be examined by referring to its relation with reason and rationality. In order to explain the problems besetting the matter, and to defend the rationality of ethical egoism, some suggestons for solving the problems will be made. At the end, by providing an interpretation of ethical egoism on the basis of which this theory is shown not to be against altruism but a kind of altruism, the rationality of ethical egoism will be defended. On this basis, the theory of ethical egoism can be seen as moral a theory which provides groundwork for moral educational theory.
