In religious schools, we don’t have a cooperative education of our children based on religion – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
Mehr News Agency – Religion and Thought Group – Samaneh Nourizadeh Qasri: The place of religious education in the structure of education and in schools is one of the current, important and epoch-making issues of our Islamic society. One of the most important concerns of the country’s education system is what and how to produce and supply religious educational content and planning for the correct transfer of said content to children and teenagers, especially in kindergartens and schools. On the other hand, this period is the most important stage in the formation of the personality of children and teenagers and is one of their most sensitive ages. This period is the best time to familiarize more students with religious texts and the Holy Quran. Therefore, the importance of education in this era, as well as the formation of human personality in the childhood stage and the intersection of the two, indicate the twin and extraordinary role of dignity in a person’s human life and, consequently, his social life.
With the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, religious education became the top of the country’s educational system. After four decades of the Islamic Revolution, it is necessary to recognize and improve the state of religious education in schools. Researches as well as the social situation of Iran show that religious education in institutions is not very efficient and is far from its ideal point. Mehr news agency He is trying to discuss this important issue during reports and you can find the collection of reports in Here look.
In the fifth part of the series of reports on the challenges of religious education in the school, Ba Seyyed Kamil Hosseini Sexual education researcher and cultural group manager Armana We had a conversation, the first part of which you will read below:
Seyyed Kamil Hosseini, sex education researcher and cultural group manager Armana In a conversation with Mehr, he said: In the field of religious education, we must create three things for our children: first is a healthy vision, second is correct and healthy tendencies, and third is correct behavior. That is, if we want to educate the generation of children religiously so that they reach good and high spiritual horizons, we must work on their worldview, interests and Abominations match on behavioral and external actions.
He continued: When we work on these three things, all of these are present in the religious view. In fact, faith, which in a sense is vision, righteous action will be our behavioral action or the subject. Tully And the ax that can be our tendency in the religious view, to work in religious branches. So we must work on these three issues in religious education.
Emphasizing on 5 areas in the system of dealing with children, Hosseini said: One of these areas is the unconscious of children, which is effective in their education. The personality of the teacher is influenced by the personality of the teacher, even unconsciously, in the religious view, looking at the world has been called worship. Because we say that an unconsciousness of that person’s personality and the world can affect our existence, what should it look like in the education system? In religious education, we should be aware of what kind of personality teachers have, whether they are self-made or not, and the unconsciousness that this personality affects children becomes important. Are children raised in education by teachers with morals or was there someone who became a teacher because of the need for a job? Unfortunately, some people are not trained in such a way that they see themselves in the position of humanization, and when they did not train and nurture this character in themselves, my son also became a human being under his hand. construction He will not have it.
Unfortunately, some people are not trained in such a way that they see themselves in the position of humanization, and when they did not train and nurture this character in themselves, my son also became a human being under his hand. construction He will not have it
He continued: One of the main pillars that is necessary for the education of an adult is to tie his or her soul to the soul of a great teacher. During our educational years, because of getting to know a great person or a teacher whom we loved, the future path Mann It has changed and unfortunately we have these weaknesses from this point of view. In the dimension of religious education, the space is not the space of perfection, prophethood and humanization, but in a sense, it is the space of work. Making money is a good thing, but how one feels is very different. How do I feel about going to school every day? How much do I have to work on myself for this child to hear from me?
Referring to other important elements, Hosseini said: The second part is the space of habits and traditions host that makes human beings. Habits and traditions are the conditions of my school, space, ecosystem, design, architecture and facilities of a school. For example, how is the school prayer room? Does it have a prayer room at all? Is the prayer room an attractive environment for children, or is it an ordinary room that smells like feet or has a dirty carpet? Is school a place of understanding and knowledge? Does the library have a beautiful and attractive scientific atmosphere or are they arranged a few books as a library where no one goes and no one comes and it is not attractive? Is the school designed according to the gender of the children? That is, when may I will come I will tell the school that I have come to a girl’s school or a boy’s school or not? Is it designed according to the child’s age or not? The sum of the answers to these questions will ultimately determine the school’s ecosystem.
Religiosity is a spectrum
In response to the question that in some schools these cases have happened in the highest quality, but sometimes we do not see a proportional output, Hosseini continued: There are several points. The first point is that the zero space and a hundred We should not imagine in religion. Religiosity is a spectrum and we don’t have people with religion and people without religion. We have people who are religious in different spectrums. M It is important in which part of this spectrum religion is placed. Is he a prayer person? from tahajd Is? Either he only fasts, he doesn’t even fast, or he is against religion. Some of these so-called non-profit schools, you will find that sometimes their name is religious, but non-religious behaviors are carried out in them, which may cause resentment. The title of the school does not necessarily indicate that the child is guided by a religious system, but it can be said that good schools that do religious work have a more defensible output than public schools.
The title of the school does not necessarily indicate that the child is guided by a religious system, but it can be said that good schools that do religious work have a more defensible output than public schools.
This educational researcher continued: “There is a new atmosphere where I, who want my child to be a good person from the point of view of religion, am ready to put pressure on myself, to cut my own life and send my child to a non-profit school because I think he will have a better outcome.” had And this is a very bad weakness, but it shows that the difference is somewhat effective. We are also in religious schools mechanism We do not educate our children based on religion. Everything we say about the school is a part of the education system and in the new environment where the media plays a big role, they make the education environment very complicated.
Hosseini emphasizing that we We believe that the environment for girls should be for girls, he said: girls should be able to girlhood to express themselves, but unfortunately we don’t have such a thing in education, the education of our boys and girls is similar or, for example, in rural schools, boys and girls sit in class and are given the same education. Therefore, the school has nothing to do with nature, but from the point of view of religion and sociology of religion, when we distance man from nature, we believe in God Ash is impacted by. For example, the child is no surprise Oh you He has not seen any growth and birth in nature, he has not seen the sky and the greatness of creation, so that he is asked why these things happen. We built a school isolated from nature, and why should a child get religious education in it?
Children have a gap in religious modeling
This child education expert named children’s interests as another part of this education and said: Children’s interests mean “likes and dislikes”. Hi it is them We have to see what an attractive space for children in Parts of Did we provide different schools and different aspects of art to teach the concepts to the children with an aesthetic view? How much did we try to teach children good examples in the education system? We have a challenge when a child in the media environment with Tens celebrity And the role model and the hero face each other and he has a gap in the religious model. We must introduce living models for our generation, models around them and in the new space of the world so that they can relate to it more easily take. So I must know how to set a role model for the child according to his age. These superheroes in the society set a role model and identity for our children. How can I expect a religious generation when our child’s role model comes from an anti-religious culture? Why don’t I have a good hero? Why haven’t we planned? These are very important questions that after several decades we still could not create a good example for our children and this the voids It harms our society. The next space is the space of interests and heroes and role models Hi They are our children. If we look at the Qur’an, we will realize that the Qur’an, which came to guide mankind and guide the whole of history, has a lot of stories. The principles of beliefs have been told less, but the story of Prophet Noah (pbuh), Prophet Abraham (pbuh), and Prophet Jesus (pbuh) has been told and it gives us a model. We have deleted and not addressed it properly.
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