BIQUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION
Year:2016 | Volume:10 | Issue:21|Papers Count:9

The aim of this research is to compare the lifestyle of Shahed families with non-isargaran families in Lorestan province done through descriptive-comparative study. To this aim, 460 persons of the family householders were selected through random sampling. the sample was calculated through Kocran formula. The data about Islamic lifestyle questionnaire (ILST) in ten parameters (social aspects, worshiping issues, beliefs, ethical issues, financial issues, familial issues, physical health, actional and intellectual issues, security issues, time management ) were gathered and analyzed using SPPS-19.The findings revealed that in worshiping, beliefs, ethical, financial, familial, physical, intellectual, and security parameters meaningful differences (p<.05). there was, however, no difference in social function and time management. Also, there were no differences between males and females in the whole inventory of lifestyle. The only difference is between the whole inventory of lifestyle and its sub-parameters based on level of education and time management. It can be concluded that planning and education aiming at reinforcing Islamic lifestyle seems necessary.

This research is an attempt to provide a picture of childhood and the aims of introductory activities through presupposing Islamic action approach and the anthropological framework. The methodology of the research is conceptual generalization. To this aim, firstly, necessary conditions of mediational goals are inferred through transcendental analysis in order to elucidate the those childhood conditions that can be actualized. Some of the goals are as follows: health, purity and power of the body, initial familiarity with religious teachings such as human messages, concepts, customs, and manifestation of religion, increasing the capability of selection, fondling with internal wills, and increase in tendency toward benevolence.

This article, through classical experimental design research approach, investigates the effects of Quranic-elementary schools teachings, as extracurricular programs, on the Quranic reading skill of the students. To this aim, the city of Bardeskan was selected for the study and the sample was divided into two groups, namely treatment and control. Each of the groups were tested before and after the classes on reading skills. The only difference was that the control group did not take part in the classes. The findings revealed that these educational courses had paramount effect on the reading skill of the elementary students. According the statistics used in the study- mean, standard deviation, network charts, non-parametric tests and especially ANCOVA, it was revealed that accent has showed the most effect. The findings also revealed significant difference in terms of gender. Therefore, it can be claimed that Quranic teachings has had positive effects on the elementary students and at least has achieved some of its goals.

The aim of this research is to investigate the role of active teaching on self-motivation of the learners to prayer. To this aim, a qualitative study of a workshop on teaching applied concepts of prayer in terms of how the content factors, assessment, learning activities and the student-teacher relations can influence on self-motivation of the learners to prayer were selected as the main research questions. Judgments, selections, and desires of 83 participants in the workshop were used as the inferential source and evaluation of the extent of motivation after the workshop were gathered through interviews and observations. Analysis of data based on conceptual map reveals that on the basis of the issues and learning situation as well as the extent of internal self-motivation (challenge, curiosity, imagination, and control) in the key elements of the learning-teaching process (content, learning activities, assessment, and learner-teacher relations) and consequently preparation for active participation (mental, actional) of the learners along with emotional and positive experiences will make a considerable growth in internal motivation of the learners to learning and self-motivated behaviors especially fidelity to prayer. Moreover, use of well-educated and capable instructors as well as paying attention to the role of family particularly in religious education can facilitate the process.

Superiority of affirmative aspect of education over negative aspect, , and continuous attacks of propogational and cultural plans and programs at schools and cultural centers which are presented without considering the principle of edification (preparation and motivating) is a serious challenge in education; this, in its own turn, causes incongruence and sometimes contradiction between the inputs and outputs. This paper is an attempt to compare the negative aspect of education conceptualized through Quranic edification with affirmative aspect, from theoretical, approach and methodological side in order to refer back to the Quranic and mystic –induced pattern. Two basic interpretations in the edification as negative education approach are monotheistic slogan, "there is no God but Allah" and the next slogan" from Allah we come and to him we refer" in the first of which negation of what deviates us from our disposition and in the second of which referring and elevating restitution to existent thematics and attempt to actualize them.

Considering that one of the important criteria in the custom of AHL Al Beyt is fighting chaos of disunity and epidemizing the spirit of sympathy in different thinking and behavioral aspects in society in order to achieve a positive resultant in the completion of the society; the aim of this paper is to answer the question " what appropriates such customs in establishing social sympathy?". The methodology used in the study is documentary-analytic toward drawing features of complete and agreeable society and concluded that the lifestyle of the AHL Al Beyt, in confronting opposite thoughts and behaviors, is based on variety along with blocking deviant ways and on the representing the very righteousness through challenges of thoughts and valid and organized perspectives on the bases of intellectual principles and limit will of God.

The aim of this study is achieving a developmental theory of morality congruent with thinking and philosophical basics which can cover all the effective parameters of morality and rank the moral development. the methodology used in the study is descriptive- analytic. The findings revealed that moral development has five parameters which consisted of four basic parameters of personal (knowledge, emotions, faith, and moral habits) and a background parameters (healthy society and moral patterns). The development of all these parameters is a necessary condition for the maturity and development of morality. Then, the trilateral levels of development (levels of humane morality, levels of normal religious morality, levels of mystic religious morality) are elucidated and explained. Eventually, based on the findings, some guidelines are suggested for improvement of moral education programs.

The aim of this paper is to investigate methods of teaching unity of Divine Actions in Quran. Unity of Divine Actions is one of the levels of unity and has several instances the most important of which is unity in Creation, unity in Lordship, and unity in Ownership. Utilizing the principles of interpretation, this research reveals that in order to teach instances of unity of Divine Actions Quran uses methods such as presupposition, direct inspiration, directing attention to instinctive nature of Divine Actions, thought-provoking, argumentation, provoking emotions and feelings, presenting objective instances, and reporting the real events.