Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PhD student, Department of Curriculum Planning, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
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Department of Educational Sciences, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran (Corresponding Author). , dr.sasadian@gmail.com
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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: Humans need essential skills to carry out their affairs in life. Human education alone is not the answer to real needs, but Islam has addressed both material and spiritual needs so that people can achieve mental, physical, social and moral health. This study was conducted with the aim of rethinking the objectives of teaching the Islamic life skills curriculum for sixth grade students.
Materials and Methods: This research is of a mixed type due to the use of a qualitative approach as well as a quantitative approach. The first statistical population was all specialists in Islamic education, the sample size was reached by snowball method with the participation of 17 people with the theoretical saturation of information. The second statistical population was 33 curriculum specialists from various universities in the western provinces of the country, 30 of whom were selected through Cochran. The opinion of the first group was collected through a deep, semi-structured interview, in the second group, the information was collected and validated with a researcher-made questionnaire. The quantitative validity of this research in the form of face validity and reliability coefficient using Cronbach's method is .702 is. Qualitative validity of the trinity method and reliability was done with the techniques of verifiability, reliability and self-review. In the first part, after the interview, the data were summarized and analyzed in three stages of coding, and in the second part, the validation of the information was done with the single-sample t method.
Findings: A desirable model of Islamic life skills curriculum objectives was obtained with 3 main categories and 17 core categories.
Conclusion: By acquiring skills; Self-knowledge, empathy with others, knowledge of nature can achieve the skill of knowing God, and with the Islamic religious style, one can finally reach divine nearness and eternal happiness.
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