Authors
1
Department of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2
Department of Social Sciences, Tehran East Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3
Department of Communication Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 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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