Document Type : Research
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Islam attaches special importance to morality and early childhood (the golden age of education). In order to achieve a native-Islamic model for early childhood moral education, in addition to examining moral education in religious teachings (the Quran and Hadith), it is also necessary to examine the thoughts of Muslim thinkers in this period. Examining the views of Masha'i thinkers (the first Islamic school of education) in this case is one of the first steps in presenting a model. In this article, with the aim of examining the nature and why of moral education in early childhood, the works of Masha'i thinkers were examined using a descriptive-analytical method and the concept, goals, factors, and content of moral education in this period were identified. The findings indicate that; from the point of view of Masha'i thinkers, moral education of children in early childhood is not only possible and necessary, but it is not appropriate to neglect it. The ultimate goal of moral education in this period is happiness and some of its intermediate goals include; obedience and respect for parents, teaching ethics before other sciences, and helping and correcting manners. Effective factors in two categories; Human factors and environmental factors are introduced, and some of the most important virtues that the content of this course seeks to achieve are: contentment, patience, humility, chastity of speech, and chastity of the abdomen.
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