Weakness of Society and Absence of Ethnicity in the Formal Education System of Iran before the Islamic Revolution

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Phd student at Allameh Tabataba'i University

2 Faculty member of Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

This article examines the weakness of society in formal education policies in Iran as a threat. In different contexts and periods, a pattern of education often appears in the service of the individual, in the service of society, or in the service of government. In this article, by reviewing the lineage of Iran's formal education system in historical events and dominant rationality, we examined if the weakness or absence of society in Iran's formal education system before the Islamic Revolution has prevented the possibilities of formation of a unified collective identity. The findings showed that the content of the courses and the rationality of the educational programs acted in the direction of identity assimilation by eliminating the capital of identity pluralities. In addition, it is revealed that geography produces a special imagination that produces a kind of ethnic nationalism. The history lesson tries to construct a collective identity based on race by presenting an idealistic and mythical narrative of ancient history and a selective approach to historical periods and personalities. In addition, uniformity, by transcending geography and history, by spreading to all the objective and mental realms of the student, penetrated language and culture.

Keywords

References

Aldridge, David, Rousseau pedagogical hermenuticsand some implications for moral education, in: David lewin and others(ed), New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education, published 2014, BLOOMSBURY and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, p.p. 77-90.
Curren, Randall, A neo-Aristotelian account of education, justice, and the human good, in: Theory and Research in Education 11(3) 231–249 ©The Author(s) 2013. Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.
Deacon, Roger. Michel Foucault on education: a preliminary theoretical overview, in: South African Journal of Education Copyright © 2006 EASA Vol 26(2)177–187.
Kristjansson, Kristjan, Flourishing as the Aim of Education A Neo-Aristotelian View, First published, Routledge 2020.
Rawls, John. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press.
Walzer, Michael. (1990). The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism. Political Theory, 18(1), 6- 23.
Walzer, Michael. (1982). Spheres of Justice: A defense of pluralism and equality. Copyright by Basic Book, Printed in the United State of America.
Journal of Curriculum Studies
Volume 18, Issue 69 - Serial Number 69
با تمرکز بر فعالیت شاگردان در مدرسه
July 2023
Pages 69-90

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 15 November 2022
  • Revise Date: 28 April 2022
  • Accept Date: 21 May 2023

Share

How to cite

Statistics