اسلام و پژوهش‌های تربیتی

Given the necessity of organizing Islamic education, some researchers tried to carry out this duty from its basic beginning and organize "the philosophy of Islamic education" first. However, there have been different approaches to "the philosophy of Islamic education" due to different approaches to "philosophy", "the relationship between religion and philosophy", "sources of religious knowledge", etc. A review and criticism of these approaches can show their merits and demerits and lead to a more comprehensive viewpoint. The present paper reviews and criticizes four existing approaches to "the philosophy of Islamic education" in Islamic Republic of Iran. It finally concludes that: 1- the main source for formulating "the philosophy of Islamic education must be Islamic sources (the Quran, tradition and intellect) while the method and content of Islamic intellectual sciences and valid empirical achievements should be used; 2- the way for active and truth-seeking interaction with other schools of thought should be prepared; 3- given the interdisciplinary nature of "the philosophy of Islamic education", methodological openness should be taken into consideration in formulating it. However, the main method is deductive method which can be used in different ways