اسلام و پژوهش‌های تربیتی

The present paper seeks to present a critical review of the ontological foundations of Whitehead's process education by focusing on Allamah Tabatabai's views. Whitehead is one of the most influential philosophers in the West in recent centuries, so that his views have exerted direct influence on education and led to the development of process education. He could confront Descartes and Newton's mechanical conception and made further steps, preparing the ground for promoting a remarkable development in education by proposing the idea of fluidity n reality and interaction of God with actual beings. However, the ontological foundations of process education are open to several criticisms. In his view, actual beings are independent and a state of fluidity and their creativity is so excessive that it is too infinite to be limited even by God's will. On the other hand, as an independent being, God has eternal property, but it is a subordinate one; that is, God is in the state of perfection in His interaction with the universe. A review of Allamah Tabatabai's views show that he could not only make use of the positive results of process philosophy, but also have a clear conception of God and His relation with the universe, by resting on such ontological principles as fundamentality of existence and gradation of the being. This conception helps to provide strong ontological foundations for establishing the goals and principles of education