اسلام و پژوهش‌های تربیتی

In general, independence refers to "not being dependent on the others" and "self-reliance", but its meaning and scope has been a matter of controversy among the experts in the field of education. Therefore, it is obviously necessary to understand the meaning and scope of the trainee’s independence as an unavoidable feature for goal- setting and taking practical measures in education. Since there are considerable differences between the Western viewpoints about the philosophy of education and those derived from the Islamic sources, in order to define the educational goals, a defensible position should be adopted. Thus, this study deals with investigating and evaluating the two mentioned perspectives about the meaning and scope of "desired independence" as the goal of religious education. According to the criteria of "attention to the necessary dimensions” and "feasibility", this comparative research describes and evaluates the mentioned views using "content analysis and logical evaluation". The results show that the overestimation of man’s intellectual ability and free will has led some western educational philosophers to assume too much independence for man, Whereas the Islamic point of view pays a special attention to the relationship between trainer and trainee, especially in religious education, takes into account the ontological limits of free will and the inadequacy of mere use of reason and proposes a reliable bulwark and a specific program for overcoming the limitations