The Criteria for Selection of Educational Content from the Perspective of the Holy Quran

Educational content, which is considered a key element in any curriculum, should be selected and extracted from reliable sources based on a set of appropriate criteria. Therefore, deriving the criteria for selection of educational content from the Quran, the safest and most stable divine source for content selection, is one of the most important and most urgent issues that require taking the necessary steps. Therefore, the present study seeks to "identify the criteria for selection of educational content from the perspective of the Quran". In order to achieve the above objective, the descriptive- analytical method and documentary sources are used. The research results show that numerous criteria can be extracted from the holy Quran eight of which are dealt with in this paper: guidance, contemplation, fostering creativity, motivation, attention to various aspects of human existence, activation and active participation of the audience in the context, application in life and self-teaching.