A conceptual analysis of citizenship fostering process and dimensions

The concept of citizenship fostering and the role of education in developing it in the era of globalization has become one the most focus of interests among the educators in different countries as well as in various schools. Considering the importance of this issue, this paper attempts to analyze this concept and its stages and dimensions from the point of view of Islam. This research is developed in a qualitative paradigm using a documentary method of data gathering and a descriptive- interpretive approach to analyze the data. Results of the study reviled that, in the Islamic school of thought, there has been a profound view of citizenship fostering in regard to Islamic philosophic components such as ontology, epistemology and axiology, as well as, the citizenship dimensions such as cognitive-attitude, motivational-emotional and behavioral-practical. Finally, a conceptual framework for the development of citizenship from the perspective of Islam is presented, which is based on the worldview and the above-mentioned dimensions.