Methodological Explanation and Critique of the Conceptual Analysis of Education in Research on "An Introduction to the Education Philosophy of the Islamic Republic of Iran"

The purpose of this research is methodologically explain and evaluate the conceptual analysis process of "education" in the research entitled as:"Introduction to the philosophy of education of the Islamic Republic of Iran" (Bagheri 2010) and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of this process and its results. This process has been explained by retrospective analysis and external and internal critique. To achieve the objectives of the study, the conceptual analysis process used to define “education” in the “research” is methodologically explained, leading to the identification of seven methodological assumptions for this process. Then, its methodological assumptions are evaluated on the basis of a set of criteria that explain the methodology of processing educational concepts in the philosophy of education with an Islamic approach. These criteria are: 1-. Attitude to the philosophy of education as a product of human productive reason which can only be attributed to religion if it is inspired by religious texts and the educational practices of religion 2. The concept of education as a normative matter of credit and the product of human invention (albeit according to the needs and realities of human life).3- Using controversial reasoning in definition the concept of education 4-Considering educational concepts as a product of human creativity ( with meeting efficiency and indigenous and social needs and being proportionaal to worldview and accepted value system as a criterion for validating educational concepts. (not conforming to the objecive facts or content of religious texts)