Message of Ayatullah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei on the Occasion of Workers’ and Teachers’ Day
The Responsibility of Teachers and Workers in the Nation’s Progress The 11th and 12th of Ordibehesht (April 30th and May 1st) are…
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Explaining Student Silence from the Perspective of the Islamic Approach to Action and Its Educational Implications in Pedagogical Interaction
By Khosrow Bagheri, Narges Sadat Sajjadieh, Saeed Azadmanesh and Zahra Bateni Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran Introduction The experience of being present…
The Evolution of Child Educational Studies in the Past Century of the Qom Seminary
The Evolution of Child Educational Studies in the Past Century of the Qom Seminary By: Hasan Najafī – Assistant Professor, Department of…
The Sacred Struggle: Writing for the Salvation of the Youth From 1965 to 1978
The Sacred Struggle: Writing for the Salvation of the Youth From 1965 to 1978 By Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan | Translated by Sayyid…
A Progressive & Leading Seminary: Ayatullah Khamenei’s Message on the 100th Year Anniversary of the Establishment of the Qom Seminary
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and…
The State of Education at the End of the 20th Century
This paper was published in: Volume 4, Issues 14-15 (Consecutive Issue 14), Khordad 1377 (June 1998) in the following journal: The Scientific-Research…
Religiosity & Civilization – An Elementary School Book From 1912
This analysis is written by Shaykh Rasul Jafariyan and translated by Sayyid Ali Imran A book titled Tadayyun va Tamaddon (Religiosity and…
Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies (Overview)
Today, I had a book presentation for one of my classes on Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and…
Out of Seminary Educational Experiences (Part 2): Lecturing in the City of Ahram
Read Part 1: Out of Seminary Educational Experiences: The Bakhtiari Nomads in the Shirez Canyon Exactly a decade ago, during the week…
Teacher Training: The Most Important Factor in Shaping the Future
Since I got involved in schooling and education just over three years ago, one of the biggest gaps I saw was the…
Division of Sciences From the Perspective of Pre-Modern Scholars
[Source – By Dr. Maryam Kiyani Farid] It may be as important and fundamental to understand human knowledge and its place in…
Integrating Game-Design Elements to Teach Propositional Logic & Logical Fallacies
The Philosophy for Children Co-operative (P4C) is a pedagogic approach developed by Mathew Lipman that centres on teaching thinking skills and the…
Why Teachers Need to Learn Philosophy of Training & Education
This is an abridged translation of a paper published in 2008 by Dr. Shaheen Irwani, Dr. Mohammed-Reza Sharafi and Murad-Yari Dehnawi, from…
Systematic Hadith Studies Program: Seven Valleys, Forty Stations
By Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Tabatabai Abstract: Hadith studies or the study of Hadith literature is one of the essential requirements for an…
Experience at the 6th Annual Islamic Schools Conference in Melbourne, Australia
On August 19th and 20th, I had the opportunity to attend the 6th Annual Islamic Schools Conference in Melbourne, Australia, organized by…
Theology for Muslim Educators – Lesson 2
This is an abridged transcript of the second lesson on Theology for Muslim Educators. If you are interested in watching the recordings…
The Hegemony of Knowledge and Academic Terrorism vs. Desire of the Aspirant In the Etiquettes of the Teacher and Student
Translation & Editing: Sayyid Burair Abbas Proofreading & Review: Dr. Muhammad Jaffer Introduction Some Western researchers have adopted an interesting academic perspective…
Out of Seminary Educational Experiences: The Bakhtiari Nomads in the Shirez Canyon
When reflecting upon various learning and growth opportunities I experienced during my time in the seminary of Qom between 2012 to 2021,…
Theology for Muslim Educators – Lesson 1
This is an abridged transcript of the first lesson on Theology for Muslim Educators. If you are interested in watching the recordings…
The Crisis of Spiritual Decline: Analyzing its Reasons and Proposing Solutions
Translated by Muhammad Jaffer and edited by Sayyid Burair Abbas In the current materialistic age, one of the major causes of estrangement…
Iqra Companion to Seminary Studies (3): Study Guide for Epistemology, Logic & Philosophy
Epistemology (Ma‘rifat Shināsī, Naẓarīyyat al-Ma‘rifah) Unfortunately, despite its importance, epistemology is typically not formally taught within seminaries at the introductory level, although…
Iqra Companion to Seminary Studies (2): Study Guide for Arabic
Study Guide What follows is a study guide for students who enter the seminaries with the intention of getting a better understanding…
Iqra Companion to Seminary Studies (1): Intentions & Goals
Many seminary students get constantly bombarded with messages regarding how to move to the seminary, how to financially budget and plan for…
Criticism – Basis, Legitimacy and Supportive Environment
By Shaykh Haydar Hobbollah – article here, video here. Introduction What I would like to briefly discuss is the culture of criticism…
The Problem of Frustration and Regression in The Path of Students of Knowledge
The following is an abridged translation of a seminar given by Shaykh Haydar entitled “The Problem of Frustration and Regression in The…
Short Course: Introduction to Ḥadīth Sciences (Summer 2018)
As the Orientalist and civil servant Sir William Muir (1819–1905) served in India for the British government, it was not long before…
How to Develop Affinity with Hadīth
Below is a translated transcript of advice given be Āyatullah Mufīdī Yazdī to seminary students in one of his classes. He is…
