Dogmatism and Skepticism: A Problem of Educational Systems in Islamic Societies

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2012   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v1i2.9467

Author

Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi^*

Abstract

One of the problems that the educational system in Islamic countries encountered with them is dogmatism and consequently skepticism .This dogmatism and skepticism can be scientific, religious or philosophical. Due to these dogmatism and skepticism, educational systems go toward exclusivism in its educational goals and curriculum, or also go toward doubt or negation of the other educational programs and curriculum. In this paper, after of description and explaining of the mean, concept and typology of dogmatism and skepticism we try to analysis of the effects of dogmatism and consequently skepticism in educational systems in Islamic countries and finally try to present some approaches and procedures for solving those problems.

Keywords
Dogmatism, Skepticism, Educational system, Islamic societies, Problems