Extracting Principles of Cultural Education from Islamic Doctrines

Islamic doctrines stress the importance of providing man with cultural education and consider it among the prerequisites for man’s perfection, and the greatest responsibility in this respect lies with the education institution, which is one of the main centers of reviving individual characteristics and capabilities and which has an effective role in developing individuals’ personality and potentiality and shaping their behavior. This research seeks to recognize and investigate some of the principles of cultural education which are detected in Qur’nic verses and the teachings of the Infallible Imams (pbut). The research uses a descriptive-analysis method, and, in order to gather the data required for achieving the research purposes, the available texts related to the research were collected by using note-taking forms and analyzed qualitatively. The findings show that religion seeks through a special worldview to offer spiritually-orientated principles, manners and bio-cultural instructions.