A review of superstitionism in Iran and the world and the educative strategies to deal with it

One of the perennial problems of the society is the existence of superstitionism and the belief in it. Factors and contexts of superstitionism exist in all countries, rituals and religions and seek to distort the reality such as a backward cover. Schools of superstition grow one after another and a large number of uninformed people (including Iran) are absorbed toward it every day. Based on the above-mentioned introduction, we seek to take an educational look and employ a descriptive method via the qualitative analysis of data and answer this question that, what position superstitionism has in Iran and what sorts of educational strategies can be provided for that? Findings revealed that superstitionism is the outgrowth of different historical periods and its effects are devastating and sometimes irreversible. Moreover, we need to have an educational approach to treat this social problem. Two educational, rational and mystical strategies are recommended. The basic objective of rational and spiritual education is training aware and mindful people, who have based their thinking on correct and logical reasoning and investigate different aspects of matters with comprehensive and profound ideas and show high flexibility in dealing with real-world issues.