Methods for Child Social Education Based on Quran and Nahjulbalaghah

Education has been a focus of attention of various religions and schools of thought for centuries. There are different dimensions to education. A leading dimension is social education. For social education, too, the best period is childhood since it is a very good time and opportunity for every type of social learning. The socialization trend is faster in childhood. As a self-contained religion, Islam is the divine way of living to people. Its teachings can be used as a valuable and efficient source of extracting and explaining educational methods. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to develop child social education methods based on the Quran and Nahjulbalaghah. Subsequent to explorations and scrutiny of the existing sources accomplished both descriptively and analytically, a total of six methods for child education emerged. Further, recommendations commensurate with each method were made to teachers and parents to help use the findings. The methods explored were exemplar, preventive, admonitory, incentive, punitive and educative.