The Criteria for Setting Goals in Field of Education with Special Focus on Man's Nature

This paper seeks to answer the question as to what of the criteria should be used for setting the educational objectives in the process of nature-based education. A "descriptive" and "inferential" method is used in this research. Man's nature is a "special kind of creation" that belongs only to him and that distinguishes him from other creatures. Man along with the set of innate and acquired talents constitutes the subject matter of education and developing these talents prepares the ground for achieving the highest possible perfection in the educational process. The ultimate goal of nature-based education is achieving the highest degree of perfection or the "station of being with God" or "good pleasure of God". In addition, the process of education includes some stages and specific goals, the achievement of which is necessary for the achievement of the ultimate goal. Setting goals in the long process of education is not accessible without having some criteria and indicators, the most important of which are "considering the manner and purpose of the creation of man", "compliance with the goals of life, ''considering the man's innate and non-innate talents", "considering the possibilities of exploring educational innate goals", "regarding innate objectives as motivators", "congruence between the innate objectives and process of education and priorities", ''considering innate objectives as the criterion of evaluating the process of education. "