Exploring the Islamic Model of Spiritual Education for Children (S4C)

While the era of spiritual education for children in the West is developing as an academic field of enquiry but attention to it in educational system of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in academic researches is inconsiderable; The lack of models and theories for addressing spiritual development in the context of education span development theories that did not include the spiritual. So, there are theoretical gaps to be filled. Accordingly, this research suggests and designs an Islamic model for children's spiritual education based on philosophy of education of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Islamic teachings. For the purpose, in the first section of the paper, the concept of spirituality is explored based on Philosophy of Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran and then three main worldviews in relate to spiritual education for children in the West are explored and critiqued. So according to the theoretical foundations of formal and general education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the concept of children's spiritual education is explored in dimensions of ontology, epistemology, axiology and anthropology. In the second section of the paper, its educational principles and methods using the Frankna induction is derived.