Assessing the Challenges of Islamicization of Educational Systems

This study aimed to Assessing the Challenges of Islamicization of Educational Systems. The statistical population consisted of all the managers (173 people) and faculty members (2021) of universities in Fars province that was selected by stratified random sampling method. The sample included 118 managers and 325 faculty members using the Cochran formula. In this study, a researcher made questionnaire which was based on the dynamic system model of Islamic University development developed by Torkzadeh and Moeini (2015), was used to collect the data. The validity of this questionnaire was estimated by factor analysis and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha and the results indicated desirable validity and reliability of the questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, one-sample T-Test and Friedman test were utilized. Finally, The results showed that based on the meanings obtained from the managers' point of view, among the challenges of Islamic University development, system thinking, strategic attitude, developmental approach, functional dimension and practical orientation, from the viewpoint of faculty members of system thinking, approach Development and functional dimension, diagnosis-orientation, evaluation, learning and strategic leadership were identified as a major challenge to the development of the Islamic University. The results also showed that among the dimensions of the challenges of Islamic University development, the highest average is related to the institutional dimension and the lowest is the technical dimension