An Analysis of Social Sacrifice Indicators according to the Quran and Determining Their Place in Iran's Education Development Plan

This article analyzes the indicators of social sacrifice based on the Koranic instructions and provides its place in education development plan. The method of research has been descriptive analytical. The statistical components are qualitatively the literature and studies related to sacrifice and quantitatively the related documents of education development plan consisting of theories , curricula and minutes and resources (106 pages), all of which have been selected and analyzed with statistical methods. The analysis of the quantitative section was done by descriptive statistics, and to extract the indicators of social sacrifice there has been a reference to the Koran and other Islamic texts. The checklist was formed by a number of experts and its continuance was obtained with Scott (9111) method known as consensus method among scholars. Thus 10 key indicators of social sacrifice were extracted from Islamic texts, namely martyrdom-seeking temperament, prioritizing the others to oneself, expanding sacrificial mood in the society, friendship and kindness in society, financial donations for eradicating poverty, boosting unity among people, giving priority to national interests rather than specific groups, seeking dignity, serving the community and propagating justice. It was also estimated that 101 items in the documents referred to social sacrifice, among which seeking justice in the society (229 items) and giving priority to others (17 items) have been given in the order of importance.