Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Consciousness based on Morteza Motahari’s Thoughts

The purpose of current research is the development of a conceptual model of self-consciousness for the first grade of high school students based on Morteza Motahari’s thoughts. In terms of purpose, this research is practical; and the approach is a qualitative one. Also, in terms of method, this research is considered an inferential analysis.The statistical community of research in the written section contains 45 works including books, research reports, published articles, existing sources on the web, first-hand sources relating to self-consciousness; and in humans section contains 15 experts in the fields of philosophy of education and educational psychology. The sampling method was target-oriented and the tool used for this was note-taking and interviewing. Based on research’s results, self-consciousness has five axes in Morteza Motahari’s thoughts: 1. Rankings of humans, 2. Human’s God-seeking, 3. Human’s reflection, 4. The selectiveness of humans and 5. Dynamism and maturity of humans. Moreover, research findings indicate that components of self-consciousness consist of 1. Physical and hereditary self, 2. The real self, 3. Ideal self, 4. Social self, 5. Moral and spiritual self and 6. Self-esteem. Considering the above-mentioned factors, and axes a model for self-consciousness for the first grade of high school students was developed.