Designing a curriculum model for the belief education of elementary school students from the perspective of Nahj al-Balagheh

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Educational Studies and Curriculum Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies and Curriculum Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of designing a curriculum model for the belief education of elementary school students based on Nahj al-Balagha. The research was applied and conducted with a mixed approach (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, using content analysis, concepts of belief education were extracted from Nahj al-Balagha (sermons, letters, and wisdoms). The statistical population included the full text of Nahj al-Balagha and two authoritative commentaries, and data were collected through in-depth study of the texts. Qualitative data were analyzed using the coding method, and its validity was confirmed through expert review and its reliability was confirmed through conceptual saturation. Also, the analytical-deductive method was used to explain the curriculum model. In the quantitative part, the extracted model was validated using structural equation modeling (PLS). The statistical population of this section included 1456 elementary school teachers in Kerman city, 305 of whom were selected by cluster-random sampling method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on qualitative themes, whose validity was confirmed by the average variance extracted (AVE>0.5) and its reliability by Cronbach's alpha (α>0.7) and composite reliability (CR>0.7). Also, to increase the validity of the research, the Delphi method was implemented in two stages with the participation of 20 experts in the field of Quranic sciences and education, whose validity was confirmed by the consensus of experts and its reliability by the Kendall coefficient. The results showed that the curriculum model based on Nahj al-Balagha includes eight main components: goals (ultimate and intermediate), content (religious teachings, hadiths, sciences and skills), educational strategies (active, model and allegorical methods), teacher role . time (age appropriateness and extracurricular), space , educational resources (hadiths and multimedia tools) and evaluation. Quantitative data analysis also showed that this model has a good fit in real conditions and was approved.

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Volume 34, Issue 70 - Serial Number 70
Spring 2026
April 2026
Pages 171-193
  • Receive Date: 26 August 2025
  • Revise Date: 28 September 2025
  • Accept Date: 02 November 2025
  • Publish Date: 21 April 2026