Multifaceted evaluation of Islamic education courses with its effectiveness approach in Universities (case studies of Islamic thought, Islamic revolution, history of early Islam and Islamic education courses)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Research Center of Quran, Hadith and Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

2 Department of psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Alzahra, Tehran, Iran

3 Research center of Quran, Hadith and medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

4 Research Center of Quran, Hadith and Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract
Objective: Evaluation of curricula and educational atmosphere in universities is one of the ways of monitoring performance and introduction to improving educational methods. One of the ways to evaluate the university's educational climate is to survey students. Method: In this research, in order to evaluate the educational environment of education courses (Islamic thought, Islamic revolution, history of Islam and Islamic education) in the academic year of 2023-2024, 375 students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were selected by multi-stage stratified sampling method. and completed the questionnaire to measure Darim's educational environment. SPSS 19 software was used for data analysis. Findings: The results of the present study showed that students' perception of the educational environment of education courses is positive. Also, in all five dimensions of the evaluation of the educational environment of education courses (students' perception of learning, professors, their academic ability, educational atmosphere and social conditions), the scores were higher than the average. Conclusion: Considering the increasing need of students to access authentic Islamic resources in the way of facing social doubts and challenges, the necessity of dynamic and more efficient planning for more effectiveness of education courses seems necessary and essential.

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