An Analysis of the Stories 'Be Like Imam Reza (A.S.)' “Mesl-e- Imam Reza Bash” Based on Lipman's Multi-Dimensional Thinking Theory

Baygzade, Khalil; Ahmadi, Parisa

doi:10.22034/farzv.2023.403713.1888

An Analysis of the Stories 'Be Like Imam Reza (A.S.)' “Mesl-e- Imam Reza Bash” Based on Lipman's Multi-Dimensional Thinking Theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Khalil Baygzade ¹

Parisa Ahmadi ²

¹ associate professor of Persian of Language and Literature, Persian literature group, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran(Corresponding author),

² PhD in Persian Language and Literature, Persian literature group, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/farzv.2023.403713.1888

Abstract

Mathew Lipman proposed the Applied Philosophy for Children program as an educational program in the early 1970s, and with his effort and thought, it gradually evolved, as the acceptance of children and teachers as its audience, caused the expansion of this program in the American society and Other European, African and Asian societies. Cultivating the power of thinking and reasoning in children is Lipman’s goal of the Fabak program to provide the ground for the cultivation of thoughtful, knowledgeable, goal-oriented, questioning and creative people. Stories are the tools of the Fabak program, which are written using the methods of this program to guide children and teenagers to the digging loop. Multidimensional thinking includes creative, caring, critical and collaborative thinking that Lipman and his colleagues have explained and defined to develop a questioning and challenging mind in the audience (children and teenagers). Narratives taken from the lives of religious ascetics have a valuable yield for localizing the types of thinking, the fields of concepts and philosophical and mental questions; Therefore, religious and religious narratives based on fantasy elements (wonderful and wonderful), selected characters and precious models can be a good standard in the implementation of the philosophy program for children. The current research has investigated the types of thinking in the collection of anecdotes “Be Like Imam Reza (AS)” by Hossein Mirzaei based on Lipman’s multidimensional thinking with a descriptive- analytical approach. The results of the research indicate that these anecdotes are a strong stimulus for philosophical exploration and have the necessary capacity to explain philosophical and mental concepts and questions, such as the exchange of ideas and intellectual and reasoning skills or critical and creative thinking are among the most important and prominent types of thinking in the group. The stories are “Be like Imam Reza (AS)”.

Keywords

Imam Reza (AS)

Razavi literature

Matthew Lipman

philosophy for children

multidimensional thinking

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