Application of Ali Safaei Haeri’s philosophical counseling model in education

Document Type : Scholary

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman: Kerman, Kerman, I.R.Iran

2 Professor of Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, I.R.Iran

3 Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, I.R.Iran

10.22059/jcis.2025.387798.1403

Abstract

Most philosophical counseling models are Western-based. However, Ali Safaei Haeri’s model is assumed to be a religious model. This qualitative and analytical-descriptive study aimed to examine the applications of this model in education. Ali Safaei Haeri follows a self-refinement approach based on truth-centered self-transformation. His philosophical counseling model is part of his educational system. In this model, the evaluation, familiarization, and grounding process is followed by construction and the initiation of an intellectual flow by asking fundamental questions. He emphasizes the importance of contemplation, thinking, and reasoning. According to him, a counselor should engage in purification, education, and reminding. He also believes in rational education and free-spirited and logical thinking. Intellectual materials, thinking requirements, and the form of thinking are of great importance. If a person reaches true knowledge through correct thinking, their tendencies are also directed to a correct path. Paying attention to the client's moods and emotional signals is important in the counseling process. In religious education, truth-oriented self-transformation leads individuals to know themselves, the creation, and their role in the creation. If individuals consciously choose the path of truth, then they act according to their divine duty. Training a righteous and reformed person also affects the community.

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