Islamic Education Research Group of the Institute of Islamic Studies in Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, relying on the capacities of the country’s scientific community and international experts, has made the effort to extract and deduce the principles, approaches and methods from Islamic sources to formulate a valid theory and model of Islamic education that can be offered to the world of humanity.

This group also includes the core of clinical psychology and counseling. At the core of clinical psychology and counseling of the Institute of Islamic Studies in the Humanities, the attempt is to enrich contemporary approaches to psychology, counseling, and psychotherapy with Islamic teachings and to address some of the conflicts between Islamic teachings and the science of psychology and counseling.

Deep belief in the need for continuous research in the Quran and Sunnah, the need to study both theoretical sources and field conditions and requirements, conflicting opinions and using the views of Islamic world’s scholars from different religions -both in universities and seminaries, schools and local communities- in line with the above-mentioned mission, are among the central values of this group.

Dr. Hassan Naghizadeh
Dr. Hassan Naghizadeh
  • Position: Group Manager
  • Organizational rank: Professor of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/naghizadeh
Dr. Bakhtiar Shabani Varki
Dr. Bakhtiar Shabani Varki
  • Position: group member
  • Academic rank: Professor of the Faculty of Science Education and psychology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • personal page :: http://prof.um.ac.ir/bshabani
  • Introduction: I have a bachelor's degree in educational sciences from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), a master's and doctoral degree in philosophy of education from Tarbiat Modares University, and a postdoctoral degree in philosophy of educational research from Michigan State University. My research interests include philosophy of psychology, teaching models, deep learning, methodology, quantitative and qualitative research methods, the nerve of philosophy of education, philosophy of educational research methods. I have been honored to receive the FUM Top Teaching Award, the Khorasan Razavi Book of the Year Award for Research Logic in Education and Social Sciences, and the FUM Outstanding Research Award. From 2000-2003 I was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2010 at Michigan State University, in 2015 at the University of Warsaw, and in 2015-2016 at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Tahira Javidi Kalate Jafarabadi
Dr. Tahira Javidi Kalate Jafarabadi
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/javidi-d
Dr. Mohammad Saeed Abdakhodaei
Dr. Mohammad Saeed Abdakhodaei
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/abdkhoda
Dr. Abulfazl Ghaffari
Dr. Abulfazl Ghaffari
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/ghaffari
Dr. Behrouz Mehram
Dr. Behrouz Mehram
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/bmahram
Dr. Seyed Mohsen Asghari Nikah
Dr. Seyed Mohsen Asghari Nikah
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: hhttps://prof.um.ac.ir/asghari-n
Dr. Maqsood Amin Khandaghi
Dr. Maqsood Amin Khandaghi
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/aminkhandaghi
Dr. Hossein Baghgoli
Dr. Hossein Baghgoli
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Assistant Professor of the Research Institute of Islamic Studies in Human Sciences
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/baghgoli
Dr. Mahmoud Saidi Rizvani
Dr. Mahmoud Saidi Rizvani
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Associate Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/saeedy
Dr. Seyed Salil Ziaei
Dr. Seyed Salil Ziaei
  • Position: Group Member
  • Academic rank: Assistant Professor of the Research Institute of Islamic Studies in Human Sciences
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  • Personal page: https://prof.um.ac.ir/soleilziaee

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