A Research on Avicenna’s and Jahez’s Views about Educational Methods

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the recognition of the educational methods from Avicenna’s and Jahez’s views. The present study, is performed by using a qualitative approach and descriptive – analytical method, after evaluating available resources, a number of the educational methods are inferred from Avicenna’s and Jahez’s views. The findings show that the deduced training methods from their viewpoints have some similarities and differences. Using participatory, observation, experience and examination, reward and punishment, practice and repetition and helping learners methods are among the similarities; and the differences are also such that Avicenna has employed sampling, austerity and self-refinement, playing and kind expression methods, while Jahez has not taken notice of them; and instead, he has applied varying training courses and multisensory motivation in training process, when Avicenna has not considered such cases.

Key words: Avicenna, Jahez, Islamic training, Educational methods.