Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Proposing a model of university professors' role in educating youth for the realization of the new Islamic civilization

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Majidpour khoei 1
Moein Tarighi 2
Fatemeh Effati-Daryani 3
1 Assistant professor, Department of Islamic Education, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 14665-889, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author). *
2 Teacher, Tehran, Iran.
3 Instructor, Midwifery department, nursing and midwifery faculty, Urmia university of medical sciences, Urmia, Iran.
10.22034/scs.2025.511243.1673
Abstract
In the current context, the need to cultivate capable, committed, and civilization-building youth as the primary assets of the Islamic Revolution represents a key concern of the educational system. Given the existing weaknesses in university educational models (including excessive focus on theoretical instruction and relative neglect of moral and identity dimensions), this study presents a model for the role of university professors in educating youth toward realizing a new Islamic civilization based on the foundations of the Second Step Revolution Statement. The Second Step Revolution Statement, as a strategic document, emphasizes the importance of training committed and specialized human resources, with universities playing a pivotal role as centers for nurturing such youth. In this regard, professors serve as influential scientific and ethical role models. This research employs a systematic review method with purposeful sampling, collecting and analyzing credible sources (including scholarly articles, policy documents, and related books) from domestic and international databases (such as Noormags, SID, and Science Direct) using keywords including: professors' role, youth education, new Islamic civilization, and Second Step Revolution Statement. Findings indicate university professors play six influential roles: exemplary modeling, guidance, knowledge enhancement, identity formation, responsibility cultivation, and digital education. However, challenges such as reduced professor-student interaction, weak professor motivation systems, and cultural barriers require solutions including: restructuring professor evaluation systems, strengthening their educational skills, and utilizing university cultural capacities. This study emphasizes that realizing a new Islamic civilization cannot be achieved without redefining professors' roles in comprehensive youth education.
Keywords
Youth
university professors
educational role
Modern Islamic civilization
The second step of the revolution
Identity formation.

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  • Receive Date 13 March 2025
  • Revise Date 05 June 2025
  • Accept Date 05 June 2025