Development of Education in Iran with an Emphasis on the Role of Mirza Hassan Roshdieh

Abstract

The present research tries to study the history of development of Iranian education. First, we will study education from the very beginning of Islam up to establishment of Darolfonoon. We will find that no great measures have been done in this period for the fundamental development of education until mid 13 th century when Darolfonoon School was established. The way for its establishment had been paved before by Amir Kabir, the grand Iranian chancellor. In 1856, the Qajar government of Mozafareddin Shah interfered directly in the old education. He was the first king who sometimes paid attention to the school. After him, the school was always declining. Then, the biography of Mirza Hassan Roshdieh will be studied. He was the first who established a new style school in Tabriz- Iran. The school became the origin of a great development in Iranian education. In order to get the difficulty of the said development, we will study the situation of Maktabs (one-room schools) and traditional education in Iran. Next, the difficulties of education system of Islamic countries will be studied. Then, we will study the educational ideas of Mirza Hassan Roshdieh, invention of audio method by him for teaching the alphabets and also the establishment of new schools by him. Finally, education development in Iran will be studied.