The Missions of the Science Institution and Academic Community to Promotion and Discourse Building of the Progres Model
Subject Areas : General
masoud shafiee
1
,
Reza Mahdi
2
1 - Professor, Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS), Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Model of Progress, Discourse-Building, Knowledge Promotion, University Mission, Science-Society Relationship,
Abstract :
The acceleration of developments in civilizational fields have made progress a complex, voluntary and conscious process based on valid and normative future research. In this complex process, the assets of countries are not enough to move on their own and end up well. A recommended criterion for nations seeking progress is to utilize all their civilizational capital and resources with maximum efficiency. Therefore, one of the general recommendations for streamlining the progress model is to discourse it based on all material and spiritual assets in the path of civilization and progress. The science institution and universities is one of the most important pillars of discourse on the progress model in the scope of a long-standing civilization and a great nation. Based on the fate of existing national documents, without discourse-building on a national scale with the participation of all influential institutions and individuals, including universities and higher education institutions, moving within the framework of the existing model will be difficult, with little or even impossible achievement. In this article, with a positive recommendation approach, the important mission of universities and the academic community in the discourse-building of the Iranian Islamic model of progress has been explained and described. Based on the central idea of this research, the higher education system and universities, including all members of the academic community and the university institution, must define and operationalize one of their missions in accordance with the three functions of education, research, and socio-cultural transformation, and general and specialized discourse-building of the progress model. The responsible participation of universities and academics in the promotion and discourse-building of the progress model has at least three special advantages, including the continuity and sustainability of achievements, public participation, and the comprehensiveness of the model on a national and civilizational scale