en Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective:</b> This research endeavors to elucidate the educational implications of the self-management paradigm as delineated in the teachings of Imam Ali (AS), particularly in relation to enhancing social wellbeing and its subsequent validation.<br> <b>Methods</b>: The methodological framework employed is a mixed-methods design, encompassing two qualitative phases characterized by content analysis utilizing a deductive categorization schema, alongside a quantitative validation phase employing the Lawshe&#39;s consensus coefficient. The qualitative scope of this investigation encompassed all texts pertinent to Imam Ali&#39;s (AS) teachings on self-management, adopting a purposive sampling approach, whereas the quantitative segment engaged 11 university professors and specialists. In the qualitative analysis of the data, a coding methodology was implemented, while the quantitative segment involved the validation and endorsement of the perspectives of university professors and experts through the Lawshe&#39;s consensus coefficient.<br> <b>Results</b>: The findings from the content analysis regarding the educational implications of the self-governance concept in Imam Ali&#39;s (AS) teachings, with an emphasis on social health, revealed 27 educational rationales, among which the most salient include the intrinsic value of the educator and trainee&#39;s personality, the aspiration for autonomy and independent thought, the enactment of human agency across the triad of individual, social, and divine responsibilities for the attainment of success, prosperity, and self-actualization, as well as the emphasis on oversight and social health, and the selection of appropriate mechanisms and effective time management to foster the social and mental well-being of educators and trainees.<br> <b>Conclusions</b>: The results predominantly illustrate the pedagogical implications of the principle of self-governance as articulated in the doctrines of Imam Ali (AS) and substantiate its significance in enhancing societal well-being.</span></span></span></span></div> Teachings of Imam Ali (AS), Self-Governance, Educational Implications, Social Wellbeing 0 0 http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-319-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Najmeh Khalili neshane666@yahoo.com 0009-0008-7226-8504 No PhD Student, Department of Philosophy of Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Mohammad Hossein Heidari mhhedari1354@gmail.com 0000-0002-0000-0000 Yes Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran Zohreh Saadatmand zo.Saadatmand@yahoo.com 0000-0002-7276-163x No Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum planning, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran