A Kordzangeneh; S Shahi; Y Mehralizadeh
Volume 20, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 95-116
Abstract
This research is addressing the issue of effectiveness of ICDL training courses on knowledge, attitude and skills of employees of Water and Power organization (WPO) in Khuzestan province. The research used transactional model of Halton. Research sampling technique was stratified sampling technique which ...
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This research is addressing the issue of effectiveness of ICDL training courses on knowledge, attitude and skills of employees of Water and Power organization (WPO) in Khuzestan province. The research used transactional model of Halton. Research sampling technique was stratified sampling technique which from 1279 employees of WPO 220 employees were selected. A researcher designed questionnaire which composed of three mail elements of knowledge, attitude and skills of ICDL courses were distributed among 200 employees and interview been done with 20 other employees. Collected data were analysed with spss and qualitative method. The results show that the employees' satisfactions with ICDL effectiveness were lower than expected. This means that organization activities in relation to ICDL courses require more attention and reengineering
T Alimohammadi; Y Mehralizadeh; S Shahi
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 167-188
Abstract
The main goal of this research is the evaluation of the extent of match between achieved and expected goals of secondary education in AhwazCity. The research methodology involved a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative). As the important part of the evaluation models is concerned with preparing ...
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The main goal of this research is the evaluation of the extent of match between achieved and expected goals of secondary education in AhwazCity. The research methodology involved a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative). As the important part of the evaluation models is concerned with preparing information for decision making, we used a CIPP model which was deemed to be relevant to this survey. The target Population included secondary schools principals, teachers and all girls studying in the third Grade of Ahwaz secondary schools and pre university program during the academic year of 2008-2009. Using cluster sampling first we selected an educational zone and subsequently selected 10 secondary schools and 3 pre university schools. From these schools, 40 teachers, 90 students and 90 pre-university students were randomly selected. Data were collected through a research made questionnaire, semi-structure interviews and check list indexes. Research results showed that there is a critical gap between achieved and expected goals in terms of context, input, process and product. Also, while there was some congruency among the views of secondary students group and pre university students about the results we observed differences among the teachers’ views based on their responses to the questionnaire and interview. However, we could not find differences among the respondents in relation to input variables but they were agreed that there is a gap with regard to context, process and product.
