keostan mohammadian; jamal salimi; nematollah azizi; shrko mohamadi
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Structural roots of the occurrence of academic corruption in higher education in IranIntroduction: Corruption in general and academic corruption in particular have always had alarming effectandconsequences for both the organization and society, and many structures and institutions areaffected by its ...
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Structural roots of the occurrence of academic corruption in higher education in IranIntroduction: Corruption in general and academic corruption in particular have always had alarming effectandconsequences for both the organization and society, and many structures and institutions areaffected by its effects and consequences. In such a way that not only does corruptionreducethequality, equality and accessibility of higher education, but it also reduces itscomprehensive economic returns and cultural capacities.Objective: Considering the important roleand proper performance of universities in society, the aim of this study is to investigate the structural roots of academic corruption in the Iranian higher education system from the perspective of experts andprofessors with an interpretive approach.Method: The research approach used in this research is qualitative and the Foundation's data theory method based on Emerging Design was used to perform research operations. Data from this study were collected using open interview method. The sampling method used in this study is a targeted sampling method and snowball, and using the theoretical saturation index, 15 professors and experts were interviewed as the study population. Their attitudes and views on how academic corruption occurs in Iranian higher education were examined.Results: Background theory has been used to analyze the data and draw conclusions from the research findings. The main findings of this study using contextual theory included structural roots such as economic, managerial, cultural, social and political roots. Finally, using research findings, a model called the Structural Factors Model of Academic Corruption was presented.Discussion: The data of this research is important from the perspective of analysis and it is from the pathological point of view of policy making. What can be seen in the organization and in our country's social system in general is that most anti-corruption and anti-corruption policies are focused on the corrupt person, and even politicians who have very benevolent attitudes about promoting social and academic affairs. Most attempts have been made to address the issue of corruption among individuals, as if the issue of corruption is being addressed by removing or removing them from the page of social and academic activities. Unaware that there are more roots of corruption in social and cultural, political, economic and other structures. So until those structures are identified, discovered and controlled, the removal and settlement of large-scale accounts with people suspected of corruption, including academic corruption, is a pounding of water in the mortar.Keywords: Academic Corruption - Higher Education.
Educational Management
n shirbagi
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This paper aims to study parents’ and teachers’ perception of the parent participation phenomenon in education. A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was applied. Participants included 200 teachers and 210 parents who were selected viamulti-stage cluster sampling from different socio-economic ...
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This paper aims to study parents’ and teachers’ perception of the parent participation phenomenon in education. A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was applied. Participants included 200 teachers and 210 parents who were selected viamulti-stage cluster sampling from different socio-economic regions of Kermanshah City. In order to collect data, initially some semi-structured interviews were held. Subsequently, based on highlighted components from interviews, a questionnaire was designed for gathering quantitative data. The validity and reliability measures of the questionnaire were confirmed via exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s Alpha. Factors representing quality and mechanisms of participation, types of interaction and psychological and social impacts of participation were derived from the interviews. The findings revealed that almost all of the parents had not been purposefully involved in the educational performance of their children and there was no evidence of parental cooperation as a group was surfaced. The findings indicated that although the parents to a large extent were aware of the importance of their involvement in their children’s education in practice they failed to engage in this activity for several reasons. The parents stated that they were rarely in touch with teachers and were not fully aware of their children’s learning difficulties. In addition the extent of parents’ voluntary participation in the education process of their children was not satisfactory and they rarely helped and guided their children with their homework. Furthermore, despite teachers, parents want that their children to be encouraged to do their school work. Also, unlike the children's fathers, their mothers were more interested in accepting responsibility for the education of their children. However, there is some kind of disagreement between teachers and parents on how to participate in educational affairs. Thus, teachers were unwilling to allow parents to be involved in the educational process. Finally, the findings revealed that in addition to the teachers and parents support as effective factors regarding the students’ habits of study and effort, the students' opinions should be taken into account and considered seriously.
