mostafa bagherian far; Ahmadreza Naser; mohammadreza ahanchian
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Identification the indices of desirable content Regarding the Humanity Courses for Universities and the Extent of Attention Them 1-Mostafa Bagherian far *2-Ahmad Reza Nasr Esfahani 3- Mohamad Reza Ahanchian 1- Ph.D Candidate of Curriculum Studies in higher education, University of Isfahan, Faculty of ...
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Identification the indices of desirable content Regarding the Humanity Courses for Universities and the Extent of Attention Them 1-Mostafa Bagherian far *2-Ahmad Reza Nasr Esfahani 3- Mohamad Reza Ahanchian 1- Ph.D Candidate of Curriculum Studies in higher education, University of Isfahan, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Isfahan, Iran. m_bagherian@edu.ui.ac.ir 2- Professor, Department of Education, University of Isfahan, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Isfahan, Iran. (Corresponding Author) arnasr@edu.ui.ac.ir 3- Professor, Department of educational management and human resource development, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Mashhad, Iran. ahanchi8@um.ac.ir Aim: The present study is aimed towards identification the indices of desirable teaching and learning content in regard with the Humanity Courses for universities and the extent to which these indices are attention. Method: In the present study, exploratory mixed-methods research was used. For the qualitative section, we underwent quasi-structured interviews with twenty distinguished and qualified experts and faculty members of universities having their expertise in teaching and learning content and curriculum design. Also, 360 of the students of universities comprised the quantitative statistical population and the questionnaire extracted from the qualitative section was distributed among them. All the questionnaires were received and are employed as the basis of qualitative analyses. In the quantitative section, a descriptive-survey method was employed. This number of participants was selected using multistage cluster sampling method. To examine the reliability of interview questions and questionnaires, we recruited formal and content reliability. And, we used Cronbach's alpha coefficients to evaluate the validity of our questionnaires. We also employed descriptive and inferential statistics to wage on analyzing the data. Findings: The results indicated that the interviewees outlined twelve indices as the salient indices of teaching and learning content. The quantitative data also indicated that the range and degree of implementing and corresponding to the indices of teaching and learning content seem to be less than desirable. Therefore, it necessarily requires far more significant attention. Discussion and Conclusion: In consequence, it can be argued that the recognized indices can be recruited to assess and revise the content of courses in different majors of the humanities. In order to enhance and promote the quality, then, particular heed has to be paid to student-centrism; in the sense that the development of the content for university curriculum and educational planning would be enriched with students' ideas and recommendations. Key words: learning, teaching, , content; curriculum; the Humanity Courses in universities. . .
Educational Management
Naghi Raadi Afsouran; A.R. Nasr
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The main aim of this study was investigation of the methodological preferences of researchers in the field of educational administration in the three areas of strategy, methods and research techniques and also its direction of the research strategy in the future. Data were gathered from all published ...
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The main aim of this study was investigation of the methodological preferences of researchers in the field of educational administration in the three areas of strategy, methods and research techniques and also its direction of the research strategy in the future. Data were gathered from all published articles in the recently three years in the two English language journals (Educational Administration Quarterly and Journal of Educational Administration) and two Iranian journals(Journal of Management and Planning in the Educational Systems and Quarterly Journal of New Approaches in Educational Administration). All of published articles in the referred journals, without sampling, was analyzed methodologically. The results showed that: in the area of strategy. in Iran, 88.81% published articles has quantity strategy, 7.89% qualitative strategy and 3.28% mixed strategy. But, in the West, 32.04% published article has quantity strategy, 54.69% qualitative strategy and 13.25% mixed strategy. In the method area, in Iran, dominate methods are survey and correlation methods. However, dominate methods are derived methods from qualitative strategies in the west. In the area of techniques. in Iran, 85.52% published article was using questionnaire. However, the western researches have more used mixed techniques for gathering data. Finally, Researchers in the field of educational administration have progressive movement towards qualitative strategy and its methodsin the West. Meanwhile, the mixed strategy has acceptance and promising ascending growth in the West too.. Key words: Methodology, Educational Administration, Iran, Wes
A. Nasr; A. Abedi; S. Karimi; V. Gamenian; L. Shkohandh; Z. Bagheri
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of councils of education in providing suitable conditions for people’s supervision of educational programs which is examined through five questions. The population of this research is the members of education councils in provinces, cities ...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of councils of education in providing suitable conditions for people’s supervision of educational programs which is examined through five questions. The population of this research is the members of education councils in provinces, cities and districts of education in years 1381-1382. Among them, 41 members from provinces of Kozestan, Mazanderan, Azarbayjan Shargy, Kordestan, Kerman and Isfahan and 313 members of councils of cities and districts of mentioned provinces were selected through simple random sampling. Furthermore, all related documents and approved issues in education councils of 29 provinces of the country in the two years were gathered to analyze. In this project, three instruments including check lists for content analysis, interviews and questionnaires were used. The result of the project says that in general, councils of education have had poor performance in providing the necessary conditions for people’s supervision of educational programs. These councils can use opportunities such as the existence of councils of parents and teachers in schools, the existence of representatives from people and governments in councils and the approved related law for increasing the supervision of people in education.