heshmat nazari; Ebrahim Talaee; Javad Hatami; mihsen imani; Abdolzahra Timas
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IntroductionThe present study was aimed to evaluate the quality of writing in elementary school students. The statistical population in the study was male students of the upper elementary school in Tehran in the academic year 2020 to 2021, that among them 107 samples including three classes (2 classes ...
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IntroductionThe present study was aimed to evaluate the quality of writing in elementary school students. The statistical population in the study was male students of the upper elementary school in Tehran in the academic year 2020 to 2021, that among them 107 samples including three classes (2 classes of 35 students + 1 class of 27 students) were selected based on convenient sampling technique. To collect data a researcher-maker writing rubric was used and data central and dispersion indices were applied to analyze. MethodThe research design belonged to evaluative (evaluation) researche or programme. In this type of research, reearcger want to evaluate a product or concept and collect data that helps improve his/her solution. ResultsThe results showed that the average writing score of upper elementary students, including 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, is lower than relative mastery and is limited and somewhat weak (M = 12.65).DiscussionIt can be concluded that students' writing is as weak as their reading and perhaps the imperfection is rooted in their reading weakness. As a suggestion, it would be better to teach writing, apart from the psychological approach toward teaching, using other approaches and paradigms such as cultural-social approach and the following theories as for example activity theory. Also, it is sugesssted that the learning environment design based on such approaches.
Shamsuddin Khazalia,; Mahshid Izadi; Mahdee Davaee,; Fahimeh Ansariyan
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Introduction
The present study was carried out with the aim of presenting an epistemological model of Quranic intellectual education in the elementary school.
Method
This research is fundamental-applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of data collection, the research method is mixed. In ...
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Introduction
The present study was carried out with the aim of presenting an epistemological model of Quranic intellectual education in the elementary school.
Method
This research is fundamental-applied in terms of its purpose and in terms of data collection, the research method is mixed. In terms of the method of implementation, the researcher's effort is based on the use of groundedd theory method (interview with experts) and the use of descriptive survey method, which collects research information data in two qualitative and quantitative stages.The statistical community in the qualitative part of the research included education experts, and non-random purposeful sampling method was used to determine the samples, and the number of 20 people was considered as the sample size using the saturation principle. The second group of the statistical population of this research in the quantitative part included all the elementary teachers of Tehran, numbering 2522 people. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size of the quantitative part: therefore, 300 people were selected as the research sample. In general, the sampling method in this study was random cluster sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used in the qualitative part of this research. In the quantitative section, a researcher-made questionnaire was prepared. The validity and reliability of the instruments were confirmed. The method of data analysis in the qualitative part of the theoretical coding was derived from the data theorizing method. In the quantitative section, a one sample t-test was used to answer the research questions.
Results
The results of the analysis showed that among the 49 indicators (items) available, 11 main components can be identified. These dimensions and components include affirmative knowledge (knowledge of self, environment and skill knowledge), explanatory knowledge (individual and social spiritual knowledge), real knowledge (intuition and gradual training), and credit knowledge (heart, senses and perception).
Discussion
In order to teach thinking, elementary teachers should provide education in a gradual and step-by-step manner while creating an intuitive mechanism for students. Individual and social spiritual knowledge is also considered in this research. In this regard, it is a priority for teachers to teach values and spirituality. Recognizing the documentation of the principles of religious thinking, intelligent response to problems according to the Quranic guidelines, and predicting spiritual issues according to the Quranic guidelines are other indicators of explanatory knowledge.
samaneh salimi; Mehri javidi poor khabaz
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IntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the lived experiences of primary school teachers in Bajestan city from opportunities and challenges of the lesson research process.MethodThis research tries to analyze teachers' perceptions on lesson study with a qualitative method and phenomenological ...
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IntroductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the lived experiences of primary school teachers in Bajestan city from opportunities and challenges of the lesson research process.MethodThis research tries to analyze teachers' perceptions on lesson study with a qualitative method and phenomenological type. The study population in this study was the primary school teachers of Bajestan city. Through using purposive sampling method, teachers with a good record of practice in lesson study and successful experience were selected. Eleven participants were shortlisted following theoretical data saturation. The data collection method in this study was a semi-structured interview. The researcher entered the interview with a pre-defined question but was not limited to the same question and asked other questions if needed. The interviews were listened to several times and the text was transcribed word by word. Claizey method was used to analyze the data. ResultsAfter analyzing the data, the data was divided into two main categories of opportunities and challenges, which can indicate that the participants' experiences of the subject of the study are in the form of these two main categories. From the teachers' point of view, the opportunities created by the study were: developing divergent thinking skills, achieving the set educational goals, professional empowerment, sharing powers and experiences, institutionalizing the spirit of problem solving and research, improving the teaching process as well as improving the process of students' academic achievement. In another part of the findings related to the challenges of study, teachers believed that the challenges were: knowledge and information in the field of study, company motivation, lack of proper appreciation, executive limitations and difficulty of coordinating group work.DiscussionIn general, according to the findings of this study, Lesson study affects the performance of teachers. Lesson study increases teachers 'study, promotes teachers' learning, and improves teaching, making education more efficient. Teachers also get acquainted with new teaching methods through study, and by examining existing teaching methods, they find its weaknesses in their teaching
Curriculum Development
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the degree of attention paid to education for sustainable development in the curriculum (textbooks and teacher guides) of the elementary natural sciences. The research method was descriptive based on content analysis. The population consisted of the ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the degree of attention paid to education for sustainable development in the curriculum (textbooks and teacher guides) of the elementary natural sciences. The research method was descriptive based on content analysis. The population consisted of the whole natural science textbooks and teacher guides of elementary grades. In this research the sample comprised the whole the population. The tools for gathering data were global UNESCO documents and a researcher- made content analysis form. To verify the formal validity and the content of the tools, 20 experts specialized in education were consulted and they confirmed both the validity of the instrument a content. The reliability was confirmed by Holesti formula at 92%. To analyze the data, the Shannon's entropy analysis was used. The results showed that in the elementary school natural sciences the impact factor was highest in pollution and natural disaster components, whereas the lowest factor was observed in components such as community building, desertification, deforestation, cultural critique, cultural rehabilitation and maintenance of culture which showed low frequency. In both textbooks and teacher guides of elementary natural sciences, the curriculum content, for are not compatible with our cultural necessities. In these document the environmental dimension figures more prominently than others..
H Zainalipour; E Zaree; S.H. Mozafari saleh
Volume 18, Issue 2 , February 2012, , Pages 31-50
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The main propose of this study is to survey the extent of approved educational ethical goals ...
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The main propose of this study is to survey the extent of approved educational ethical goals achievement and its relation to moral judgment among students of fifth grade elementary school in Bandar Abbas. Research method is descriptive-survey and correlation study. Research population consisted of all fifth grade students of Bandar Abbas and a sample of 394 students were chosen by cluster sampling. Two questionnaires were used for data gathering. The first questionnaire made by researchers was ethical goals achievement questionnaire and the second one was moral judgment questionnaire (MJT). Descriptive statistics including the computation of mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation and inferential statistics involving T and Friedman tests were used to analyze the data. The findings indicate that the approved ethical goals have been achieved by 5th –grade student at a desired level in Bandar Abbas primary education. Although all goals have been achieved at the desired level, their achievement levels differ and their ranks vary. In effect, the goals with respect to which there were consensus and cooperation between home and school showed a higher level of realization. Results also show significant relationship between the levels of moral judgments and ethical goals at 0.05. But out of the twenty one moral goals only seven goals didn't have relation to moral judgments. The Content of these seven goals shows that they are influenced by parents' child rearing style and school's control and discipline.
A. gholtash; M.H Yarmohammadian; A.A Forughi abri; S.E. Mirshahejafari
Volume 17, Issue 2 , August 2010, , Pages 37-62
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The aim of this study a critical analysis of progressive citizenship education approach, highlighting its evidence, and examining its status in Iran’s elementary school curriculum. Used method was made of a descriptive approach and content analysis to critically examine the ...
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The aim of this study a critical analysis of progressive citizenship education approach, highlighting its evidence, and examining its status in Iran’s elementary school curriculum. Used method was made of a descriptive approach and content analysis to critically examine the relevant curriculum content. The samples of the content analysis involved fourth and fifth grade curricular textbooks sampled purposively from the elementary textbooks of humanities. Data collection instruments included objective an inventory of objectives analysis, inventory of textbook content analysis and am inventory of teacher's books content. Their validity was established by professors who have researched citizenship education. The unit of analysis involved sentences contained in the body of textbooks, objectives, as well as in teacher’s guides. The content analysis of the objectives, most importantly, indicated that there was in the average of 21.93 percent agreement between the objectives analyzed and those suggested by progressive citizenship education which falls short of a desirable an average. indices extracted from textbooks analysis showed in average agreement of 3.87% and these obtained from teachers book provided an average of 1.70%, both of which are too low to fulfill the goals of citizenship education great extent by the curriculum.
