سارا ebrahimi
Abstract
Introduction COVID-19 as a new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, in December 2019. The disease has become a global health emergency with high speed and transmission. It risks public health and imposes high pressures on the government and providers of medical services and also, it may lead to several forms ...
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Introduction COVID-19 as a new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, in December 2019. The disease has become a global health emergency with high speed and transmission. It risks public health and imposes high pressures on the government and providers of medical services and also, it may lead to several forms of psychological distress, including anxiety, fear, depression, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder. It is important to maintain public mental health, especially teachers, as they interact with their students and affect their education. This study aimed to investigates teachers’ generalized anxiety disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology The population of the study was all teachers of elementary, middle and secondary school in Iran which 407 teachers were selected with use of virtual snowball sampling. An online survey was conducted that consisted of two anonymous questionnaires: one was designed to collect participants’ personal information (sex, age, geographical position of residence, area of residence, teaching in elementary/ middle /secondary school, life with the family, family income stability, family infection to COVID-19, friend infection to COVID-19, underlying disease, family underlying disease, ease of internet access, acquaintance with: SHAD, teaching method in cyberspace, the preparation of electronic content, follow up the negative news, awareness of the curriculum future & using social and mental support); the other was the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale(GAD-7), which assess participants’ generalized anxiety referring to the pandemic. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 22.0 and univariate analysis (Nonparametric) to test whether differences in demographic characteristics effected on experiencing GAD; and multiple linear regression analysis (enter) was conducted to identify the impact factors for GAD. Results GAD prevalence among the teachers 3 month after the COVID-19 pandemic was 9.6%. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that teaching in elementary/middle/secondary school (p < 0.00, β=-0.14), family infection to COVID-19 (p < 0.02, β=-0.12), acquaintance with the preparation of electronic content (p < 0.01, β=-0.12), follow up the negative news (p < 0.00, β=0.17) & awareness of the curriculum future (p < 0.00, β=-0.23) could be regarded as predictor factors for GAD among teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion The results indicate that some teachers showed GAD during the COVID-19 pandemic and underscore the importance of attention to the mental health condition of teachers and measures to reduce anxiety factors during the pandemic by the education system. In order to better understand pandemic effects on mental health of teachers, in the field of coping strategies & education system approach to reduce negative educational & psychological effects is needed further research.
Educational Planing
Fardin Mohammadi; Amir Hosain Mohammadpanah
Abstract
Introduction The condition of educational habitus of teachers in Iran, and how it is changed over the time, Or what conditions has shaped it, Are the main purposes of this study. Accordingly the main purpose of this study is to investigate the status and evolutions of teacher’s educational habitus ...
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Introduction The condition of educational habitus of teachers in Iran, and how it is changed over the time, Or what conditions has shaped it, Are the main purposes of this study. Accordingly the main purpose of this study is to investigate the status and evolutions of teacher’s educational habitus in the field of education.
Conceptual framework: In order to answer questions above, we built the conceptual framework based on the Bourdieu’s theories. Bourdieu perceived habitus as a relatively stable system of qualities (characteristics, values and desires) that is provided in the agent’s personality by experience and in interaction with others, while identifying life styles, manages to deal with different situations and finally governs the actions respectively (Bourdieu, 1995, 6). From Bourdieu’s point of view, habitus are the basis for action (Bourdieu, 2008, 100). If the habitus of social agents does not match the purposes of the field or is not logical, the field will not achieve its goals.
Method: To gather and analyze the data we used thematic analysis method. Participants were Mashhad high school teachers. In this study 31 teachers interviewed using purposeful sampling and theoretical saturations. For gathering data, choosing samples and determining samples size we used semi-deep interviewing method, purposeful sampling and theoretical saturation criterion respectively. For data analysis open and axial coding methods were used.
results: The results indicates that teachers educational habitus is influenced by some conditions such as: economic, discrimination problems, having other training careers, having non educational careers, loosing educational habitus and the anti-training procedures of the field, has been descended recently. Regarding the interaction between production and consumption fields, the formation of the decreasing trend of educational habitus phenomenon in the production field, educational habitus influenced social agents of the consumption field either and made it decreased.
Conclusion: Since teachers are the most important social agents in the field of education production and they must have provided high levels of educational habitus to fully implement the professional field of education, the results are not satisfactory. Therefore one of the key challenges in the field of education which is affected the efficiency either, is the weakness in the educational habitus of social agents in the field of production. The condition of educational habitus of teachers in Iran, and how it is changed over the time, Or what conditions has shaped it, Are the main purposes of this study. Accordingly the main purpose of this study is to investigate the status and evolutions of teacher’s educational habitus in the field of education. In order to answer questions above, we built the conceptual framework based on the Bourdieu’s theories. To gather and analyze the data we used thematic analysis method. Participants were Mashhad high school teachers. In this study 31 teachers interviewed using purposeful sampling and theoretical saturations. For gathering data, choosing samples and determining samples size we used semi-deep interviewing method, purposeful sampling and theoretical saturation criterion respectively. For data analysis open and axial coding methods were used.
G.H. Ebadi; H Elhampour
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The aim of this study was to compare the academic performance in math and basic science of 5th grade elementary students of ahvaz as taught by part-time teachers vs. regular teachers. After the development of Achievements tests for mathematics and sciences, 480 urban and rural students were selected ...
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The aim of this study was to compare the academic performance in math and basic science of 5th grade elementary students of ahvaz as taught by part-time teachers vs. regular teachers. After the development of Achievements tests for mathematics and sciences, 480 urban and rural students were selected by multistage random sampling technique. The teacher’s of this group were part time, the soldiers under training and regular teachers. Data analyzed by using of spss software (11.5) and the covariance Analysis method was used for controlling some variables such as educational grade of teachers and geographical conditions of the school. Findings show that academic performance (Mathematics and Science) of students with regular (officially employed) teachers was higher than that of the students with part- time and soldiers teachers.
