masoud faghihi; Mohamadnoor Rahmani; Nadergholi Ghourchian; Kolsum Nami
Abstract
IntroductionRapid growth and ever-changing societies, has made the necessity of training skilled, specialized and entrepreneurial human resources inevitable. In the education system, vocational schools have an important role in training skilled manpower for jobs required by society and the ...
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IntroductionRapid growth and ever-changing societies, has made the necessity of training skilled, specialized and entrepreneurial human resources inevitable. In the education system, vocational schools have an important role in training skilled manpower for jobs required by society and the labor market. The main purpose of this research was to identify the dimensions of entrepreneurial competencies of vocational schools in Hormozgan province. MethodThis research is applied in terms of purpose and was conducted base on framework of qualitative approach. To this purpose, 11 academic experts and knowledgeable people were selected with a purposeful sampling strategy based on data saturation and interviewed in a semi-structured way. To analyze the stements of the interview sessions, three-step coding was used. To ensure the validity of the research used of triangulation of the data sources and reviewed by members (interviewees) methods. Also, to calculate reliability were used of the retest and the agreement between the two coder methods. After implementing the content of the interviews and their preliminary analysis, Codes or basic concepts were identified and In order to achieve the main categories, similar codes are placed on specific categories. Finally, for each of the categories, the title that contains the entire codes was select.ResultsThe results of this study led to the extraction of 4 dimensions which are: Personality (individual) competencies, managerial and leadership competencies, technical-professional competencies and cultural competencies.DiscussionThe main purpose of establishing vocational schools is to train entrepreneurial graduates. The four main dimensions of this research can be an effective effective factor in improving the entrepreneurial competencies of vocational schools and have beneficial results in improving the educational quality of vocational schoolsDiscussionThe main purpose of establishing vocational schools is to train entrepreneurial graduates. The four main dimensions of this research can be an effective effective factor in improving the entrepreneurial competencies of vocational schools and have beneficial results in improving the educational quality of vocational schools
Educational Management
maryamsadat ghoraishikhorasgani; Mohammad Yamani Douzi Sorkhabi; gholamreza zakersalehi; Golnar Mehran
Abstract
Introduction:
Regarding the fact that higher education is one of the prominent social institutions whose functions and malfunctions have significant consequences on human societies, According to that since 2012, autonomous campuses are responsible for the mission and the function of higher education ...
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Introduction:
Regarding the fact that higher education is one of the prominent social institutions whose functions and malfunctions have significant consequences on human societies, According to that since 2012, autonomous campuses are responsible for the mission and the function of higher education and the importance of this issue, therefore this research have been done with the goal of investigation and functional pathology of campuses in three dimension of (instruction, research, expertise services) and the long-term consequences of these damages.
Method:
For this purpose with the targeted sampling method was done a semi-structured deep interview with 21 member of higher education experts and autonomous campuses managers of the Tehran’s state universities. This research is qualitative, a kind of inductive reasoning and in terms of method is descriptive-exploration, for data analyzing was used of thematic analysis and functional damage themes are extracted.
Results:
The result of the interview analysis was extraction of 97 codes in form of 3 main components and 6 subcomponents. 58 of the codes or 60 percent of them were related to function harms in education dimensions including decline in the quality of training process, decline in the quality of learning process and the lack of rapport between professor and student. 19 codes representing 20 percent of the extracted codes from the interviews were related to the function harms in research dimensions, including poor quality of research and the disregarding students’ projects. 9 codes accounting for 9 percent of the extracted codes were related to function harms in specific services, resulting from lack of communication among the campus, industry and other sectors of the society. 11 codes representing 11 percent of the extracted codes were related to the long-term consequences of function harms of the campuses including the drop in quality of academic level of students entering the campus, the epidemic orientation towards getting academic degree, the drop in research quality, sole attention to education product, giving priority to quantity over quality, the drop in quality of academic level of graduate students, the absence of science production, and lowered level of scientific and academic position.
Discussion:
it is expected that instead of accepting more and more students and prioritizing quantity over quality, the authorities should make an attempt to monitor and assess the educational and research function of these campuses meticulously and do their best to reduce and alleviate these harms. Ignoring such important issues can lead to irrecoverable harms to higher education in Iran nationally and internationally.