farhad Seraji; mosayeb Yarmohmmadi Vasel; rezvan Masood Midanchi
Volume 19, Issue 1 , September 2012, , Pages 23-46
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This research seeks to identify and compare students’ and teachers’ value systems in Hamadan secondary schools. Research population included all of the secondary school students and teachers in Hamadan (88-89). For selecting research sample, stratified random sampling was used and ...
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This research seeks to identify and compare students’ and teachers’ value systems in Hamadan secondary schools. Research population included all of the secondary school students and teachers in Hamadan (88-89). For selecting research sample, stratified random sampling was used and 600 students (300 girl and 300 boys) and 300 teachers (150 men and 150 women) were selected. The research tool was Alport, Werone and Lindzi system value questionnaire, which has been standardized by Iranian researchers. For data analyzing T test was used. The findings of this research showed: The boy and girl students' system values' rankings are simslaar and involve theoretical abstract, social, religious, artistic, economic and political values. The male teachers' hierarchy comprised: social, cultural, economic, religious and political values and family teachers' reveafeul: subjective, social, religious, art, economic and political values. The main difference between teacher and student value concerns the emphasis and on artistic and theoretic/abstract value
M.H. Heidari; H.A Bakhtiar Nasrabadi; H.R Behravan
Volume 18, Issue 1 , September 2011, , Pages 23-42
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Looking at the individual and social dimensions of human life shows that human's have never been able to live in absence of ethics and moral education at any period of history. One of the philosophers who, whit a view of the contemporary world condition, has deeply scrutinized the issues of morality, ...
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Looking at the individual and social dimensions of human life shows that human's have never been able to live in absence of ethics and moral education at any period of history. One of the philosophers who, whit a view of the contemporary world condition, has deeply scrutinized the issues of morality, was Karl Popper. In this article, which reflects an analytic approach, popper's epistemological theory' especially his critical rationality, which is imbued with ethical insights' has been examined to derive implications for ethical education. These implications involve principles such as "equality of humans in knowledge and values," "scientific modesty", "critical dialogue and debate" and "moral autonomy". Educational-moral strategies derived from these principles can be considered by educators who want to advance teaching process with regard to the principles of moral education.
S.M Mir kamali; H Farhadi rad
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 23-44
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The main purpose of this research was to study the variables and factors that affect adaptation of university to external environment and to develop a model for assessment of Tehran public universities adaptation to external environment. A mixed method research approach involving a three-round Delphi ...
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The main purpose of this research was to study the variables and factors that affect adaptation of university to external environment and to develop a model for assessment of Tehran public universities adaptation to external environment. A mixed method research approach involving a three-round Delphi study was used to record responses to the closed-questions and open-ended-questions. Other data were gathered through interview, and a questionnaire. Content analysis was used for assessing qualitative data based on scientific documents and interviews, and for the analysis of quantitative data, factor analysis, reflective and formative modeling based on SPSS, Smart PLS & LISREL were employed. The population of this research comprised Tehran Public Universities (Including: Medical universities, Industrial universities & Complex universities) and the sampling method adopted involved ratio and cluster sampling. 37 variables emerged from literature, Delphi survey and interviews. KMO of 0/82 and the results of Bartlett's test indicated that the data are adequate for factor analysis. Results of factor analysis pointed out that those 37 variables can be partitioned into nine factors.Detective factor analysis results showed that 70.53 of university adaptation variance can be explained by nine factors including: external environment management, learning, organizational culture, organizational communications, participation, strategy orientation, responsibility, self-organizing and goal orientation. T statistics showed that all factors are significant, the most important factor being environment management. Composite reliability of factors i exceeded 88% and the meaning of AVE (average variance explained) pointed out that a large amount of university adaptation variance is explained by those factors. Indices of Redundancy= 0/0024, AIC=353/06, BIC=227/48, GOF=0/98 R2=993 show that the model has goodness of fit with these data.
E Aminifar; kh Karemikeya
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2015, , Pages 23-38
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This research aimed to improve students’ learning about the first order equation based on their misconceptions on this topic. A test consists of 45 questions was designed according to the goal-content’s table concerning Bloom’s taxonomy. Then it was run on 30 students in the first year ...
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This research aimed to improve students’ learning about the first order equation based on their misconceptions on this topic. A test consists of 45 questions was designed according to the goal-content’s table concerning Bloom’s taxonomy. Then it was run on 30 students in the first year of high school in Pakdasht city. By using difficulty coefficient, distinction coefficientand internal consistencycoefficients, 26 questions (α=0.872) remained that showed questions have reliability and compliance with instructional objectives. With cluster sampling 127 students were selected and participated in the final test. Then by analyzing the results a learning empirical model was developed. Data analysis with using structural equations modeling showed that the total effect of the ‘equation identifying’ on ‘equation solving’ and ‘equations equivalence’ is t= 2.439 and t=2.307, respectively (p<0.05). The ‘equation identifying’ enhances the components ‘equation solving’ and ‘equations equivalence’ in the learner. The total effect of the ‘equation identifying’ and ‘equation solving’ on forming knowledge of ‘application’ is t=2.600 and t=3.215, respectively (p<0.01). Therefore, these two components assist students in learning application of this subject.
parvin kadivar; zahra tanha; soode rahmani
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between epistemological beliefs and learning approaches with academic achievement. Hence, a sample of 332 students (176 female, 156 male) were selected from mathematics students of Tehran Universities, using multistage cluster sampling. To ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between epistemological beliefs and learning approaches with academic achievement. Hence, a sample of 332 students (176 female, 156 male) were selected from mathematics students of Tehran Universities, using multistage cluster sampling. To collect data two questionnaires of epistemological beliefs (EQ, Schommer, 1990) and the revised study process (R-SPQ-2F, Biggs, Kember and Leung, 2001) were used. Results indicated a direct effect of complex knowledge on both deep and surface learning approaches. Furthermore, deep and surface approaches mediated the effect of simple knowledge on academic achievement. Finally, the results showed that the model adequately fit the data.
Curriculum Development
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The main aim of the present study is developing and validating learning opportunities of rational curriculum in Islamic resources. The research method was Mixed Method and the qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to carry it out. The statistical sampling in the qualitative section consisted ...
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The main aim of the present study is developing and validating learning opportunities of rational curriculum in Islamic resources. The research method was Mixed Method and the qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to carry it out. The statistical sampling in the qualitative section consisted of all curriculum experts, out of whom 11 were selected using goal-oriented sampling. The quantitative statistical sampling comprised of 352 elementary school teachers whom were selected using cluster sampling. The research data were collected from content analyzing, semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire. In order to determine the validity, content validity and to check the structural validity, operating analysis, and to estimate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cranach’s alpha coefficient was used. The findings showed that the results obtained in the qualitative section are in agreement with those obtained from the qualitative section. According to the research results, learning opportunity in rational curriculum is strengthening senses especially eyesight and hearing of students; contemplation on nature and discovering its inherent order; inquisitiveness and inquiry; and increasing and constructing knowledge.
Educational Management
Khalil Gholami
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Introduction The employment of teachers in Iran’s public education system is mainly performed in two main ways: first, the selection of volunteers through the national entrance exam for admission to teacher education universities. The second method is by a call for employment for graduates from ...
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Introduction The employment of teachers in Iran’s public education system is mainly performed in two main ways: first, the selection of volunteers through the national entrance exam for admission to teacher education universities. The second method is by a call for employment for graduates from different universities through an employment test. In both of these cases, selection interviews are conducted after a written exam. Despite the widespread annual use of interviewing to recruit required teachers, so far the response of admitted or failed applicants and the consequences and shortcomings of interviews have not been researched or reported. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate teachers’ experiences of job interviews and to identify their related problems in Iran’s public education system. Method A mixed-method research design was adopted. The potential contributors were teachers who had an experience in job interviews. In the qualitative part, 41 teachers were purposively selected, observing and with maximum diversity, to participate in a semi-structured interview protocol. Results Data analysis based on phenomenography method demonstrated that the participants’ experiences of job interview process in Iran’s education system can be described in five different patterns: Interview as headhunting tool for the selection of qualified applicants. Interview as access to information, by which the perspective of the prospective employer and necessary information are sought by a purposeful conversation. Interview as glass wall which is mostly considered to be an apparent tool that sometimes does not harm the organization, if not conducted. Interview as a screening tool for removing some of the applicants from the final recruitment stage. And finally interview as the beginning of teacher applicants’ socialization process which is used for simplification of teacher applicants’ compatibility with the education system. In the quantitative part, 400 teachers were selected by stratified random sampling in order to fill the 38 items questionnaire. Results of demonstrated that the problems of job interviews could be categorized into five major domains including, 1) problems related to interviewees 2) perceptual errors 3) psychometric indexes 4) procedural problems and 5) an authoritarian approach in the interview process. From the of applicants’ viewpoints, problems related to interviewees and perceptual errors were the most significant issues of education job interviews. Discussion The finding leads us to the point that interview is part of the employment process, in which human interaction reaches its climax, and is highly susceptible to biases. The categories can be related to the theories proposed in the research literature. For example, the concept of interview as socialization was justified by the theory of organizational attraction. It seems that the use of the interview approach as socialization is likely to ensure the similarity of the recruited peoples’ values to the value of educational policymakers. Some participants had experienced the interview as a recursive approach. The important thing is to deal with those who have not been accepted. These people should not be ignored; proper treatment with them is important in shaping the public image of the organization. The findings indicated that some contributors had experienced interviews as a means of accessing information about the organization they were seeking to hire. Hence, understanding interviews requires a mix of interviewing interviewees and recruitment candidates. A detailed description of the experiences of recruitment interviews by contributors can enhance our understanding of the processes involved in organizational and organizational engagement, as well as raising our awareness of potential discrimination and biases. This study is a good starting point for gaining a better understanding of the recruitment process in education. Therefore, it is suggested that educational policy makers provide specific training programs for interviewers before conducting recruitment interviews.
f khalili Sharafeh,; sh Pakdaman; B Saleh Sedgh Pour
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For comparing the impact of Simple and Combined Process-and-Outcome of mental simulations on the educational performance and achievement of talented and normal students involved in it, experimental method were used. The results would be used in developing curriculum and educational methods. 104 talented ...
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For comparing the impact of Simple and Combined Process-and-Outcome of mental simulations on the educational performance and achievement of talented and normal students involved in it, experimental method were used. The results would be used in developing curriculum and educational methods. 104 talented students and 104 normal students were chosen in a target sampling from the first-grade female students and were located in a random sampling in three groups of Process, Outcome and Combined mental simulations and a fourth control group .The research question was, whether or not the impacts of Simple and Process-and-Outcome Combined mental simulations were different among the normal and talented students. First, Educational Performance Test and the mid-term exam of chemistry were given to all the subjects. Then for five to ten-minute sessions, mental simulations were taught to the experimental groups with the control group receiving no instructions. At the end of the term, Educational Performance Test and final exam of chemistry were given to the subjects. The data were analyzed by using the following statistical methods: multiple analysis of variance (Manova), Multiple analysis of Co-variance (Mancova), Analysis of Co-variance, one-way anova and Post Hoc Test (Tuckey), based on distinguishing points. The results showed that mental simulations were effective in educational performance, and in its improvement, but weren’t effective in the educational achievement. Intelligence, as a moderating variable, didn’t have any impact on the relation between mental simulation and educational performance. In the case of talented students, Outcome mental simulation was the main cause of educational performance. In the normal students, however, process mental simulation was more efficient than other simulations.
S.M Sajadi; M. Banahan
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 25-44
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In this essay authors try to clarify the evolution of the concept and situation of reason from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages with emphasis on Plato and Aquinas points of view , and to investigate the changes and differences of the concept of reason as the most fundamental element of human cognition ...
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In this essay authors try to clarify the evolution of the concept and situation of reason from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages with emphasis on Plato and Aquinas points of view , and to investigate the changes and differences of the concept of reason as the most fundamental element of human cognition and to consider the educational implications there of. In addition to the clarification of the importance of the situation of reason during each era, to revealing the range of its effects on education is another aim of this essay. Our and above the clarification of the place and status of reason, this investigation attempts to answers the question of whether or not there was a relationship between the status of reason and education in the eras involved. The answer is accessible by paying attention to the educational theories of plato and Aquinas, which are explicitly or implicitly based on their epistemological views on reason
Philosophy of Education
narges sajjadiyeh; Somayeh Surani
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Human being has been thought to emancipation with education. Among these, discussion about method of education has been one of the challenges of educational action. One of the popular educational methods is habit which many philosophers and educationalists concern about. In Plato's book and Aristotle's ...
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Human being has been thought to emancipation with education. Among these, discussion about method of education has been one of the challenges of educational action. One of the popular educational methods is habit which many philosophers and educationalists concern about. In Plato's book and Aristotle's works we can find some views about it. This paper aims at a comparative analysis between these views. Our findings indicate us that the concept of habit for Plato is different from Aristotle. While Plato considers habit as a neutral things, Aristotle identifies it as a positive matter. On one hand, Plato sees habit in the moral and spiritual context. َOn the other hand, Aristotle applies habit in vocational education too. Consequently, we can say that Aristotle justifies habit deeper than Plato. While in childhood teacher evaluate the content of habit with reason, In adulthood, individual, herself does this evaluation. in both views habit should be coherent with reason
Educational Management
Sahar Saadat; Sakineh Shahi; Hamid Farhadirad; Mohammadreza Neyestani
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Continuing education staff, strategic move that at the individual level, improve the quality of work and organizational level, operating excellence and development of the organization and at the national level, thereby increasing productivity. This article aims to review policies and strategies to organize ...
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Continuing education staff, strategic move that at the individual level, improve the quality of work and organizational level, operating excellence and development of the organization and at the national level, thereby increasing productivity. This article aims to review policies and strategies to organize continuing education in Mobarakeh Steel Company were used. Mobarakeh Steel Company is the scope of the study participants in this study included seven members of the committee, human resources development and training of human resource Development Company. The research method used in this study, qualitative methods based on inductive content analysis of documents and interviews are available in the company. Targeted sampling method. Research findings suggest that Mobarakeh Steel Company, its strategies and policies, based on understanding the needs and expectations of both stakeholders and external environment based on understanding the development of internal capabilities and functions. Several quality assessments were carried out, all appropriate expression system in various areas. Also, since the company has implemented Business Excellence Model, and consequently the company into a learning organization has provided conditions for continuing medical education and continuing education component of the company is in good standing.
M. Yarmohammadi vasel; H.R. Maghami
Volume 17, Issue 1 , May 2010, , Pages 27-44
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was identified and factors associated with academic drop-out in mathematic of high school. Method: study method was discriptive and survey study, in this study, the subjects was recruited from Sardrood Area of Hamedan province. Research Statistics universe ...
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was identified and factors associated with academic drop-out in mathematic of high school. Method: study method was discriptive and survey study, in this study, the subjects was recruited from Sardrood Area of Hamedan province. Research Statistics universe constitutes of all students with academic drop-out in mathematic (their mathematic scores was low than 10). Samples are chosen as classified sampling. This study conducted among 152 persons (98 students and 54 teachers). The instruments used for data collection were a academic drop out Inventory. Data was analyzed using chi square Test. Results: This study revealed that factors of individual, family and schools associatedwith academic drop out of mathematic (P < 0.05). Discussion: The findings support some important factors which could affect in academic drop out of mathematic of high school.
Mahdieh Sadat Vaghoor Kashani; Gholam Reza Haji Hossein Nejad; Nematollah Moosapour; Issa Ebrahim Zadeh
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Introduction Quality education depends heavily on committed, learned, and expert teachers. The most important way to ascertain the existence of teachers' competencies is to develop a system for evaluating them. The purpose of this research was to design and validate a conceptual model for evaluating ...
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Introduction Quality education depends heavily on committed, learned, and expert teachers. The most important way to ascertain the existence of teachers' competencies is to develop a system for evaluating them. The purpose of this research was to design and validate a conceptual model for evaluating the competencies of teachers' performance in Iran. In this research, scientific, practical, and applied views on designing a conceptual model for evaluating the professional qualifications of the teachers were collected from books, articles and scientific researches out of ninety nationally and internationally accredited textual resources, as well as through interviews with 25 expert teachers from three different education areas and 20 experts in the field of teacher evaluation and teacher training. Method The method used in this qualitative research was the inductive method of content analysis. Results The issues extracted from the opinions of the experts showed that the components of evaluation of the professional qualifications of teachers include six main components, twenty-six sub-components comprising sixty-three concepts and two hundred sixty-three minor concepts. The six main components include intellectual principles, strategic planning, evaluation indicators, systematic implementation plan, expected and achievable results and evaluation complexities of professional qualifications. Based on known components, the desired model was designed and then validated by experts. Discussion The final model for the evaluation of professional qualifications consists of four facets and a fundamental center of gravity. The four aspects of this evaluation model include the rational basis of evaluation (home floor), the evaluation strategy (the right wall of the home), the systematic appraisal program (the left wall of the home), and the expected and achievable results of the evaluation (home roof), and its center of gravity is the evaluation culture (heart or interior of the home). This model can be called a "home-like model for evaluating professional competencies of teachers". According to the proposed model, the evaluation culture involves many complexities indicated by the fact that the evaluation of the competencies of the teacher's profession, at each stage, is influenced by the dominant complex culture. On the other hand the evaluation strategy and the systematic appraisal program both are influenced by the rational basis of evaluation and also they are influenced by the evaluation culture. Overall the more strategic and implementable the plans are, the more realistic and clear expected outcomes will be. This, it is believed, will result in the teachers improving their professional expertise and the strengthening the culture of accountability and evaluation.
B Rafiee
Volume 20, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 29-50
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Although during the Farabi age philosophy of education did not have an independent identity but with searching in his idea one may find out some concepts which are putforward in our today education. This means that Farabi after the Jaber Ebn Hayan and Kendy was the third moslem philosopher who developed ...
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Although during the Farabi age philosophy of education did not have an independent identity but with searching in his idea one may find out some concepts which are putforward in our today education. This means that Farabi after the Jaber Ebn Hayan and Kendy was the third moslem philosopher who developed new concepts. In this paper it is intended elaborate Farabi’s Idea through a analytical-historical and descriptive method. It is also aims to find out about his views on curriculum and foundation of education methods. The study has made it clear that in less than one century from the beginning of Islam, Muslim scholars have attended to such important fields of educational effectively
H. Eskandari; H. Fardanesh; S.M. Sajadi; A.R. Sadegh Zadeh ghamsari; S. Beheshty
Volume 17, 3,4 , February 2011, , Pages 29-50
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This article examines "connectivism", from presumptions view and epistemological aspects. Connectivism theoreticians, claim this theory is a new learning theory for digital age, and a response to new and unsteady conditions of today societies. ...
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This article examines "connectivism", from presumptions view and epistemological aspects. Connectivism theoreticians, claim this theory is a new learning theory for digital age, and a response to new and unsteady conditions of today societies. Yet, many researches all over the world, have examined this theory from different aspects, especially in relation to virtual spaces and e-learning. But there are a few ones that have studied it from epistemological views. As any theory grounded in cultural context and also current scientific paradigm, societies that have different anthropological, epistemological and axiological coordinates, should examine new theories from this aspect, before they decide to apply it. In this regard researchers according to a descriptive-analytic method explain and criticize this theory. This review shows this theory by reliance to connective knowledge(versus quantity and quality knowledge) and obligation to emergent theory (versus causal theory), tries to move from reductionist views to holistic views in education environments; nonetheless research shows that application of results and rules of other sciences(physics) in education, and also organic tenet about human, and equalizing rules of neural, social and technological networks, makes this theory reductive, in more complicated way.
Philosophy of Education
mehrnoosh hedayati; hamed mahzadeh
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This study investigated the effect of “Philosophy for Children” (P4C) program on social problem-solving skills at high school boy students in Tehran. This study was conducted, using the quasi-experimental method. From all male students in the 6th district of Tehran, with using of a multistage ...
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This study investigated the effect of “Philosophy for Children” (P4C) program on social problem-solving skills at high school boy students in Tehran. This study was conducted, using the quasi-experimental method. From all male students in the 6th district of Tehran, with using of a multistage cluster random sampling, 60 students randomly were selected and assigned in the experimental and control groups. Initially, both groups completed the revised Social Problem Solving questionnaire (SPSI-R) in the pretest phase. After, the “Philosophy for Children” program was performed in 12 ninety-minute training sessions for the experimental group. The control group did not receive any training. In the end of this intervention, posttest was performed on participants of bouth groups. To analyze the data, covariance analysis (ANCOVA) was used. Results indicated that the "Philosophy for Children" program increased significantly RPS, AS, ICS, PPO and NPO components in social problem solving skills.
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.
Philosophy of Education
A Mosavi; P Valavi; J Hasshemi
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Thisstudy attempts to investigate teachers’ experience as educational philosophers based on theexperiences of elementary school teachers. Research method is qualitative. The population consisted of all elementary school teachers of Ize City. The samplesize was not determined in advance, but, using ...
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Thisstudy attempts to investigate teachers’ experience as educational philosophers based on theexperiences of elementary school teachers. Research method is qualitative. The population consisted of all elementary school teachers of Ize City. The samplesize was not determined in advance, but, using a purposive method, samplingcontinued to the point of saturation which occurred after interviewing fortysubjects (participants) who were willing to beinterviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used to collectthe data.Data from the interviews were analyzed based on van Manen’sphenomenological method. The gathered data were analyzed in order to explainthis lived experience. Then theresultant processed findings were returned to participants for validation. Thefindings include 20 themes which were categorized in 4 major axes. The firstaxis comprising major tasks of the teacher included 7 themes: goal setting, friendly relations, and attention toindividual differences, motivating, strengthening team spirit, strengtheningaccountability, and assessment of students. The second axis under the title offostering critical thinking subsumes 5 themes: creating a challengingenvironment, posing the question or issue, opportunities forcontemplation and reflection, participatory methods and criticism. The thirdaxis covering creative thinking includes 6 themes: discovery methods, creatingopportunities for practical activities, encouraging students' creativity,creative patterns, and creative curiosity. In the fourth axis called deepeningof knowledge 2 themes were identified: research and teaching aids. Sinceit is the teacher that copes with the actual conditions of teaching and hasfirst hard knowledge of students’ interests, demands needs and abilities, hecan provide grounds for an autonomous learning process. Also, if the teacher isto be successful in teaching thinking, he should be a philosopher - teacher whocan make use of all the factors that support the cultivation of criticalthinking in students.
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.
Educational Planing
Fardin Mohammadi; Amir Hosain Mohammadpanah
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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 ...
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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.
y . Romiani; y Mehralizdeh; a parsa
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2015, , Pages 39-58
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Development Plan of Iran with respect to grade, geographical location and educational district Performance Evaluation of different organizations and the resultant information concerning the extent of compliance with certain indicators, has always been an asset for planners of future. Therefore, in this ...
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Development Plan of Iran with respect to grade, geographical location and educational district Performance Evaluation of different organizations and the resultant information concerning the extent of compliance with certain indicators, has always been an asset for planners of future. Therefore, in this study the performance of the office of Education of Ahvaz was evaluated in terms of internal efficiency indicators during the peried of the Fourth Development Plan; and this performance was compared with the average performance of Khuzestan Province. The method used in this study was descriptive – analytical and by using model of students flow and by using tables and graphs the results have been recorded. Statistical population used in this survey comprised all of schools in Ahvaz City during the year 1383- 1388 and because of descriptive nature of research, on this study, no sampling was attempted. Findings of this research showed that internal efficiency coefficient of guidance school in Ahvaz City during this plan period was 82 percent and the wastage ratio in this city was 1/22, while the average index in province was 1/20. The average of survival rate in Khuzestan province was 97/76, while the average of this index in Ahvaz city is 95/98. Also the drop-out index performance of Ahvaz City exceeded that of the province average.
Yahya Maroofi; Zohreh Karami
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The aim of this research was obtaining the experiences of teachers who participated in the lesson study groups at schools. This research was conducted qualitatively using grounded theory method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and purposive sampling was continued until reaching ...
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The aim of this research was obtaining the experiences of teachers who participated in the lesson study groups at schools. This research was conducted qualitatively using grounded theory method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and purposive sampling was continued until reaching a saturation point. Analysis of the results showed that fron the wiewpoint of the teachers who participated in the research, lesson study could have contributed to their professional development in three areas of knowledge, skill, and attitude. Knowledge includes: content knowledge, teaching knowledge, and lesson study knowledge; skills include: thinking skills, teaching skills, and lesson study skills; and attitudes include: tendency to cooperate, tendency to negotiate, gaining inner satisfaction, and creating motivation and interest.Based on the results of this study suggest that teachers can employ lesson study for their professional development and solving teaching-learning problems, and the can participate actively in lesson study groups at schools. The results of this study suggest that teachers can employ lesson study for professional development and solving teaching-learning problems, and the can participate actively in lesson study groups at schools.
M.R Navah
Volume 18, Issue 1 , September 2011, , Pages 43-60
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In his scientific activities, Durkheim was increasingly pursing the issue that government through social intervention in moral planning, should utilize and implement social knowledge and sociology to establish social coherence and equilibrium. Dorkheim maintained the view that he was a pioneer who intended ...
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In his scientific activities, Durkheim was increasingly pursing the issue that government through social intervention in moral planning, should utilize and implement social knowledge and sociology to establish social coherence and equilibrium. Dorkheim maintained the view that he was a pioneer who intended to reform the society by following social positivist codes (rules). He thought (assumed) that his commitment to moral and social reforms via improvement in the structure and content of education for the benefit of society, made him a sociocentrist (socialist). However, contrary to his alleyed reformative purposes his ideas were closer to the traditional conservative purposes, which involve, moral harmony and permanent hierarchy. In his belief, development must be in harmony with social order, not with human beings freedom, and he assumed that it was the duty of modern educational to realize this goal. Dorkheim's main concern was re-establishing social coherence and social harmony in the modern industrial world.
Educational Management
habib kamari; mohammad nourian; nader soleimani; esmat masoodi nodooshan
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Introduction The compilation and operation of strategic programs depend upon strategic thinking and The absence of strategic thinking is among the basic deficits in most organizations which can weaken the possibility of discovering new opportunities. This study aims at doing a systematic research and ...
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Introduction The compilation and operation of strategic programs depend upon strategic thinking and The absence of strategic thinking is among the basic deficits in most organizations which can weaken the possibility of discovering new opportunities. This study aims at doing a systematic research and presenting a meta-synthesis of theoretical patterns and researches, already performed. Method The research is methodologically qualitative and synthetic in type and its content is analyzed according to the meta-synthesis performed in this study subscribing to its practical aim. Results The result of analyzing the inductive content and the combination of categories and results of analysis and combinations is the extraction of a conceptual framework in the field of strategic thinking studies in the form of 56 concepts and 12 components around three levels, individual, group, and organizational. The results point to the relationship between managers' strategic thinking and the success rate of organizations, and the integration of strategic thinking in the organization creates vital capabilities that form the basis of a sustainable competitive advantage and, accordingly, a strategic thinking model was designed. Discussion In this research, by studying the researches, the effective variables of strategic thinking were identified, codified and classified and theoretical grounds, main categories and themes were extracted and the conceptual model of strategic thinking was developed. Although it could be seen that the intuitive and systemic dimensions were separate, with more emphasis on studies, these dimensions were subdivided into the next dimension of the individual. On the other hand, in order to understand strategic thinking in an organizational environment, one has to look beyond the subjects such as the context of the group and its impact on the ability to think strategically and ultimately to provide a framework for strategic thinking, we combine the micro-focus of the individuals and groups with a macro-focus of the organization.
Amin bidokhti; A hamzein; z sababaghian
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The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between Organizational Climate Dimensions and Creativity in Elementary School Teachers in Semnan. The required data was collected from a sample including 210 elementary school teachers and 32 elementary schools through a random sampling ...
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The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between Organizational Climate Dimensions and Creativity in Elementary School Teachers in Semnan. The required data was collected from a sample including 210 elementary school teachers and 32 elementary schools through a random sampling method and by OCDQ-RE and Randcip Test of Creativity. These instruments help us to assess teachers' creativity and their perceptions of organizational climate of schools. After gathering and analyzing data the following results were found: 1. The relationship between principal's behavior and teachers' creativity was positive and significant. 2. There was a significant relationship between teachers' behavior and teachers' creativity. 3. The relationship between teachers' collegial behavior and teachers' creativity was significant. 4. The relationship between other five dimensions and teachers' creativity were non significant.
