K Fathi vajargah; I Ebrahimzadeh; M Farajollahi; M Khoshnodifar
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 45-66
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Globalization process and the ever-increasing eroding of the borders between countries and nations as well as the creation of international societies, require that in order to educate individuals with cross-cultural qualifications, higher education systems of the Globe should take a serious look at the ...
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Globalization process and the ever-increasing eroding of the borders between countries and nations as well as the creation of international societies, require that in order to educate individuals with cross-cultural qualifications, higher education systems of the Globe should take a serious look at the internationalization of their curricula. Bearing this fact in mind this study, using a qualitative method, focuses on challenges and strategies of Internationalization of curricula in Iranian higher from the standpoint of Iranian administrators, faculty members and non-Iranian students. For this purpose, twelve personal interviews were arranged and two sessions of focus groups were conducted. The results have shown that Iran’s rising to the level of a scientific power requires taking steps toward globalization of its higher education system, paying due attention to language of instruction, qualification of professors, supporting services and seeking international cooperation among universities along with supply of financial and human resources, technology and benefiting from cultural potentials and attractions. These are challenges that have to be met should Iran achieve the above goals. The results have also indicated that strategies such as coming to know other higher education systems, synergy of internal universities, allowing for diversification for the enrichment of subject matters and employing efficient methodology, combining regular attendance learning with distance learning are among the most important strategies of Internationalization of the curriculum.
F. Mostafavi rad; M.R. Behrangi; M. Asgarian; V. Farzad
Volume 17, Issue 1 , May 2010, , Pages 45-78
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The main purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Organizational Culture (OCU) Quality of Work Life QWL (exogenous variables), Organizational Commitment (OCO, intermediate variable) and Work Alienation (WA) (endogenous variable). The ...
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The main purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Organizational Culture (OCU) Quality of Work Life QWL (exogenous variables), Organizational Commitment (OCO, intermediate variable) and Work Alienation (WA) (endogenous variable). The sample consisted of 234 managers of secondary schools in Shiraz. Four were used, Denison Questionnaire for OCU, Walton and Casio Questionnaire for QWL, Allen and Mayer Questionnaire for OCO and researcher made questionnaire for WA. The direct, indirect and total effects of variables showed that there are: A negative and significant relationship between: (a) OCU and WA, (b) OCU and WA with intermediatory of OCO, and (c) QWL and WA; and a significant and positive relationship between QWL and OCO. The final result of path analysis suggested that OCU is a stronger predictor of WA in secondary schools administrators in Shiraz. Keywords:
A. Zandavanian; E Daryapoor; T. Jabarifar
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 45-62
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Present study aims to investigate the relationship between school climate and bullying behavior among the middle school students of Yazd city in the academic year of 2011-2012. Population of this study includes all of the middle school students of Yazd city, which of them, 400 students were selected ...
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Present study aims to investigate the relationship between school climate and bullying behavior among the middle school students of Yazd city in the academic year of 2011-2012. Population of this study includes all of the middle school students of Yazd city, which of them, 400 students were selected by cluster random sampling. This article is a correlation- descriptive study. To evaluate school climate, Comprehensive School Climate Scale (CSCS, 2009) was used, and for evaluating bullying behavior, Olweus Bullying/ Victimization Questionnaire (1996) was applied. In this study, descriptive statistics such as, Pearson correlation and independent sample t-test were used for analyzing the data. Results showed that there is a negative and meaningful correlation between school climate and bully/ victim behavior. Also, it was found that male students were bullying and victimized more than of female students. Moreover, the results of this study showed that School climate and its components were in positive correlation with academic achievement. Meanwhile, there is a negative correlation between bully/ victim behavior and academic achievement (p<0.05).
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of visual memory on the growth of geometric thinking via mediating role of scientific epistemology of geometry (SEG). The confirmatory factor analysis of SEG administered via Structural equation modeling. Meditational analysis was administered via two ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of visual memory on the growth of geometric thinking via mediating role of scientific epistemology of geometry (SEG). The confirmatory factor analysis of SEG administered via Structural equation modeling. Meditational analysis was administered via two regression equations namely complete and restricted regression models for determining indirect effect and its significance normal sobel test and GEE were used. The design was correlational descriptive and the statistical population of the study consisted of all student teachers of Isfahan Farhangian University and 550 participants were selected by voluntary method sampling and respond to questionnaire including based on the conceptual model. Including standardized vanHiele geometric thinking levels, also meeker Visual memory types, namely tests CFS, CFC and CFU and researcher made scientific epistemology geometry test. The research findings indicate indirect impact of visual memory on the Geometric thinking as well as the direct impact of Geometry scientific epistemology in Geometric thinking.
Volume 19, Issue 1 , September 2012, , Pages 47-66
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Abstract The purpose of the present study was the investigation of effective teaching to promote creativity in students. The population of this study comprised third-year students in Hamedan High Schools. Among this population of 1760 students, five groups (three experimental groups and two control groups) ...
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Abstract The purpose of the present study was the investigation of effective teaching to promote creativity in students. The population of this study comprised third-year students in Hamedan High Schools. Among this population of 1760 students, five groups (three experimental groups and two control groups) were selected through cluster sampling. The first group was exposed to three major factors (increase of teaching time, well- trained professional teacher and effective content), the second group had access to two of these factors (efficient content and professional teacher), the third group had only the benefit of an professional teacher. The Other 2 groups acing as the control groups had none of these factors. Creativity Test of Jamal Abedi was used prior and after the experiment. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA. The results showed that each and every of the three factors involved in the teaching of art was effective in fostering students' creativity.
Curriculum Development
amir pourahmadali; Aliakbar Sheykhi fini; Hossein Zeinalipour; Samad Izadi
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This research aims to identify the dimensions and components of the application of studying mathematical lessons in elementary schools of Mazandaran province in order to present a conceptual model. The method used in this research has been a sequential exploratory mixed method. The research community ...
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This research aims to identify the dimensions and components of the application of studying mathematical lessons in elementary schools of Mazandaran province in order to present a conceptual model. The method used in this research has been a sequential exploratory mixed method. The research community included the experts of the field of lesson study, all teachers of mathematics and principals of primary schools in Mazandaran province numbered 10700 people. Sampling method in the qualitative section, the method of desirable items includes 16 people and in the quantitative section, A simple random sample of 370 people. Data collection tools Deep and exploratory interviews and A researcher-made questionnaire (85 questions) was extracted from the interviews. The method of analyzing data in the qualitative stage of the data-based method and in the quantitative stage exploratory factor analysis, confirmation, And Friedman test. The findings showed that the dimensions of studying include human aspect, structural aspect, cultural aspect, managerial aspect and pedagogical aspect. Also, the results of Friedman's test showed that According to the respondents in this research, the first priority is the pedagogical aspect, the second priority is related to the cultural aspect, the third priority relates to the structural aspect, the fourth priority relating to the human aspect and the fifth priority to the management aspect.
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..
S.M Marashi; Y Mehralizadeh; T Toosi
Volume 20, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 51-74
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The aim of this research is study ofTheoretical foundation of Globalization and its impact on goals of curriculums in Iran education system. In doing this, three known philosophical, economical, cultural, and political theories are considered with focusing on the curriculum goals which have been discussed ...
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The aim of this research is study ofTheoretical foundation of Globalization and its impact on goals of curriculums in Iran education system. In doing this, three known philosophical, economical, cultural, and political theories are considered with focusing on the curriculum goals which have been discussed by Valershtan (world system theory), Mayer and Boli (world polity theory, and Robertson (world culture theory). Reflection of each theory in curriculum shows that trends of educational system in the world is shifting towards a pluralism, minorities, national and local cultures, technical and vocational education, lifelong learning, and decentralization. With regards to Iran’s society characteristics as a young society this research was going to see the reflection of those theories over Iranian education system and its curriculum goals. The results revealed that there are some positive reflections and opportunities from those theories within Iran’s education system particularly issues such as privatization, decentralization, integrated curriculum, peace and lifelong education. At the same time, some of the threatens of the impact of those theories in Iran’s education system are addressing single subject curriculum, economic manipulation, customers consumption and inequality of education system for all children
N. Azizi; S. Mohammadi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , February 2012, , Pages 51-74
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The purpose of this study was to identify strategic implementation obstacles in the Kurdistan educational organization. Qualitative approach via semi structured interviewing was used to collect data. Using theoretical sampling method, the organization’s Director General, his deputies and ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify strategic implementation obstacles in the Kurdistan educational organization. Qualitative approach via semi structured interviewing was used to collect data. Using theoretical sampling method, the organization’s Director General, his deputies and the organization’s senior experts were interviewed. Results showed that Kurdistan’s Organization of Education is confronting several obstacles when its strategic plans one implemented among which cognitive, attitude and skill- related obstacles (individual obstacles), insufficient organizational resources, ineffective organizational structure and culture, ineffective professional development training, ineffective leadership, and irregular supervision and evaluation (organizational obstacles) are remarkable.
M. Abbas Zadeh; H. Kharatian Khamene; K. Abassi; M. Mobarak Bakhshayesh
Volume 17, 3,4 , February 2011, , Pages 51-76
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The aim of present article is to identify factors that affect religious attitudes among students and to provide practical suggestions to deal with this issue. The research methods used in this study was survey and check the effects of dependent variable on the independent variable 434 high ...
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The aim of present article is to identify factors that affect religious attitudes among students and to provide practical suggestions to deal with this issue. The research methods used in this study was survey and check the effects of dependent variable on the independent variable 434 high school students from among 36,718 students as the statistical community were selected by stratified random sampling. According to research findings (analyzed through Spss17), the depth and breadth of religious attitudes among students are desirable, and the variables such as having religious parents, performance of religious authorities and political factors were found to be more influential on religious attitudes of students than other variables.
A.R. Kiamanesh; S Aghdasi; M Mahdavi-Hezaveh
Volume 21, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 51-72
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The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the trend of school climate change in primary schools of Iran as well as other countries in region who participated in TIMSS 2003 and 2007 study. Samples, instruments and data used in this study are exactly the same as those were used in TIMSS ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the trend of school climate change in primary schools of Iran as well as other countries in region who participated in TIMSS 2003 and 2007 study. Samples, instruments and data used in this study are exactly the same as those were used in TIMSS 2003 and 2007. Using Trend Study, data from courtiers participated of the 2003 TIMSS study was compared to the data from the same courtiers in TIMSS 2007 study. From the Iranian school’s principals perspectives in both studies as well as fourth grade Iranian teachers in 2007 study, school climate in Iranian schools is more favorable than the other participated countries (except Dubai and Qatar). Based on the teachers’ perspective in 2003 study the average of school climate in Iranian schools was significantly less than the average in the other participated countries. Based on teachers and school principal’s perspective, the school climate in all participated countries improved from 2003 to 2007. From fourth grade students point of views in all participated courtiers in 2003 (except Armenia) and 2007 study (except Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Iran) the school climate in their schools was inappropriate.
Leila Valizadeh; Hamid Rahimian; Abbas Abbaspour; Ali Khorsandi Taaskouh; Ghodsi Ahghar
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Introduction: The purpose of this research was to identify and analyze the competences of the managers of child care centers. In recent years,childhood and its significance have been addressed by scientists from all fields of science and have shown the impact of care quality and education of early childhood ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this research was to identify and analyze the competences of the managers of child care centers. In recent years,childhood and its significance have been addressed by scientists from all fields of science and have shown the impact of care quality and education of early childhood in all aspects of the individual and social life; this has led to the policymakers paying special attention to childhood. One of these policies is to select and train effective managers in line with the objectives of academic education, government policies and the social environment governing the care and education of children, Too this endeavor may also meet the needs of families and society. However staff of child care centers need training in modern management which requires that managers should have the required knowledge and skills needed for the successful management of child care. Method: This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and Delphi method. The statistical society consisted of two parts: (1). International databases and magazines, national laws and regulations on the management of child care and education centers. (2). Professors and experts who have knowledge and information in this field were contacted, and their ideas were used to extract the components and concepts. First, the information needed to extract the components and competency components of the managers of child care and education centers was studied using theoretical literature and international research, bearing an the subject. Subsequently, In order to complement the extracted codes, by invoking the experts help components and subcomponent of the child-centers managers, componences were pinned down using Delphi method in three stages. the components and codes of competencies of the managers of child care and education centers were extracted from related documents and related texts. After three steps of the Delphi method and reconnection to the experts, the components and codes were recognized and approved. Results: Finally 43 subcomponents and four main components were extracted. the foure main components regarding the competencies of child care centers managers were: knowledge, personality tracts, personal abilities and skills.Kindergarten administrators, as responsible for all internal affairs of kindergarten, should have special, human and moral measures for caring and development of all children. Activities that go even beyond the home of kindergarten. In order to achieve this level of education in the field of daycare, it is essential to gain the skills, personality, knowledge and ability of the managers of these centers. Key words: competence, nursery school, manager, child This research was conducted at the expense of the researcher and no financial support was received. Also in this article there is no conflict of interest and it is taken from the phd dissertation.
Educational Management
marziyeh abdolvahabi; yadolah mehralizadeh; abdolah parsa
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The main purpose of this study is study the barriers of implementation of smart schools in Ahwaz Girls secondary schools. In order to doing this study a mixed method of research was used. Also data collected via multi methods such as questionnaire, semi-interviews, checklist and researcher observation. ...
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The main purpose of this study is study the barriers of implementation of smart schools in Ahwaz Girls secondary schools. In order to doing this study a mixed method of research was used. Also data collected via multi methods such as questionnaire, semi-interviews, checklist and researcher observation. The sample of the study consisted of 100 teachers and 8 principles of secondary school which randomly selected from zone 1 of Ahwaz city using a cluster sampling method. The results of the questionnaire indicated that main barriers were: weakness of teaching and learning environment, a multimedia-based learning content, low level of IT infrastructure development, school management system, weakness of teachers it skills and lack of appropriated action regarding the it.
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
Philosophy of Education
M.H. Mirzamohammadi
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This research was an attempt at comparing Farabi’sand Heidegger’s views on being and their implications for education. Based on the researchobjective, four researchquestions were formulatedas follows: What are Farabi's innovations in the interpretation of Being inIslamic philosophy? What ...
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This research was an attempt at comparing Farabi’sand Heidegger’s views on being and their implications for education. Based on the researchobjective, four researchquestions were formulatedas follows: What are Farabi's innovations in the interpretation of Being inIslamic philosophy? What are Heidegger's innovations in the analysis of Beingin western philosophy? What are the commonalities of and differences betweenthe views of these thinkers regarding being? What are the implications of theresults of this comparison for education? The methodology used was descriptive – analytic(comparative analysis) and deductive. The findings show that themain commonality of Farabi’s and Heidegger’s points of views about Being isreturn to Being (existence) as against existents. Of course, for Farabi, Beingis hierarchical and value – laden. Also education for both Farabi and Heideggercomsists in the realization of Being. Of course, for Farabi, the ultimate Beingis God's being, whereas for Heidegger it is the ‘self’ that is consideredimportant.
F. Ghasemi; J. Jahani
Volume 17, Issue 2 , August 2010, , Pages 63-82
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This paper aimed at a survey and comparison of the effect of teaching creativity to elementary school children based on Plsek Model. To do this, 275 Grade 5 elementary school students in 8 classes were randomly selected from two districts of Shiraz city .and divided into 4 experimental ...
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This paper aimed at a survey and comparison of the effect of teaching creativity to elementary school children based on Plsek Model. To do this, 275 Grade 5 elementary school students in 8 classes were randomly selected from two districts of Shiraz city .and divided into 4 experimental groups in the basis of the treatment each was to receive as follows: 1) Creative content and method, 2) Creative content, but ordinary method, 3) Ordinary content, but Creative method, and 4) ordinary content and method. (2 classes were arranged to each group) For this purpose the contents of 3 chapters of grade 5 science book along with the teachers' manual were designed based on Plsek model .In the next step, experimental group teachers received the required instruction. The research method was quasi-experimental, and Torrance pretest was employed then all groups received their respective instruction under experimental conditions. Finally, performance they were tested based on Torrance test. The results of factorial design ANCOVA and analyses showed significant difference among the creativity score of the groups. That is, the creative content group, creative method group, and creative content and method group showed higher creative performance than the other group.
Educational Management
Hamid Farhadi Rad; Sakineh Shahi; Amin Allah Khalili
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Abstract: In this research we assume that knowledge is recognized as a strategic and key asset for all organizations and education systems too. Therefore the appropriate use of knowledge is an effective factor in the success/failure of educational organizations and teachers are main people that could ...
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Abstract: In this research we assume that knowledge is recognized as a strategic and key asset for all organizations and education systems too. Therefore the appropriate use of knowledge is an effective factor in the success/failure of educational organizations and teachers are main people that could create, save and share knowledge in the school systems. In the other hand we know that teaching, learning and educating process are the core of any education system and are most important duties of teachers. Based on this assumption the best teachers are those who their work lead to the highest levels of learning in school especially students’ learnings. But what is teacher’s knowledge that guides his/her teaching and learning activities and other organizational behaviors? It should be said that performing the above activities without identifying teachers' knowledge and its dimensions is difficult. Therefore it is important to school as an organization that know about teacher’s knowledge component and how to manage it in order to provide proper context for, creating, saving, maintaining, developing, sharing and exchanging of knowledge at the school level. Based on theoretical foundations we found that teacher’s knowledge has a wide range including cognation knowledge, experiences, skills, perspectives and even the value and mentality system of the teachers. Studying in a real context could lead to better understanding of teacher’s knowledge so the main purpose of this study aimed to identify and introduce the components and dimensions of teachers’ knowledge in Ahvaz education system. By purpose this research is a “Theoretical-Applied” research and by method is mixed method (Sequential Exploratory). In the qualitative part, based on theoretical saturation 11 teachers who were convinced and satisfied selected and participated in this research. They were selected by purposeful and best intensity case sampling. Sample size in quantitative part based on Cochran formula 346 persons estimated and they selected by stratified random sampling method. Semi-structured interview with participants was used to collect qualitative data and quantitative data gathered by a questionnaire that made by researcher. For date analysis, interviews inductive content analysis was used and exploratory factor analysis was used for quantitative data analysis. The results showed that, teachers knowledge can be classified into 6 components consists of, cognitive knowledge (recognition of students, rules and regulations …), proficiency knowledge (Teaching skills, Assessment skills…), procedural knowledge (Practical teaching, knowledge assessment…), Interactive knowledge (Interaction with the manager, interaction with office…),managerial and planning knowledge (Leadership and management of class…), technological knowledge (Computer and Internet knowledge). Keywords: Cognitive knowledge, Proficiency knowledge, Procedural knowledge, Interactive knowledge, Managerial & Planning knowledge, Technological knowledge
m amini; Z. Mashallahi
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2015, , Pages 59-82
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The main Purpose of this research was the analysis and appraisal of the environmental education standards in science and social studies textbooks of junior high schools books in were analyzed based on 2 aspects: contents and pictures. Environmental education standards investigated in this research included ...
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The main Purpose of this research was the analysis and appraisal of the environmental education standards in science and social studies textbooks of junior high schools books in were analyzed based on 2 aspects: contents and pictures. Environmental education standards investigated in this research included the skills of questioning and analysis, knowledge of environmental processes and systems, environmental issue investigation skills, decision and action skills and personal and civic responsibility. The research method used was content analysis. The findings showed that attention to environmental education standards in social studies textbooks is distributed in both the science and second and third grades and science textbooks are related to first, third and second grades. Social studies books pertaining to all the 3 grades of the junior high school. On the whole these findings showed that an environmental education standard in the above mentioned textbooks was superficial and incomplete.
R Saberi; B Mahram
Volume 18, Issue 1 , September 2011, , Pages 61-82
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One of the missions of general education is the development of art capacities in learners. Art production and criticism, aesthetics, the art history of Iran and other nations as the content structure in the textbooks of art educationare some of subjects that deserve to be considered deeply by curriculum ...
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One of the missions of general education is the development of art capacities in learners. Art production and criticism, aesthetics, the art history of Iran and other nations as the content structure in the textbooks of art educationare some of subjects that deserve to be considered deeply by curriculum developers. This may be done in view of the intended activities planned by educators to foster students' potentialities. This study was conducted through content analysis. The sounce consisted of the contents all text-books published centrally by government for junior high schools in 2009. In the process of content analysis, units of study were themes, images and exercises. Coding was done according to deductive method and on a basis of subject and structural topics of art education. To measure the reliability, 10% of content was coded by a second evaluator: the rate of agreement was 86%. The results indicated that madescending order aesthetics, art production and art history in Islam and Iran consist ituted the greatest dimensions of art training, and designing and painting, writing calligraphy and graphics represented the first to the third priorities in the content structure in junior high school text-books. The results showed that important aspects like music, art criticism, the art history of other nations and dramatic arts in art education were neglected.
M. Karami; Z. Salari
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 63-80
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This research was intended to explore the effectiveness of blended learning environment on industrial training. The Research method was quasi-experimental and the Pretest -posttest control group design was used. Samples were taken from experts of HEPCO of Arak-City. Thus 60 experts were randomly selected ...
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This research was intended to explore the effectiveness of blended learning environment on industrial training. The Research method was quasi-experimental and the Pretest -posttest control group design was used. Samples were taken from experts of HEPCO of Arak-City. Thus 60 experts were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control groups. A problem solving comers was designed with two approaches of performance traditional versus blended based on game-Briggs model. The experimental group was exposed to G_B learning environment model, while the control group worked with a traditional one. For evaluating effectiveness of blended learning environment, two dependent variables covering satisfaction and learning were measured and compared with those of control group. Research tools included a questionnaire to measure satisfaction, and test to measure learning performance. Results indicated that designing a blended learning environment in industrial training increased learner’s satisfaction and produced better results in academic achievement and raised the overall effectiveness of the training of industry expert.
Philosophy of Education
Roohollah Karimi
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Introduction When we discuss of moral education from the Aristotle view it comes to our mind one of the important theory namely " habituation theory". The concept of habituation as a lenghthy learning process that results in a kind of social and operational condition of the individual by bothe the immediate ...
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Introduction When we discuss of moral education from the Aristotle view it comes to our mind one of the important theory namely " habituation theory". The concept of habituation as a lenghthy learning process that results in a kind of social and operational condition of the individual by bothe the immediate and the broder social environment into which the individual is embedded. Method The purpose of this article is a philosophical critique of habituation as the most prominent aspect of moral education in the Nicomachean Ethics basedon Tusi's interpretation. To achieve this goal, the method of content analysis and logical deduction was used. Results It was shown that although Tusi's interpretation, because of its emphasis on the part of the will in the process of habituation, cannot be called mechanical interpretation, there are still serious differences, like mechanical interpretation, between Aristotle's habituation in Nicomachean ethics and Tusi's habituation in Nasirean Ethics. Discussion I first try to elaborate mechanical interpretation, since in many cases commentators of Aristotle have considered the traditional interpretations containing Tusi's asmechanical interpretation. I try to show that mechanical interpretation is based on the principles of behaviorism, and we can’t attribute this interpretation not only to Aristotle, but to his traditional commentators like Tusi, because behaviorism refuses to acknowledge the internal workings of persons containing the will, which confirmed by Aristotle and his traditional commentators. This is while an important feature in Tusi's interpretation is to emphasize the will and strengthen it. The role of the will in Tusi's interpretation is so important that we can consider other parameters of his moral education as punishment and encourage, practical training, austerity, modeling and etc. to strengthen the will in trainee. Although mechanical interpretation cannot be attributed to neither Aristotle nor Tusi, Tusi's habituation in Nasirean Ethics isn't the same Aristotle's habituation in Nicomachean ethics. At least two major criticisms are made on Tusi's reading. First, since the will has intentionality, and virtuous acts can't be separated from certain situations, the reinforcement of pure will cannot be achieved. Secondly, Tusi doesn’t pay sufficient attention to phronesis, while it has very important role in the Nicomachean Ethics, as far as Aristotle says virtue cannot exist without phronesis. It causes the portion of reason and rational education in moral education in Nasirean Ethics is less than the Nicomakhean Ethics. In the end, it is tried to show that the interpretation of Nasir al-Din is rooted in the sharp separation of the powers of the soul, which is influenced by the separation of the material universe from the universe of ideas in Neoplatonism, which is not confirmed by Aristotle.
Volume 19, Issue 1 , September 2012, , Pages 67-82
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This research is an experimental study conducted to determine the effects of cognitive and met-cognitive strategies training on reducing test anxiety and increasing school performance of female third-grade guidance students in Ahwaz. The sample consisted of 84 students who were selected randomly from ...
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This research is an experimental study conducted to determine the effects of cognitive and met-cognitive strategies training on reducing test anxiety and increasing school performance of female third-grade guidance students in Ahwaz. The sample consisted of 84 students who were selected randomly from one randomly selected school in Ahwaz. The scales used for this study were as follows: (a) test anxiety (Abolghasemi & Najarian, 1375) and (b) GPA. The research design was a pre- and post-test experimental and control groups. The experimental groups participated in nine sessions of cognitive and metacognitive strategies training (one hour each session), which included the following topics: summarizing, questioning, meaning control, measuring, review etc. The control group received no training. Subsequenting, groups were post tested. The results of one-way ANOVA showed that the three groups were significantly different (p < 0.5) on test anxiety and school performance. Finally, this study suggests that cognitive and met cognitive strategies training reduced test anxiety of the experimental groups and increased school performance among students.
M ghasemi; A Tajik esmaeili; A Masnavi
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 67-86
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The present research intends to by way of comparing traditional and active methods of teaching demonstrate which of the following methods: Team Effectiveness Design (TED), Team Member Teaching Design (TMTD), Performance Judging Design (PJD) & Clarifying Attitudes Design (CAD) is/are more effective ...
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The present research intends to by way of comparing traditional and active methods of teaching demonstrate which of the following methods: Team Effectiveness Design (TED), Team Member Teaching Design (TMTD), Performance Judging Design (PJD) & Clarifying Attitudes Design (CAD) is/are more effective in increasing reading literacy and comprehension of the pupils in the Tehran fourth grade elementary. The research population consisted of all girls and boy pupils in Tehran’s fourth grade elementary schools. The Sample consisted of 10 classes selected by cluster sampling method. A semi- experimental design with Pretest- posttest control group was used. Teachers received training in two sessions. Data were analyzed using the one way analysis of variance and two way analysis (2×5design) and Tukey's Honestly Significance Difference Test (HSD). The results show that differences between traditional and activity methods of teaching were not significant. Interaction effect between methods of teaching and gender was significant. In fact by controlling gender the difference between traditional and activity methods of teaching was not significant. Boy students who received traditional methods of teaching showed the best performance in boys groups; But in girls groups, those who were exposed to traditional methods exhibited the weakest performance. The highest amount of gender effect belongs to the Performance of Judging Design, thus girls in this group ranked exhibited the highest performance barely lower than their performanceon Team Effectiveness Design whereas in boys group the lowest performance pertains to this group, i.e. Performance Judging Design.
Educational Planing
Azadeh Dehghanpoor; Abdollah Parsa; yadollah Mehralizadeh
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With the purpose of understanding the relationship between school size, school culture and academic achievement on both middle & secondary girl schools of Ahvaz (2010-2011), a correlational survey was conducted by participation of 17 middle schools and 15 secondary schools that were selected by stratified ...
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With the purpose of understanding the relationship between school size, school culture and academic achievement on both middle & secondary girl schools of Ahvaz (2010-2011), a correlational survey was conducted by participation of 17 middle schools and 15 secondary schools that were selected by stratified random sampling. School Culture Questionnaire and It's parameters (salfi & saeed, 2007) was used to measures of school culture (teachers professional qualification, teachers' interactions with personnel and management (Staff and Row), teachers' interactions, parents' participation in school activities, and physical facilities) which completed by teachers; Second School's identify certification also completed by principal of each school. Reliability coefficients of school culture questionnaire (α= 0.95) and its fifth subscales (0.79 – 0.92) was very high and acceptable. Results showed that there was no significant difference in culture and its components between schools with different sizes (except physical facilities component); However there was a significant difference in academic achievement in the schools with different sizes. The results of regression analysis showed that school culture predicts 12% of variance of academic achievement and among the components of school culture just the impact of parents' participation on the academic achievement is significant. The school size, and school culture altogether could explain 12% of students' academic achievement. There is no significant difference between middle & secondary schools on school cultures as well as its entire components.
Abstract
One of the mostimportant matters in child education is parents’ participation in the education and training of their children. This is highly significant because children spend one half of their daily time at home under the surveillance of their parents. The continuance of parent participation ...
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One of the mostimportant matters in child education is parents’ participation in the education and training of their children. This is highly significant because children spend one half of their daily time at home under the surveillance of their parents. The continuance of parent participation into the school can both help the improvement of education and create problems for parents. This study aims at uncovering both the positive and negative consequences of parents’ participation at the primary education level. The methodology used in this research is qualitative, (phenomenological). The statistical population consisted of all elementary pupils’ parents of Tabriz City in the academic year 1391-92. Samples consisted of 16 parents, selected purposively until saturation was reached. The research data were collected using in –depth interviews and were analyzed by applying Smith’s method. The data yielded nine main themes including: Reason for the importance of education; conditions and possibilities; parents’ methods of education; problems encountered; the reasons for those problems from parents’ standpoints; the positive effects on children, of the cooperation; shortcomings in parents participation; parents solutions to the problems; and parents’ suggestions for school efficacy. Parents underwent both positive and negative experiences in the course of participation which impacted their perceptions concerning that participation; curriculum managers, better understanding & parents’ cooperation might play a significant role in reducing negative and enhancing positive aspects of the efficacy of programs and planners’ satisfaction.
