Curriculum Development
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If we recognize that the primary aim of educational systems is providing necessary conditions for comprehensive development of students, then attention to developing all of their features and existential capabilities is considered as inevitable necessity. From this point of view, in addition to the development ...
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If we recognize that the primary aim of educational systems is providing necessary conditions for comprehensive development of students, then attention to developing all of their features and existential capabilities is considered as inevitable necessity. From this point of view, in addition to the development of cognitive and intellectual aspects of the learners, planning for harmonious developing of students' feelings and emotions also requires considerable importance. But despite its significant role and status, emotional intelligence in Iran is educational system is not taken seriously for various reasons and certain views and attitudes. This study was conducted with the aim of examining the situation and position of emotions among female students in second and the third grades in a high school at Kashan. The research approach adopted in this study was one of educational connoisseurship and criticism which served for evaluate and criticized the situation of emotions in three stages involving description, interpretation and evaluation. Findings showed that a part of the inefficiency of the country’s secondary school system rooted in lack of attention and neglect of the important field of feelings and emotions.
Educational Psychology
Nasrin Rahmanpour; HASAN ASADZADEH; Esmaeel Sadipour; Noorali Farrokhi
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Aims: The purpose of this study was to develop a self-determination educational package and determine its effectiveness on intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation of high school students. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test with the control group ...
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Aims: The purpose of this study was to develop a self-determination educational package and determine its effectiveness on intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation of high school students. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test with the control group and follow up. At first, self-determination educational package was compiled using library studies, then the rate of content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) was determined by the experts. Using a multistage cluster random sampling method, a 22-members class and a 20-members class of 10th grade empirical science filed were assigned to the experimental group and the control group, respectively, that experimental group had 2 students drop. The experimental group received an educational package in eight 90-minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any education. The findings were analyzed using covariance analysis and repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: The content validity index (CVI) for all goals in the educational package was 0.9 to 1, and the content validity ratio (CVR) for all goals in the educational protocol was 0.8 to 1. The findings indicated that the self-determination educational package affects the intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation of high school students in Tehran. Moreover, no meaningful difference between post-test and follow-up was detected, which reveals the stability of learning effects. Conclusion: self-determination educational package has the potency to promote intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, reduce amotivation in high school students and improving quality of learning.
Omid Noroozi; Javad Hatami; Saeed Latifi; Hashem Fardanesh
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IntroductionPeer feedback is one of the promising educational strategy to improve students’ argumentative essay writing. However, resently, researchs have indicated that imlicit approach (Scripts and prompts) in online peer feedback environment improved student’s academic writing skills, ...
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IntroductionPeer feedback is one of the promising educational strategy to improve students’ argumentative essay writing. However, resently, researchs have indicated that imlicit approach (Scripts and prompts) in online peer feedback environment improved student’s academic writing skills, these approaches bring some issues. More resently researches for solving this issues propose explicit approaches (sach as instruction and worked example). On the base, this study investigates the effects of online peer feedback environment with argumentation training on students’ learning process (argumentative feedback quality) and outcomes (argumentative essay quality and domain-specific knowledge acquisition) in the field of educational sciences. MethodThe population of the study was all undergraduate students of educational sciences at Kharazmi University in Karaj in which 40 students were randomly selected as a sample and were assigned to either experimental (with training and worked example) or control group (without any additional support) in a pre- and posttest design. They were then divided over 20 dyads and were asked to write an argumentative essay, engage in argumentative peer feedback with their learning partner, and then revise their essay based on feedback they received. In the peer feedback phase, the students of the experimental group received on how to write a high quality argumentative essay before giving feedback. To do so, a collaborative e-learning environment was designed and developed. A coding scheme was developed based on research literature to measure both argumentative essay and argumentative peer feedback quality. ResultThe results favoured students in the experimental condition in terms of their argumentative essay writing, argumentative peer feedback quality, and the acquisition of domain-specific knowledge. Furthermore, there was a positive and significant correlation between the learning process (argumentative peer feedback quality) and the outcome (argumentative essay writing quality).DiscussionThe results of this research indicated the importance of argumentation training as a support for peer feedback process in increasing the students’ feedback quality, academic writing and domain specific learning. Providing argumentation training befor peer feedback activity can familiarize students with criteria for a higher quality feedback, and thus improve the quality of their writing. Also, high quality feedback requires a more cognitive elaboration of learning material which can enhance student learning in subject at hand.The results of this research indicated the importance of argumentation training as a support for peer feedback process in increasing the students’ feedback quality, academic writing and domain specific learning. Providing argumentation training befor peer feedback activity can familiarize students with criteria for a higher quality feedback, and thus improve the quality of their writing. Also, high quality feedback requires a more cognitive elaboration of learning material which can enhance student learning in subject at hand.Keywords: online peer feedback environments, argumentative writing, argumentative peer feedback, argumentation training.
G Makroni; k bolandhematan
Volume 21, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 73-92
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The aim of this study was investigating the multicultural education in primary schools of Iran. In this regard we analyzed the content of elementary textbooks to discover to what extent these books concentrate on multicultural education concepts. To attain this purpose, researchers used qualitative content ...
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The aim of this study was investigating the multicultural education in primary schools of Iran. In this regard we analyzed the content of elementary textbooks to discover to what extent these books concentrate on multicultural education concepts. To attain this purpose, researchers used qualitative content analysis method for analyzing the Persian and Social instruction textbooks of primary schools. Using content analysis method of the primary school text books showed that not much attention has been paid to the concepts of multicultural education
N Azizi; P Jafari; V Farzad; M Senoubari
Volume 20, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 75-94
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This study aims to investigate the views of the school principals and scholars in economics of education on the obstacles which render private sector participation in Iran' education. Sample included 284 school principals and ten of the well-known scholars in the field of economics of education who were ...
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This study aims to investigate the views of the school principals and scholars in economics of education on the obstacles which render private sector participation in Iran' education. Sample included 284 school principals and ten of the well-known scholars in the field of economics of education who were working at Tehran universities. Samples were selected via the cluster and the purposeful sampling methods respectively. In order to collect data, a questionnaire with 62 closed items was applied. T-test for one sample was used for data analysis. The findings showed that the government's negative view and its mistrust to private sector potential to provide educational bases, participation for just economic benefits, lack of private sector's motivation entering educational market, lack of facilities anticipation and supporting and facilitating actions are amongst the most important obstacles which participants believe would not allow that the none for profit schools be expanded effectively in Iran.
Y. Mehralizadeh; N. Radee Afsooran; A. Parsa; M.A. Moatamedi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , February 2012, , Pages 75-96
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The purpose of the present research was to study human resources empowerment dimensions in one of the Water and Electricity organizations of Iran. The research method used was descriptive, i.e. survey, and statistical population consisted of all managers and employees in 1388/89 (2009/2010). A Sample ...
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The purpose of the present research was to study human resources empowerment dimensions in one of the Water and Electricity organizations of Iran. The research method used was descriptive, i.e. survey, and statistical population consisted of all managers and employees in 1388/89 (2009/2010). A Sample of 220 participants were selected Via stratified random sampling. A measurement instrument (questionnaire) was designed based on the criteria of Iran manpower empowerment institute model. The reliability and validity of the instrument were measured to be 0.946 and 0.904 respectively. The main findings of this research are: The rate of human resources Empowerment in the studied organization was found to be lower than average based on the criteria of Iran’s Manpower Empowerment Institute Model. Based on leadership dimension of Iran Manpower Empowerment Institute model, there is a gap between the status quo and the optimal target. Also a gap was found between the status quo and optimum based on the learning dimention of Iran’s Manpower Empowerment Inistitute model.
A. Ramazani; A. Parsa; M. Safaei Moghadam
Volume 17, 3,4 , February 2011, , Pages 77-100
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This research was conducted to investigate the effect of higher education on development of critical thinking. By classified random sampling, 500 undergraduate students for two college in five group ((2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)) were selected. By compeleting (CCTST) and analyzing ...
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This research was conducted to investigate the effect of higher education on development of critical thinking. By classified random sampling, 500 undergraduate students for two college in five group ((2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)) were selected. By compeleting (CCTST) and analyzing data by SPSS, the results indicated that there were significant differences among five groups of students and senior students gaind better scores than the juniors. In addition differences were found in three subscale of the test (evaluation, Analysis, Inference). However, the results revealed that not only higher education has positive effect on development of critical thinking, but also the scores of all students were lower than standard mean of the test. This research suggests that in spite of the fact that development of critical thinking is related to family and educational background of students before entering the higher education, but revision and improvement in the structure and curricular of higher education, is necessary.
Philosophy of Education
babak shamshiri; mohammad mazidi
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The religious intellectualism, resulting from thereligious confrontation with modernity, has become one of the most contentious,though influential, approaches in the contemporary Islamic world. Thisphenomenon has also given rise to many controversial debates among the scholarssubscribing to different ...
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The religious intellectualism, resulting from thereligious confrontation with modernity, has become one of the most contentious,though influential, approaches in the contemporary Islamic world. Thisphenomenon has also given rise to many controversial debates among the scholarssubscribing to different theoretical and ideological orientations. These orientations have provided grounds forthe religious intellectualism in Iran to be labeled as different intellectualwaves such as Islamic revival, Islamization of knowledge with its very recenttrend recognized as an epistemological and philosophical orientation. Therecent religious intellectualism in Iran claims to possess the ability to adaptreligion to modernity and its components such as citizenship. The main purposeof this study, first, was to verify the possibilities and capacity of therecent religious intellectualism so that a program for educating appropriatecitizens could be drawn up. This research was conducted under a qualitativeparadigm using a descriptive-interpretive approach to analyze the data. Theresults of the study reveal that the current intellectualism in Iran, with allof its pre-suppositions and principles which prioritize epistemology overontology has been able to adapt itself, in many cases, to the assumptions ofmodernity and modern citizenship thus making provisions for the realization ofthe modern citizenship training.
A. Parsa; T. Nakhoda; S.M. Marashi
Volume 17, Issue 1 , May 2010, , Pages 79-102
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For conducting a survey about the attitudes of the teachers in the secondary education of Khuzestan about the effects of the festival of active teaching methods on Instruction quality and students’ ...
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For conducting a survey about the attitudes of the teachers in the secondary education of Khuzestan about the effects of the festival of active teaching methods on Instruction quality and students’ academic achievement, 324 teachers completed a questionnraire with 42 items and 5 sub-scales. 37/8 (N=125) percent of them were all the teachers who had participated in annual festival of active teaching methods and the rest of them (N=199) had not participated and were selected by categorial random sampling method. The results indicate that: 1- There is not significant differences between the attitudes of the two groups about the festival's effects on the Instruction quality. 2- The teachers who participated in the festival, believed that the organizational supports are inefficient and this difference between two groups is significant. 3- There is no significant difference between the students’ academic achievement in the two groups of research sample. 4- There are significant and positive correlations between variables such as teachers’ skills, teachers’ commitment and students’ academic achievements. 5- Only the attitudes of teachers about organizational supports can predict the students’ academic achievement (b= .155, p>.01).
Educational Management
Hamid Farhadi rad; Abdollah Parsa; Shirzad Nazari
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Abstract The purpose of current study, paraphrase the relationship between collegial leadership Of the Principal, teacher professionalism, academic Press components and Organizational Citizenship Behavior or Explaining why the impact and effectiveness of each these components on The formation, growth ...
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Abstract The purpose of current study, paraphrase the relationship between collegial leadership Of the Principal, teacher professionalism, academic Press components and Organizational Citizenship Behavior or Explaining why the impact and effectiveness of each these components on The formation, growth and development of OCB principals and teachers in primary and secondary schools Citizen of Ahwaz. In this regard, had been used mixed method approaches (quantitative and qualitative). Due to a mixed method survey, in quantitative Section of stratified sampling method and in qualitative Section using purposive sampling continued sampling process was achieved theoretical saturation and as long as were answered questions research. the data were collected from using two questionnaires in quantitative Section and semi-structured interviews in qualitative Section. the Results showed impacting collegial leadership Of the Principal, teacher professionalism and Ineffectiveness academic Press component. The pursuit of results, analysis of the interviews based on a qualitative content analysis approach to inductive method, has been explained the reasons for Ineffectiveness and impacting of each the components.
hossein eskandari
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This article has been originated from an analytic, theoretical and qualitative research. The aim of this study was analysis and classification of views and approaches toward application of modern technologies in education. There are two main questions: Is technology a cultural-value phenomenon? And second ...
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This article has been originated from an analytic, theoretical and qualitative research. The aim of this study was analysis and classification of views and approaches toward application of modern technologies in education. There are two main questions: Is technology a cultural-value phenomenon? And second one, which determiner has main role in usage and distribution of technology: user, society, technology? In regard to different philosophical and educational views, there would be different responses. In addition to classifying different responses, this article tried to explain Iranian educational system’s states in regard to these two questions. To what extent does the “Document of Fundamental Reform of Education” emphasize on "intelligent application of technology"? And on what meaning of “technology” is rooted? Analyzing the Document content and exploring the past two decades experiences showed that Iran’s education system, theoretically and practically, has followed instrumentalism approach. At the end, in addition to warning about negative outcomes of using instrumentalism, the article, suggested that “technology” should be seen from different perspectives, and for education system it is better to have a comprehensive approach in study technology.
M. Shehniyailagh; Z. Bonabi mobarakey; H. Shokrkon; J. Haghighi
Volume 17, Issue 2 , August 2010, , Pages 83-110
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The present study examines the effects of classroom-based "Tools for Getting Along" to decrease anger, aggression and increase social skills and problem-solving skills among students. The related population includes all female 4th- and 5th-grade primary students in Ahvaz city. The sample ...
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The present study examines the effects of classroom-based "Tools for Getting Along" to decrease anger, aggression and increase social skills and problem-solving skills among students. The related population includes all female 4th- and 5th-grade primary students in Ahvaz city. The sample includes 20 schools that were selected randomly from the four educational districts in Ahvaz. All of the aggressive students in these schools were selected as target students. Two kinds of sampling were used. The validation sample included 200 aggressive students, and the hypothesis-testing sample included 128 aggressive students (71 students in intervention classrooms and 57 students in control classrooms). In this research experimental-control groups, with pretest-posttest design was used. The questionnaires used in this research were as follows: the Anger Expression Scale for Children, Reactive–Proactive Aggression Scale, Social Skills Rating System and Problem-Solving Questionnaire. In order to analyze the data both Hierarchical Linear Modeling and descriptive statistics were used. The results showed significant treatment effects on knowledge of problem-solving concepts and teacher ratings of reactive and proactive aggression, self control, externalizing behavior, and self-rated trait anger, anger-out, and anger control. There was no significant treatment effect on anger-in. Outcomes differed across teachers/ classrooms, and teacher ratings of social validity were generally positive.
M salemi; H elhampor
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The aim of this research was to explore the main causes of Khuzestan's high school teachers' reluctance toward prepating and using lesson plans. A researcher-made question-naire consisting of 66 items with a Cronbach validity index of a= 0.97 was completed by 500 high school teachers. Factor analysis ...
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The aim of this research was to explore the main causes of Khuzestan's high school teachers' reluctance toward prepating and using lesson plans. A researcher-made question-naire consisting of 66 items with a Cronbach validity index of a= 0.97 was completed by 500 high school teachers. Factor analysis of the data reached its optimal item combination and factor structure after 10 experimental rotations. Analysis of the data via using orthogonal (verimax) totation and a minimum factor loading of 0.40 yielded5 factors. These 5 factors with eigenvalues of 19.77, 6.07, 3.55, 3.21 and 2.26 respectively accounted for 53% of the total variance of the questionnaire. These factors in the order of the amount of variancethey expain represent: 1) the cognitive and professional issues of the lesson plan, 2) issues related to management of educational planning and curriculum building; 3) attitudinal issues of the teachers; 4) socio-economic problems of the teachers; and 5) cultural problems of teachers and their low motivation. The number of items under the 5 factors were 19, 12, 14, 6, and 9, repctively Cronbach coefficients and split-half measures were used to check the validity of the extracted factors all of which proved to be significant at (p<0.001). Male teachers, teachers with higher years of service, and teachers with heavier weekly teaching loads had significantly and more emphasis on factors 1, 2, 4, and 5. Whereas, teachers who had never used lesson plans were infuenced by factor 3.
Educational Management
Sakineh Jafari; Aliakbar Aminbeidokhti; Zahra Ghasemian Dastjerdi
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Introduction: Education means the development of all abilities and talents is the most complicated, difficult and effective social process. Serious attention to education is one of the key goals of governments. Effective educational system is a system that is compatible with the real ...
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Introduction: Education means the development of all abilities and talents is the most complicated, difficult and effective social process. Serious attention to education is one of the key goals of governments. Effective educational system is a system that is compatible with the real goals and needs of the community and has the ability to prepare the young generation and develop their competencies to achieve the desired goals. These competencies are one of the essential requirements in today’s sophisticated society. One of the factors contributing to the development of students’ competencies is the success in the scientific field and the academic achievement of schools and the most important factor in the school is the leader who organizes the organization for specific goals and organizes the teachers to coordinate a course for their realization.
Method: The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of managers’ professional leadership in students’ competency development by mediating professionalization of teachers, trust and collaboration between teachers in schools in Babol. This study is an applied research in terms of the purpose and is a type of descriptive-correlational researches in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the primary school first and second grade teachers and junior and senior high school teachers (3100 people) in Babol in the academic year 1397-98 that 200 people (85 men and 115 women) were selected as sample using stratified random sampling method. All the teachers of the study sample completed managers’ professional leadership, students’ competency development, professionalization of teachers (teacher professionalization), trust and collaboration between teachers' questionnaires. In order to test the reliability of these tools, Cronbach’s alpha was used. After calculating the reliability of the tools, data was analyzed via correlation and path analysis methods and SPSS and LISREL software.
Results: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between students’ competency development with managers’ professional leadership, trust and collaboration between teachers and professionalization of teachers. Managers’ professional leadership has a direct and significant impact on professionalization of teachers. Also, managers’ professional leadership has a significant indirect effect on professionalization of teachers through mediation of trust and collaboration between teachers. Professionalization of teachers has a direct and significant influence on students’ competency development. Managers’ professional leadership has a significant indirect effect on students’ competency development through mediation of trust and collaboration between teachers and professionalization of teachers.
Discussion: In a general conclusion, we can say that there are many factors involved in the professionalization of teachers and professionalization of teachers indirectly developed the competency of students. Therefore, in order to increase the students’ competency development, it is necessary to improve the professionalization of teachers as an effective factor in this improvement and the effective factors in it will also be improved. Finally, the results of this study indicate the importance of the role of managers’ professional leadership in the professional development of teachers and consequently, increasing the competence of students.
N. Nazari; A.R. Heydari; S. Bakhtiarpoor
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 81-98
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of criticalthinking training using Socratic questions on critical thinking skills ofpsychology students of Islamic Azad university Ahvaz branch.Thestudy sample included one class among all offered classes for under graduate studentsconsisted of ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of criticalthinking training using Socratic questions on critical thinking skills ofpsychology students of Islamic Azad university Ahvaz branch.Thestudy sample included one class among all offered classes for under graduate studentsconsisted of 44 students whichwere divided randomly intointervention and control groups.Pretest, post test control group design wasused. After random selection of experimental and control groups, first for alltwo groups, pre test was performed, then the pilot intervention in 13 sessionsof 90 minutes for the experimental group were presented and after the trainingprogram, post-test was taken for both groups. The students’ critical thinkingskills were measured by Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (Form A). Thereliability of test were measured with Kronbakh alfa method (α=0.75) and datawas analyzed with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), in level of p<0.05(usingSPSS 19).Results showed a significant difference between the treatmentand control groups in critical thinking total score and four subscales amongthe five subscales. Findings also determined that variables of, gender andmarriage style have not affected critical thinking scores in this study.Thereforewe can conclude thattraining critical thinking using Socratic questionscan play essential role in increasing critical thinking skills
Volume 19, Issue 1 , September 2012, , Pages 83-106
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Abstract In this study the pathology of the training systems of Ahvaz City’s organizations and their relationship and interaction with entrepreneurship talents of the personal in services organization. To this and various factors relevant to the pathology of training systems such as the structure ...
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Abstract In this study the pathology of the training systems of Ahvaz City’s organizations and their relationship and interaction with entrepreneurship talents of the personal in services organization. To this and various factors relevant to the pathology of training systems such as the structure and milieu human and regulation, and the efficacy of human resources were surveyed the statistical population of the research aneioted of the employees of the educational departments of Khuzestan water and power organization the electricity Distribution co, of Ahvaz, the General- office of labor and Wedfare Organization of Ahvaz. Via random stratified sampling to participants were selected. The instruments used for collecting data comprised 2 questionnaire one of which was used for checking entrepreneurships talent and the other purposes of surveying organization pathology. The questionnaires proved to have positive validity and their reliabilities measured in terms of Cronbach's alpha were .82 & .91 respectively the findings of the statistical analyses (spss) indicated the presence of entrepreneurship among the personnel, no relationship was discovered between and organizational pathology. A linear regression analysis showed that .93% of training systems' pathology was due to factors outside the area of entrepreneurship of the personnel.
Mohammad javad Liaghatdar; H.R Orayzi; S Sadrarhami; N Amini
Volume 18, Issue 1 , September 2011, , Pages 83-104
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the Van Hiele theory-based instruction Process on the students’ motivation toward geometry compared to the traditional teaching. Through using random sampling method, among girls high schools in Tiran and Karvan, Two high school classes, one consisting ...
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the Van Hiele theory-based instruction Process on the students’ motivation toward geometry compared to the traditional teaching. Through using random sampling method, among girls high schools in Tiran and Karvan, Two high school classes, one consisting of math. Major students and the other science majors, were selected as experimental groups, while two similar groups were selected to act as control groups. Instruments included Raven test for intelligence evaluation, Math 1 grades, lesson plans data collected based on Van Hiele post-descriptive test of Geometry. The independent-samples t-test, Levene's Test, and ANOVA were used as the statistical tools. Results of this study indicated that teaching based on Van Hiele theory has more positive effect on student motivation compared to the traditional teaching. Before applying the independent variable, the groups were tested to make sure that there were no significant differences among them in terms of intelligence and ability of mathematic. But after the test period, there was a significant difference between their Geometry performance.
Educational Planing
hamidreza arasteh; laleh jamshidi
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2015, , Pages 83-112
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The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors in quantitative development of higher education privatization in Iran. To attain the objectives of this research, a twenty four item questionnaire was used. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated by "Cronbach's Alpha" ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors in quantitative development of higher education privatization in Iran. To attain the objectives of this research, a twenty four item questionnaire was used. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated by "Cronbach's Alpha" and estimated about 0.67. A total of 103 higher education specialists and practitioners of nonprofit higher education institutions responded to the questionnaire. They were selected by means of purposive sampling and random sampling. The Chi-square and Friedman's tests were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the main effective factors of expansion of higher education in Iran are: increased demands for higher education, inability or lack of willingness of the government to respond to the growing demand for higher education due to absence of funds, demographic changes in higher education applicants, emphasis on higher education privatization in macro development plans and policies, reduced Government’s interventions and the necessity of higher education development and structural reform in this sector.
R Jafari harandi; S.E mir shah jafari; M.J Liaghatdar
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 87-106
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Thispaper is part of a qualitative study that has surveyed the goal element ofcurriculum in science education of Iran and some other countries ofthe world using both the comparative and descriptive– analytic methods. To meetthe goal of preparing a comprehensive picture, the documents relevant to ...
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Thispaper is part of a qualitative study that has surveyed the goal element ofcurriculum in science education of Iran and some other countries ofthe world using both the comparative and descriptive– analytic methods. To meetthe goal of preparing a comprehensive picture, the documents relevant to thisissue in the pioneer and selected countries in science and technology weregathered, described, interpreted, compared and contrasted. The present papertries to survey and study the goal element of curriculum in science educationof Iranand these selected countries. The obtained results of this study can helpcurriculum planners, text-book authors, teachers, and other interested peopleto act with a deeper insight when developing or changing/revising curricula,enabling them to select more appropriate objectives. The obtained results showconsiderable similarities and differences between science education goals of Iran and othercountries studied. These similarities are visible mostly in curricular writtendocuments or intended documents so that the objectives look very similar in allthese countries. All the studied countries focus on four subjects includingphysics, chemistry, biology, and geology. Furthermore, the goals advanced inthese documents address the three dimensions of knowledge, skills andattitudes. The most significant points common among the studied countries arethe promotion of technological scientific literacy, ability of solvingproblems, reflecting, and nature discussions. However, there is a remarkablegap between our country and others which demands serious consideration: thisgap portrays a flaw in curriculum implementation that reflects itself inachieved curriculum objectives by students. The results of TEEMS testsillustrate this issue. However, further research in this area is needed formore appropriate conclusions
Educational Management
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Introduction Universities and higher education institutions centers have a certain position that act as the engines of societies, so upgrading and enhancing its efficacy can in turn better and more effective service to the community. It seems that the use of the servant leadership style as a moral and ...
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Introduction Universities and higher education institutions centers have a certain position that act as the engines of societies, so upgrading and enhancing its efficacy can in turn better and more effective service to the community. It seems that the use of the servant leadership style as a moral and ethical approach can provide the opportunities to achieve these goals. The servant leadership is based on the servitude philosophy which has a optimistic nature focusing on ethical behavior, serving the development of others, and philanthropic philosophy. Thus, the main objective of this study was to design a model of servant leadership that would suit the cultural considerations and requirements of Iranian Islamic society in broader sense and the University of Farhangian particularly. Method In order to discover the very true participants' tastes, experience, attitudes and perceptions, grounded theory (Strauss and Corbin, 2008) was employed. Through targeted sampling regarding the two characteristics of familiarity with the context of Farhangyan university and having long experience in leadership, seven faculty members and eight head masters (totally fifteen) in Farhangian University were selected to be interviewed. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviewing techniques and reviewing written documents (University Statutes, management charters, Managers' Letter Covenants, by university officials' interviews and lectures). Qualitative Analysis Software (Nvivo) was applied for data analysis. Based on Strauss and Carbian systematic approach, in the three stages of Open Coding, Axial Coding, Selective Coding. Validation through triangulation was reviewed by contributors and non-contributing experts. Results Dimensions of paradigm pattern include: Causal conditions (Ethical and psychological characteristics, service motivation and hooliganism, attorney-trust look and feelings of divine duty), core category or phenomenon (Servant Leadership), context conditions (establishment and preparation of facilities, agility, making perspectives, Religious Principles, Islamic System Values), intervening conditions (establishment of core competencies, expertise and experience, strong communication network, managerial instability and Just evaluation of performance), Strategies (institutionalization of servant leadership, optimization and enhancement of the management and development of partnership), consequences (promoting the quality of the leader-follower relationship, The psychological atmosphere based on trust, effective individual and organizational results), upon which, model of service leadership was designed and validated. Discussion The success of organizations depends on the efficient and effective leaders who are capable of grasping chances and fulfill weak points to accommodate needs. Such leaders are winners by adopting a leadership style that is soothing to chaotic conditions of the new world and consistent with the cultural considerations and value of the community as well. Accordingly, university of Farhangian obliged a style of management that best accommodate academic system necessities, furthermore, to be committed to the principles of value and ethics in Islam. As the findings of this study showed that, servant leadership has a broad range of advantages for the organization and that is compatible with the culture and traditions of the Islamic environment, a value-dominent model in line with cultural values of the country was designed and validated that seems promising to direct educational campuses particularly, Farhangian universities.
A parsa; A Homaykoh
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the employees’ atitudes toward the importance of in-service training in Shahid Chamran University. 256 employees compeleted a questionnaire with 66 Items and 5 sub-scales (fitness to the needs of job; successful administration; effects on personal development; ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the employees’ atitudes toward the importance of in-service training in Shahid Chamran University. 256 employees compeleted a questionnaire with 66 Items and 5 sub-scales (fitness to the needs of job; successful administration; effects on personal development; effects on knowledge, skills & attitudes; management support) and then the data were analyzed by SPSS. The results indicated that, on the whole, many of employees are not satisified with training programs. Comparison of means indicated that the differences between men and women only in their attitudes about in-service training effects on the improvement of their skills and knowledges is significant (p<0/05). There are not significant differences between other groups of employees in terms of their degrees and the job fields (instruction, research,…) in all of 5 variables
Educational Psychology
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Research shows that teaching models have positive effects on factors related to learning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of McCarthy model, the performance of problem-solving and mathematical efficacy of eighth grade female students in Tabriz. Pre-and post tests method was used on 50 ...
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Research shows that teaching models have positive effects on factors related to learning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of McCarthy model, the performance of problem-solving and mathematical efficacy of eighth grade female students in Tabriz. Pre-and post tests method was used on 50 female students who were randomly selected and assigned to two groups of 25 students each in the experimental and control group. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 90- minutes’ length in math instruction using Mecarthy method, the control group received instruction in the same math content for an equal amount of time using traditional method to collect data math tests and used math self-efficacy questionnaire were. The results of the analysis of covariance showed that there was a significant difference between the performance of and control groups were significantly different mathematical problem solving math problem sowing between the 2 groups (F= 70/337, P<0/05, η2=0/75). The results also showed a significant difference between the experimental and control on mathematics self-efficacy (F=78/68, scores P<0/05, η2=0/76) the experimental group average performance was significantly higher.
Morteza Omidian; Ayoub Jaberi; Manijeh Shehni Yailagh
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Job engagement has been considered as a source of commitment and professional passion in recent years. Because of the positive effects of this variable on the teachers' proficiency, its predictors have particular importance. Focusing on individual predictors such as types of intelligence, motivation, ...
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Job engagement has been considered as a source of commitment and professional passion in recent years. Because of the positive effects of this variable on the teachers' proficiency, its predictors have particular importance. Focusing on individual predictors such as types of intelligence, motivation, and needs alone does not provide a complete explanation. On the other hand, attention to social variables such as culture, social atmosphere, employee behavior and environmental factors such as facilities and equipment have an undeniable effect on employees' behavior. Concurrent attention to these factors has been considered in less research. The present study was conducted to investigate the role of emotional intelligence and motivation as mediated variables in causal relationship between school climate and educational facilities with job engagement. In this research, educational facilities as the environmental factor and the school climate as a social factor, and emotional intelligence and achieved motivation as individual factors, have been tested in a causal model. The sample consisted of 300 teachers (130 men and 170 women) who were randomly and census selected from Ramshir city. Participants in this study completed the Halpin and Croft Organizational Climate Questionnaire, Schutt Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Hermans, achievement motivation Questionnaire, Utrecht Job Engagement Questionnaire and Job Training Facilities. The proposed model evaluation through path analysis was performed using SPSS software and AMOS. Also in order to examine indirect paths the bootstrap method was used. Results showed that the model was not fit to the data. Better fit was achieved through the elimination of non-significant paths (educational facilities to emotional intelligence, school climate to achievement motivation, educational facilities to achievement motivation and school climate to job engagement). In addition, to the direct paths of educational facilities to job engagement, emotional intelligence to job engagement, achievement motivation to job engagement, school climate to emotional intelligence, emotional intelligence to achievement motivation were significant. Also the indirect paths from school climate to job engagement through emotional intelligence and achievement motivation were significant. These results showed that attention to the role of the school climate as an intermediate variable in increasing the job engagement of teachers and thus improving the educational process is essential. Therefore, teachers 'job motivation and engagement can be enhanced by improving teachers' emotional intelligence, achieved motivation and improving the school climate. In addition, the improvement of educational facilities will help to improve the professional engagement of teachers without any intermediary. This research emphasizes the need for simultaneous attention to individual, environmental and social elements in order to improve teachers' job engagement.
Sakineh Ashrafi; habib allah Najafi hezarjaribi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship lesson on students’ career routing. The research method was experimental and pre-test and post-test with control group were used. The statistical population of the study included all second grade high school female ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship lesson on students’ career routing. The research method was experimental and pre-test and post-test with control group were used. The statistical population of the study included all second grade high school female students in the city of Nourabad. In order to do this research, one second grade of three second grade of the field of work and knowledge and one second grade of eighteen second grade theoretical fields was selected by using random sampling. The tool used in the research was a researcher-made entrepreneurship career routing questionnaire. The Face validity of the questionnaire was assessed by educational counseling experts and its reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.8). The obtained data were analyzed by using covariance analysis. The results of the study showed that the mean of the variable of the career path of the students and the subscales of entrepreneurship knowledge, the attitude toward entrepreneurship as a career path and the choice of entrepreneurship as a career path were more than the control group but there is no meaningful difference between the two experimental and control groups in the mean subscale of routing knowledge (p<0/05). Therefore, it can be concluded that entrepreneurship education is effective on students’ career routing and entrepreneurship can be considered as a career path.
d mehri; M.H. Pardakhtchi; GH Shams Murkani; H Mahjub Eshratabadi
Volume 21, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 93-114
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The present study investigated the relationship between high schools principals support and self-directed teacher professional development. Based on scientific principles and formulas to determine sample size, 118 teachers from the district 14 of Tehran practices were randomly selected. Data were gathered ...
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The present study investigated the relationship between high schools principals support and self-directed teacher professional development. Based on scientific principles and formulas to determine sample size, 118 teachers from the district 14 of Tehran practices were randomly selected. Data were gathered by two surveys, including management support and self-directed professional development. The findings showed a strong relationship between management support and self- directed high school teacher there.(r =%76).two components of Principal as Leader of a Learning Organization and Principal as Resource Provider for both 61/1 percent of the variance was explained by self-directed professional development. Also their growth is not significant in orientation collaborative learning.
