Masoud Safaei moghaddam; Mahmoud Kazemi; Mohammad Jafar Pakseresht; mansour marashi
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Nowadays, the problem of "Civil Education" is drawing the ever-increasing attention of the policy makers of the educational systems the world over. In the Iranian society, too. Bearing in mind the political and socio-cultural developments that have taken place since the constitional Revolution ara, particularly ...
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Nowadays, the problem of "Civil Education" is drawing the ever-increasing attention of the policy makers of the educational systems the world over. In the Iranian society, too. Bearing in mind the political and socio-cultural developments that have taken place since the constitional Revolution ara, particularly ofter the Islamic Revolution (197a), the idea of civil education has received much attention. However, since the implementation of educational ideas in any society depends on the realization of certain socio-cultural conditions. Therefore, the exploration of the intellectual and cultural backgrounds conducive to civil education is a vital step to be taken toward the preparation of grounds for this type of education. On this basis, the goal of this investigation was to explore and scrutinze the underpinnings of civil education in terms of their meanings, significance and socio-cultural values morder that their compatibility and harmony with the cultural and religious values of the Iranian Society should be ascertained thus, if it is believed that civil education principles and their related concepts might involve and imply cultural and religious values, discovering and clarifying such values, calls for serious attention on the part of the Iranian educational policy-makers who may feel the need for developing a regional view toward civil society and constructing a civil education. The most important principles whose relevancy to civil education was analytically shown are: (principles) of respect for individual and social liberties, respect for law and law-adidingness, respect for citizenship rights, participation in sociopolitical activities, social responsibility, rationality and rational argument. Tolerance, dialogue, criticism and evaluation, and methodological pluralism. By way of conclusion, it needs to be emphasized that these principles are compatible and in harmony with the value system and social philosophy of our country which embraces a religious society. Thus, taking educational measures toward training the younger generations in a way that they will believe in civil society values and are inclined to support and promote them is recommended from the standpoint of both religion and educational system.
Hosein Zeinalipour; Seyed Mohammad Mirkamali
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The present study intends to design and accredit a suitable model of change management with the focus on the intra-organizational factors based on a review of the related literature. In this model & modified-Delphi technique was applied to accredit state comprehensive universities, which was dependent ...
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The present study intends to design and accredit a suitable model of change management with the focus on the intra-organizational factors based on a review of the related literature. In this model & modified-Delphi technique was applied to accredit state comprehensive universities, which was dependent upon the experts. To achieve the aim, 30 faculty members, who were specialized in the fields of management an education and also had the experience of implementing the organizational change plan at universities, were requested to collaborate and the questionnaire forms were sent to them when they agreed to help. The questionnaire was used for data collection in this study. 19 factors that affected the success of change plan were identified through reviewing the existing literature on the change plan. Then these factors were classified into three categories: management factors, organizational factors and individual factors. Management factors consisted of supporting, participating, empowering, rewarding, communicating, monitoring and transformational leadership.Organizational factors included resources, organizational cultures, organizational justice, organizational climate, change messages, and organizational structures. Individual factors comprised psychological ownership, self efficacy, and organizational commitment, attitude to change plan and his/her expert and experience. The results of this study revealed that all the identified factors in the literature were widely approved by the experts who participated in Delphi. Two other new factors, policy making and trust to management and a sub-factor, legitimacy of change plan were also found. Moreover, the designed change management model for state comprehensive universities showed high agreement of acceptance by experts
Marjan Masoomi Fard; Eisa Ebrahimzadeh; Mohammad Reza Sarmadi
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Comprehensive studies in recent decades have shown that learning styles constitute the ground of some individual differences which affect learning. Academic achievement of learners is deeply affected by these styles. The mentioned learning styles are: Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic, and Multi ...
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Comprehensive studies in recent decades have shown that learning styles constitute the ground of some individual differences which affect learning. Academic achievement of learners is deeply affected by these styles. The mentioned learning styles are: Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic, and Multi Model. Current study investigates the relationships between learning styles of graduate students of Tehran PNU and their academic achievements. Pearson correlation test was used to check the relationships between variables. Regardless of academic majors, primary findings revealed no meaningful relationships between students’ learning styles and their academic achievement. However, investigation of the relationship between learning styles of students with different majors shows meaningful relationships between variables and confirms the hypotheses of this research.
Gholamhosein Rezayat; Ghorbanali Salimi; Rasool Rabani
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The purpse of this research was to study the IsfahanUniversity's faculty members points of view about consequences of increased female students' acceptance in entrance exams of Irainian universities in 1990's, on higher educational system, women's employment, family institution and social status of women. ...
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The purpse of this research was to study the IsfahanUniversity's faculty members points of view about consequences of increased female students' acceptance in entrance exams of Irainian universities in 1990's, on higher educational system, women's employment, family institution and social status of women. Research method was descriptive-survey type. Research population was faculty members of IsfahanUniversity and its statistical sample comprised 125 members (including 112 men and 13 women) and sampling method was multi stage sampling. For data gathering two methods were used: a quantitative method consisting a self-constructed questionnaire and a qualitative method consisting of organized interview. The Findings of questionnaire revealed that the effects of increased entrance of female students were more than average on the four fundamental categories. Comparison between mean averages showed that factors' effect were not uniform across the four areas. Maximum effect beloged to social status of women and least effect was related to higher education system, the result of interview confirmed the findings of the questionnaire to a great extent. Comparisons of mean averages with regard to faculty's age, gender, educational field and place of work on four fundamental questions were not significant
Soheila Hashemi; Ebrahim Salehi Omran; Roghieh Valipoor Khajeh Ghiyasi
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This paper attempts to investigate university students' citizenship knowledge, attitude and skill. It also intends to study the quality of citizenship education in higher education. This study was conducted through quantitative (descriptive) and qualitative method. The required data were gathered from ...
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This paper attempts to investigate university students' citizenship knowledge, attitude and skill. It also intends to study the quality of citizenship education in higher education. This study was conducted through quantitative (descriptive) and qualitative method. The required data were gathered from both students through a questionnaire and professors through semi-structured interviews. 359 students were selected by using Cochran formula and stratified sampling based on the students, entrance year, sex, and faculty. The sample of professors consisted of 14 persons. They were selected through chain sampling. The Questionnaire data were analyzed by using descriptive and referential statistics, and inductive analysis was used to analyze the interviews data. Findings show that the mean of students' citizenship knowledge is lower than average and the mean of citizenship attitude and skill is higher than average. Also the result of T-test for comparing the mean of citizenship knowledge, attitude and skill in students who entered university in 1385 with that of students entering in 1382 indicated that except for the subareas of pluralism and patriotism there was no significant difference among the two groups of students in other components. On the other hand, the professors' ideas illustrate that the higher education has not been successful enough in promoting citizenship domains. It seems that higher education has mostly been inclined toward theoretical knowledge and memorization and fostering citizenship skills has not been its pivotal concern. Except of law and political subjects (due to their special nature), higher education does not put emphasis on citizenship knowledge.
Sedigheh Heydari nezhad; Mohammad Hasan Sepehri nezhad
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Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & ...
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Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Main purpose of this research was efficiency evaluation of human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University via data envelopment analysis. Methodology of this research was analytical-descriptive. Five human science faculties of Shahid Chamran University (Physical Education, economics Education & Social Psychology, Literature and Humanities, and Theology) in a four-year period were studied. The required quantitative data were collected from these units, after weighting were divided into input indices including “staff, budget” and three output indices consisting of “education, research and services”. By performing the model in three different ways, expected efficiency was calculated for each faculty. Results indicated that in the first state involving two inputs and one output (education), only economics faculty was efficient and Theology, Literature, Education and Psychology and Physical Education were inefficient. In the second state, with two inputs and one output (research) only Education and Psychology Faculty was efficient and economics, Theology, Literature and Physical education faculties were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the third state, with two inputs and one output (services) only Physical Education faculty was efficient and Literature, Economics, Theology and Education and Psychology were inefficient respectively (ranking 2nd-5th). In the fourth state, with two inputs and three outputs (education, research and service), all five faculties including Education and Psychology, Physical Education, Economics, Literature and Theology faculties were efficient respectively (in a descending orders). This means that Physical Education Faculty, despite it's limitations in comparison with other Human Science faculties, has an efficiency on par with other better equipped faculties. This indicates that this faculty plays a vital role in promoting sports and physical activities in society.
Islam Fakher; Seyed Aziz Arman; mansour Zaranezhad
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Although ranking colleges of higher education institutions may seem, prima facie, to be a simple task, it has its own difficulties. The reasons for this difficulty comes from the fact that ranking involves more than one criterion and more than one decision maker. Nowadays the ranking of universities ...
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Although ranking colleges of higher education institutions may seem, prima facie, to be a simple task, it has its own difficulties. The reasons for this difficulty comes from the fact that ranking involves more than one criterion and more than one decision maker. Nowadays the ranking of universities as a vital part of higher education evaluation has drawn considerable attention across the world. In this research different colleges of SCU were ranked by using TOPSIS technique. To begin with we selected 30 indices and weighted them by using AHP technique. On the basis of the indices developed, 10 colleges of SCU were ranked. Results showed that college of Education and Psychology received the first rank with Economics and Social Science college occupying the 10th
