Social Sciences
Amir Hosein Shokoufi Moghiman; Parinaz Benisi; Maryam Mosleh
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Background and purpose: By turning the school into a learning organization, the society is gradually guided towards development and lifelong learning. Therefore, today, turning schools into learning organizations is an important issue, and in order to realize it, one must have a correct understanding ...
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Background and purpose: By turning the school into a learning organization, the society is gradually guided towards development and lifelong learning. Therefore, today, turning schools into learning organizations is an important issue, and in order to realize it, one must have a correct understanding and insight into some of its surrounding concepts and issues. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to compile and fit the model of factors related to the development of learning public schools.
Method: The research approach is qualitative and quantitative and a semi-structured interview was conducted through targeted sampling with 22 experts from the Ministry of Education and schools in Tehran until reaching theoretical saturation and finally a questionnaire was designed based on the results of the qualitative part and spread among experts. In order to explore the development model of learning schools, data analysis was done using the foundational data theory and through MAXQDA software. Also, the fit of the relevant model was determined through structural equations using SmartPLS software.
Findings: After conducting qualitative interviews and coding, general categories and subcategories and identification concepts and causal factors, background factors, intervention factors, strategies and consequences of development of learning schools were determined and finally the development model of learning schools with 6 main dimensions and 17 subcategories. And 221 indicators were designed. Also, the fit of the extracted model was confirmed.
Results: Iran's education should simultaneously with the evolution of educational approaches in the world, provide the basis for the formation of learning schools, and in these schools, enhanced learning processes and an integrated interactive environment will be provided to improve the key skills of students, so that all the beneficiaries of the benefits of school development Learners benefit.
Psychology
Simin Asgharinezhad; Hadi Rezghi Shirsavar; Khadijeh Khanzadi
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Purpose: After the occurrence of the World Wide Web, the Internet of Things can be the next revolution due to the significant increase of the Internet, and this structure seeks to create a bridge between the real and virtual worlds, which has the ability to create an integrated network of billions of ...
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Purpose: After the occurrence of the World Wide Web, the Internet of Things can be the next revolution due to the significant increase of the Internet, and this structure seeks to create a bridge between the real and virtual worlds, which has the ability to create an integrated network of billions of objects with the ability to connect wirelessly to each other to exchange information. So Considering the importance of internet of things in today's schools, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the status of internet of things development in schools based on the future research. Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was quantitative. The research population were education managers and planners and officials of universities of Tehran city in the academic years of 2021-2022, which 281 people of them were selected as a sample by cluster sampling method. The tool of the current research was a researcher-made questionnaire of internet of things development in schools based on the future research with 26 items, which whose data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and one sample t-test in SPSS-26 software. Findings: The findings of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the internet of things development in schools based on the future research has 26 items in 7 components of removing time restrictions (with three items of connection per hour, unlimited use and offline use), removing location restrictions (with four items of use in any place, use at school and home, use without special equipment and ability to use a computer), reducing infrastructure costs (with four items of sharing of training, direct transfer of training, eliminating special infrastructure facilities and direct connection to the system), knowledge management (with three items of knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and knowledge distribution), professional competence (with three items of cognitive competence, knowledge competence and skill competence), information technology (with three items of information flow automation, easy access to information and changing the shape of the organization) and effectiveness of educational system (with six items of efficient education, behavior patterns appropriate to time, talent-oriented appropriate to future needs, matching school input with future expectations, satisfactory educational process and providing satisfactory educational services appropriate to future needs). In this study, the factor loading of all 26 items was higher than 0.40, the factor loading of all 7 components was higher than 0.50, their average variance extracted was higher than 0.60, and their Cronbach and combined reliability was higher than 0.70. Also, the results of the one sample t-test showed that the average of all 7 components significantly was higher than the assumed average of the society (P<0.001). Conclusion: Considering the importance of internet of things in schools and since the amount of all its components was slightly higher than the assumed average of the society, it is suggested that based on the questionnaire of the current research design and implement efficient and practical programs for the internet of things development in schools based on the future research.
Social Sciences
Moosa Moghadas; Parivash Jafari; Mohammad Noor Rahmani; Nader Gholi Ghoorchian
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Purpose: Positive leadership among school principals can create a competitive advantage for the education system. As a result, the current research was conducted with the aim of presenting a model for promoting positive leadership among school principals.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was ...
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Purpose: Positive leadership among school principals can create a competitive advantage for the education system. As a result, the current research was conducted with the aim of presenting a model for promoting positive leadership among school principals.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive from survey type. The statistical population of this study was all 950 school principals in Fars province, which based on Cochran's formula 365 principals by stratified random sampling method were selected as a sample. The data were collected with a demographic information form and a researcher-made questionnaire for promoting positive leadership among school principals (30 items), which its validity and reliability of were assessed as suitable, and for their analysis were used from exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS and AMOS software.Findings: The findings showed that promoting positive leadership among school principals had 30 items in 3 dimensions of individual (11 items), organizational (13 items) and environmental (6 items); So that the factor loading of all 30 items and all dimensions was higher than 0.40, their average extracted variance was higher than 0.50, and their Cronbach's alpha and combination were higher than 0.70. Also, the fit indices of the promoting positive leadership model among school principals indicated the acceptable fit of the mentioned model and this model had a direct significant effect on all three dimensions of individual, organizational and environmental (P<0.001).Conclusion: According to the results of this study, educational systems and schools in order to achieve goals and achieve competitive advantage can provide the basis for improving individual, organizational and environmental of positive leadership among school principals through the items of each of them.
Seyede Tayebeh Tabai; Hamid Shafizadeh; Nader Soleimani
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Purpose: Today, organizational socialization is very important for individuals and organizations. Because on the one hand, if it is neglected or ignored, the probability of occurrence and repetition of behaviors outside the framework and organizational norms will increase, and the continuation of this ...
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Purpose: Today, organizational socialization is very important for individuals and organizations. Because on the one hand, if it is neglected or ignored, the probability of occurrence and repetition of behaviors outside the framework and organizational norms will increase, and the continuation of this situation will lead to the formation of negative attitudes and behaviors, conflicts, conflicts, displacement and leaving the job, and on the other hand, the cost of selection And it increases the recruitment of efficient and practical forces for the organization. One of the main concerns of efficient managers at different levels of the organization is how to create suitable platforms for human factors to fulfill their job duties and ethical principles with a sense of responsibility and full commitment, which is one of the factors affecting it, is social responsibility. One of the indicators of citizenship behavior in all organizations, including educational organizations, is acceptance of responsibility, and responsibility is a social process through which people consider themselves a part of the organization and their job, and they tend to always see their organization as successful. Responsibility means valuing the interdependent relationships that exist between the organization, the interest groups, the economic system and related communities, and social responsibility is a tool for the obligations that an organization must have towards its society, a way for policy ideas about the implementation of obligations. And it is a tool to meet the needs of both organization and society. Social responsibility is a social obligation to apply policies in organizational decisions and perform actions and activities related to the values accepted by society. Social responsibility in schools plays an important role in the schools performance and success. As a result, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing and presenting the schools social responsibility model.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative based on the theory of Strauss and Corbin (1998). The research population was schools social responsibility experts of Iran country in 2020 year. The sample size according to the theoretical saturation principle was estimated 15 people who were selected by snowball sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA-12 software.Findings: Findings showed that social responsibility of schools has 98 concepts and 28 sub-categories in 8 main categories including legal responsibilities and moral responsibilities (causal conditions), public and humanitarian responsibilities (central phenomenon), social and political responsibilities (intervening conditions), economic responsibilities (Contextual conditions), environmental responsibilities and stakeholder awareness (strategies) and awareness and cooperation (consequences).Conclusion: Based on the findings, the current research model can be a guide for specialists and planners and they can design and implement programs based on it to evaluate and improve the social responsibility of schools.
Mozhdeh Alizadeh; Hamidreza Alavi
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the circuit pathology in students lived experience from students' point of view. Methodology: The research method was qualitative and phenomenological. The statistical population of the present study was all undergraduate students of Shahid Bahonar ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the circuit pathology in students lived experience from students' point of view. Methodology: The research method was qualitative and phenomenological. The statistical population of the present study was all undergraduate students of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman with 10440 students in the year 2020-2021, from which 18 people were selected according to the principle of theoretical saturation by purposive sampling method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The validity of the interview was achieved through careful asking questions, not using the researcher's personal opinions in the interview and confirming the participants' correct understanding of the researcher's experiences. The validity of the interview questions was confirmed by expert professors in the field of education. In order to confirm the reliability, the agreement was calculated through Pearson correlation coefficient of 96%. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data.Findings: According to the research findings, damages caused by schools were placed in four main themes of education, training, interactive and environmental-physical, 12 sub-themes and 274 primary codes. The main educational topics include four sub-themes: weakness in teaching methods, weakness in content, weakness in the evaluation system and weakness in the professional competencies of the school human resources; The main educational theme includes two sub-themes: weakness in educational methods and weakness in religious education in particular; The main themes of interaction included sub-themes related to the weakness in the interaction of school human factors with the student and the main themes of environmental-physical, included two sub-themes of school space and the provision of facilities and equipment. Causes of damages include weakness in the system of selecting teachers and principals, lack of accurate and comprehensive planning, and so on. Consequences of damages also included dropping out of school, feeling anxious about school, decreased motivation to progress, and so on.Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, the four educational, educational, interactive and environmental-physical damages caused inefficiencies and fundamental weaknesses in the education system, which require serious action to eliminate them and improve the status of the educational system. The results of the present study can provide the basis for reviewing and making fundamental changes in the education system.
Elham Mohebbi Otaghvari; Amir Hossein Mohammad Davoodi; Gholamreza Sharifi Rad
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Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of providing and validating cultural leadership assessment tools in school principals in Qom province.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive-correlational. The population of this ...
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Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of providing and validating cultural leadership assessment tools in school principals in Qom province.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive-correlational. The population of this research was the schools principals of Qom province in the 2019-20 academic years, which their number was 944 people. The sample size based on Cochran's formula was estimated to be 274 people, which due to the possible losses number of 300 people were selected by simple random sampling method as a sample, but due to 10 missing questionnaires the analyzes were performed for 290 people. For cultural leadership designed a 129-item researcher-made questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale and were examined its psychometric indices. The content validity of the questionnaire was investigated by experts and the construct validity of the instrument was investigated by exploratory factor analysis and its reliability was investigated by Cronbach's alpha in SPSS-25 software.Findings: The results showed that the content validity of the instrument was confirmed with the opinion of experts and reviewing the structure validity indicated that 11 items were removed from the tool due to factor loading less than 0.3 and the final tool had 118 items. The cultural leadership assessment questionnaire in school principals had 25 factors that the factor load and convergent validity of all factors were higher than 0.5 and the reliability of all of them and total of tolls by Cronbach's alpha method was higher than 0.70.Conclusion: The cultural leadership assessment questionnaire in school principals with 25 factors had appropriate psychometric indices. Therefore, education officials and planners can use this tool to select principals and based on it select capable principals.
Somayeh Akbari; Omid Mehni
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Purpose: The present study tries to examine the relationship between organizational learning and quality teaching of teachers’.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in nature and correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male ...
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Purpose: The present study tries to examine the relationship between organizational learning and quality teaching of teachers’.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in nature and correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male and female secondary school teachers in Bandar Abbas with 800 people in the 2018-19 academic year. To determine the number of statistical sample, Krejcie and Morgan table (1970) was used and according to the number of statistical population, the number of statistical sample of the study was 261 people. Due to the fact that the statistical population consisted of two groups of men and women, the stratified random sampling method was used to select the statistical sample of the study. In order to collect research data, Kevashi Teaching Quality Questionnaire (2013) and Neeff Organizational Learning (2001) were used. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 20 software at a significance level of 0.05 and using statistical tests of Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regressions.Findings: It showed that there is a significant relationship between organizational learning and quality teaching teachers’. Other results indicated that the culture of organizational learning, teamwork, knowledge sharing, participative leadership, and employee competence development could positively and significantly predict teachers’ teaching quality of teachers at schools (P <. 0.001)Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, organizational learning in schools causes new and extensive mental patterns to be developed among teachers and they learn how to learn together.
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 128-140
