نشریه مطالعات برنامه ریزی آموزشی
پیاپی 14 (پاییز و زمستان 1397)

The main aim of this study was to recognize the obstacles in front of the planning for making private schools of Hamadan smart by new technologies from the perspective of elementary schools teachers. The methodology of this research was descriptive (survey research) and the statistical population of it consisted of 460 Hamedan elementary school teachers in private schools. The sample size determined by using from Krejcie and Morgan's formula. So, 210 individuals were randomly selected by using the several-step clusters sampling method. The instrument was a valid and reliable questionnaire:  “obstacles in front of the making schools smart”. This questionnaire assesses three components: “human limitation”, “planning”, and “infrastructure” obstacles. The data was analyzed using one-sample t-test and Friedman test. The results showed that in views of private primary school teachers, the smart schools obstacles were "infrastructure" and "planning". Also, the results showed that the obstacles are ranked respectively as: planning, infrastructure and finally human limitation

The main purpose of this research was a survey on the consistency of technical and vocational training institutes with the needs of small industries of Ahwaz city. The resaearch method was mixed in type of exploratory.  Interview was used to collect qualitative data and survey method was used to collect quantitative data. Participants in qualitative part included specialists and managers of small industries that selected 10 from by purposive sampling with select desired items; then, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The results, which were small industry training needs, were extracted. In the quantitative part, using 75 census managers and teachers of technical and vocational schools and 120  managers and experts of the small industries of town  that were selected by simple random sampling, distributed questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0/91 and validity that was confirmed by faculties of Educational Sciences department, between them. Also, 10 questionnaires in the form of training needs given to the managers and experts in industrial estates. The results showed that, there is no adaptation between technical and vocational training institutes and needs of small businesses. So, to solve this problem, proposed small-scale industry at the micro level are being educated and evaluated policies in the field of technical institutes and vocational training tailored to small business needs change and professional disciplines of technical institutes and industrial estates are consistent and coordinated with industrial activities.

Educational planning is one of the most important ways to improve educational justice and educational justice is achieved when students have equal opportunities to access education. The present research studies the inequality of higher education access opportunities. This study is a descriptive-analytical study. The research community is volunteers applying for admission to higher education in the townships of West Azarbayejan province during the years 2013-2016 which are studied by census method. The demographic data of this study has been acquired by statistical data from the recent census of population and housing (2016), information regarding education (2016) as well as selected statistics from the national university entrance exam (2013-2016). In order to compare and rank the different regions benefit from higher education, indicators and formulas of educational planning such as the index of region selection, Gini coefficient, Lorenz curve, Gender Inequality Index, Cluster Analysis and Topsis ranking were used. The results of this study indicate that with Gini coefficient of 0.08 and Dispersion coefficient of 0.18 there is inequality among the townships in terms of equal access to higher education, In addition, there are gender inequalities between townships in access to higher education and the highest girls inequality GPI=0.68 is in the city of Piranshahr and the highest boys inequality GPI=0.135 is in the city of Salmas. Also, the results of ranking the townships of West Azerbaijan province in terms of access to higher education indicators showed that Khoy city with the 0.999 topsis is ranked first, and Chalderan city with the 0.143 topsis is ranked the last. The results indicate the need of areas that have less access to higher education, the planning and special attention of policy makers in this area to these inequalities.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of key indicators of the education field in University of Mazandaran by assessing the external and internal environment in order to propose suitable strategies. In this research, the combined method of exploratory sequence design has been used. The statistical population in the qualitative section was composed of ten people with theoretical knowledge about strategic planning and those who were proficient in the university's situation. Through structured interview with them, the components of the questionnaire used in the quantitative research, compilation it turned out. Statistical population the quantitative part of this research consists of faculty members of University of Mazandaran, which is 356 people. The sample size of the study is 120 people and a relative stratified sampling method has been used, which ultimately contributed 102 people. A qualitative research tool was used for research, interview and review of documents and library study, and in the quantitative section, a researcher-made questionnaire was approved with a reliability of above 0.9. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and internal factor evaluation matrix, external factors evaluation matrix, SWOT matrix and IE matrix were used. In the qualitative section of the components of the questionnaire, in other words, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of University of Mazandaran were extracted. The findings of the quantitative section showed that according to the four internal and external house (IE) matrices, education area in University of Mazandaran  is located in the competitive strategy area of ST. Therefore, considering the final score of the internal matrix (3.882), it can be concluded that despite the higher strengths of the field of education in University of Mazandaran, the weaknesses in the final score of the external matrix (2.312) indicate that the threat has overcome its opportunities. In fact, the university is in a position to use opportunities to exploit opportunities and reduce weaknesses and threats.

purpose of this research was analysis of the components of economic literacy of textbooks in the second grade of high school which was conducted by survey and Shannon entropy. The statistical population consisted of 120 teachers and 360 high school students in Amol city. The sample consisted of 60 teachers and 184 secondary school students which were selected using stratified random sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, content validity was obtained and test reliability was (0.91). Results showed the present status of the components of economic literacy in the goals of the program and the implementation is relatively favorable. Such as (the preservation and development of wealth, economy and livelihoods, business, idleness and unemployment, attention to entrepreneurship, lavishness and attachment, legalization and the transformation of occupation and profession). As well as independent T-results showed no significant difference between students and teachers. The results of Shannon entropy showed in Sociology textbook, the highest factor was the importance of the component of job and career transformation (3.05) and economy and livelihood (2.67) and the least component of idleness and unemployment (0) and entrepreneurship (0.38). In the economics textbook, the coefficient of importance of the component of wealth preservation and development with (12.12) was the highest and the components of extravagance (1.14), business (1.52) and entrepreneurship (1.90) were the least. Considering the role of method and goals of textbooks in student economic literacy, teachers and authors of textbooks must have the necessary attention to the components of economic literacy, Particularly to business, solvent acquisition, the maintenance and development of wealth and entrepreneurship.

One of the most important requirements for achieving sustainable development in terms of science and technology is the creation of wealth creation centers, including Incubators in universities. The purpose of this study is to explain the impact of the educational and research dimensions of the Incubators on the sustainable development of universities. This research was conducted with the purpose of applied and mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative research method) and exploratory design. The qualitative method was used to identify the indicators of sustainable growth and development centers. The statistical population of this study was 14 experts in the field of Incubators at Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran. They were selected by targeted sampling for interviewing. Qualitative data collected was analyzed using the data-based data theory and content analysis. A quantitative method was used to measure the conceptual model. The statistical population was 750 people. The researcher-made questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha was 0.82 distributed among 254 sample members. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and structural equation test using SPSS and lisrel software. The results of the research indicate that the educational and research dimensions of the Incubators affect the sustainable development of the universities, which is the factor of 64% and research 61%. Therefore, educational dimension had the least impact on the sustainable development of Mazandaran Islamic Azad universities.