فهرست مطالب

مجله ترویج علم
سال هفتم شماره 10 (بهار و تابستان 1395)

تاریخ انتشار: 1395/06/01
تعداد عناوین: 10

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English

انتخاب همه

The Mutual Role of Mathematics and Culture

Afsaneh Moradalizadeh, Abolfazl Rafiepour Page 7

Review of historical monuments such as ancestral handicrafts, the investigation into the life of physicians, astronomers, agriculturists, architects, physicists and mathematics and so on, attest to the development of knowledge in the ancient Iran. Such knowledge can be observed in the ancient and authentic Iranian art namely Iranian carpet. Such textures which have developed Irans academic standing by integrating principles of art with mathematics in order to promote Iranian standing in both art and mathematics. Therefore, we decided to elaborate the role of our ancient culture which had a pre-eminent position in mathematics, in the area of science. So one of the effects of mathematics, art and culture was chosen to smooth the way for teaching mathematics to students by weave the mathematics into it. This delicacy can develop the promotion and popularization of mathematics as the overall aims of education. This view can help students to see mathematics as a different form of knowledge which will be oppose to common view in society which consider math as difficult and complicated knowledge. The results of several research show that the ways which our ancestors used math in their daily life activities are very interesting and even unique despite of having no formal academic education. So, in addition to creating interest and motivation in students, introducing such activities can have a significant impact on teaching and learning process.

Keywords: Culture, Ethnomathematics, Modeling, Ethnomodeling, Museum

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Librarians Encountering Challenges in the Use of Social Media and the Proposed Approaches

Faegheh Mohammadi Page 23

Several information resources have developed various definitions of social media. The common definition describes social media as a group of web-based and mobile applications of web 2.0 that allow users to share and create knowledge in a real time social interaction. It is user-centric, multi-purpose and it is not time and location bound. According to the previous research, although the librarians have positive attitude towards using social media in libraries, in practice they may experience a lot of challenges. These challenges may concern human resources, Time, management and etc. Using Library research method, firstly, this paper attempts to provide a general definition of social media. Then it addresses some of existing challenges in the use of social media in libraries and information centers from various perspectives. At last the paper suggests some approaches to improve librarians motivation, codify a usage guideline and encourage scholars to perform more researches in this area in order to deal with mentioned challenges.

Keywords: Social Media, Librarians, Scientific Use, Challenges, Approaches

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The Role of Image and Color in Textbooks and Academic Books and Its Impacts on Foreign Language Teaching

Mehri Bahrambeiguy Page 37

Textbooks help learning through texts, images and other features. Selecting and placing images in the proper place can facilitate learning. This article deals with the importance of images to teach textbooks, as well as its role in foreign language teaching.
Images have three functions:1) To encourage the reader to study the text,
2) To provide supplementary information about the text,
3) To help the reader's imaginary potential.
In the selection of images, the motivation of learners, standards, quality of images, style and aesthetic values should not be neglected. Arrangement of images is very important too, because human visual system tends to see one object in foreground and another in background. Color is important in images too, because each color has its own special wavelength and influence. Images are applied in the elementary school Persian language study textbooks too. In spite of Bachlard and Tardy who are against image application and consider images an obstacle against learning, we see that many foreign language methods emphasis on conversation and images.

Keywords: Image, Color, Textbooks, Academic Books, Foreign Language Teaching

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Talent Management in Higher Education System of Iran and Approaches toward its Development and Improvement

Parastoo Seif, Homayoun Farhadian *, Mohammad Chizari Page 55

Nowadays, higher education is considered as one of the fundamental pillars in moving toward development. Skilled human resources is the main characteristic in the progress of a country. Therefore, scientific talent should be identified and encouraged to join and cooperate with faculties by the universities. This study attempts to investigate the talent management in the higher education system of Iran and approaches toward its development and improvement. The study is performed based on the desk based assessments and documentary research. According to the results, nondiscrimination, meritocracy, clarifying the characteristics and all the steps of recruitment process, salary increase, providing job security, considering their livelihood, improving facilities, increasing resources and required budget to perform research activities, solving economic, political and social problems of the faculty members are important factors in recruiting and retaining them.

Keywords: Universities, Higher Education Centers, Talent Management, Faculty, recruiting, retaining faculty members

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Futures Studies and Delphi Methods

Amir Hushang Heidari * Page 75

Futures studies is a transdisciplinary and transcultural knowledge which attempts to discover possible futures and to build preferable futures. Future oriented knowledge to shape futures based on vision of human beings has special position in societies. Todays the field is called science and art of shaping the futures and different countries are attempting to attain this knowledge as a strategic tool and regenerate it under their cultural value. Governments using futures studies are also trying to dominate the futures to play proactive role in the futures instead of passive or reactive role. In other words, they will not be surprised with great changes in future. Governments will face the future with knowledge in unavoidable process of globalization. In this paper we will discuss about concepts and principle of futures studies and also Delphi method as a popular qualitative method in the field. Although Delphi has been borrowed from other field, it has been redesigned to be more effective and now it is introduced as one of the most popular methods in the field of futures studies.

Keywords: Futures Studies, Delphi, Tacit Kknowledge, Preferable Futures

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The Challenges Involved in Development of Transgenic Crops Technology from the Perspective of Inequality and the Policy-making to Overcome these Challenges

Ensiyeh Shojaee*, Tahere Miremadi, Farshad Momeni, Hodjat, Ollah Hajihoseini Page 93

The emergence and development of transgenic crops have been one of the most challenging issues in the development of new agricultural technologies. The challenges include safety, health and environmental challenges and economic equality among the different strata of society. In this paper, first, the challenges involved in development of transgenic plants technology from the perspective of creating or increasing inequality among the strata of farmers are discussed and finally the policies to overcome these challenges in the developing countries are studied.

Keywords: Transgenic Crops Technology, Inequality, Development Challenges, Normative Policies, Small Farmers

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The incredible ecosystem of Earth's hottest spot

Richard Stone *, Translated By: Akram Ghadimi, Mehdi Simaeifar Page 105

In July 2016, due to its whimsical and majestic topography, UNESCO inscribed the Lut Desert on its World Heritage List. The wonderful scenery of the Lut has always fascinated the eco-tourists. However, there is little information available on its unusual ecosystem. In December 2016, the Science Journal in a report by Richard Stone attempted to decipher this mystery. Until now, it has been assumed that without plants as the first link in every food chain and the primary producers, the stability of food web will be disrupted. So how can the existence of living organisms including insects, reptiles and desert foxes be explained? In November 2016, a team of Iranian, American and European researchers traveled into the Lut to find an answer to this dilemma. Their findings were quite unexpected.

Keywords: The Lut Desert, Ecosystem, Food Chain, Food Web

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مجله ترویج علم

Journal of the Popularization of Science

دوفصلنامه علوم انسانی

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ISSN: 2251-9033

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انجمن ترویج علم ایران

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دکتر اکرم قدیمی

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مجله ترویج علم سال هفتم شماره 10 (بهار و تابستان 1395)

مجله ترویج علم

Journal of the Popularization of Science

مجله ترویج علم
سال هفتم شماره 10 (بهار و تابستان 1395)