محسن ذوالقدرنسب

This study was conducted with the aim of theoretical and Islamic explanation of communication networks, at the present time, and its differences with the humanities of the west; thus, this study, which applied an analytical approach, collected the data from library written sources and some interviews with experts. The results showed that from the western view, what is often emphasized in communication networks is communication tools and the formation of communications among the members, but from the Islamic view, more emphasis is put on the levels, promotion, depth, and purpose of communications. Islam, like the humanities of the west, focuses on creating the global village, but in Islam, it is beyond the pragmatism and often based on the high depth of communications and these basics are related to not only human relations, but also other kinds of relations.

Applying new cooperative methods in instruction has multiple effects on learning. Therefore, this study was implemented with the aim of investigating the effect of research circles method on improving student's communicational skills, attitude toward research and performance in action research. This quasi-experiment study with control group and pretest-posttest design was performed in 2010-11 academic year. The study population included all students in Shahid Maghsudi Teacher Training Center which where two 44-student classes were selected with purposive sampling method. The experimental action (Research Circles Method) was randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The attitude toward research questionnaire, the communicational skills questionnaire, the action research plans’ evaluation checklist and the action research test were used as data collection tools. Research circles method was implemented in 12 sessions. Results were analyzed by ANCOVA and independent T-test using SPSS 18 software. Research circles had significant positive effect on communicational skills (F=7.89, p=0.001), attitude toward research (F=7.23, p=0.01) and the action research applying score (t=3.18, p=0.003), but had reverse effect on theoric action research score (t=2.33, p=0.024). Research circles method is a new method with multiple effects on students’ development. Therefore, higher education systems are suggested to apply such methods for gaining quality.