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The purpose of the present study is to investigate the challenges of knowledge management deployment in East Azarbaijan Province Management and Planning Organization.

The present study was conducted by using a combination of sequential exploration strategy. In the qualitative part, conventional content analysis method and in the quantitative stage of descriptive survey research is used. Participants in the qualitative phase were experts of Management and Planning Organization with 5 years’ service experience and 18 individuals were purposively selected for in-depth interviews. In the quantitative part, based on the qualitative results, a questionnaire was prepared and among the 86 staff of East Azerbaijan Province Management and Planning Organization was accomplished.

1.Inside the organizational factors (9 subcategories): (1.Organizational Culture 2.Individual obstacles 3.Organizational Structure 4.The Lack Importance and emphasis Managers 5.New technology is not used for knowledge sharing 6.Lack of anticipation Knowledge management in organization strategy 7. Positive and negative impact of the organization's training system 8.Human Relations 9.Viewpoint Positive and negative to knowledge management) 2.External organizational factors: (1.Negative Impact Country mega Policies 2.Social barriers) they act as barriers to the establishment of knowledge management. The results of one-sample t-test showed that except for the role of social barriers all of these factors were significant barriers to knowledge management establishment. Friedman test results showed that: lack of knowledge management in organizational strategy, lack of importance and emphasis of managers on knowledge management and organizational culture, respectively, are the priorities of knowledge management barriers in Organization.

it is essential that East Azarbaijan Management and Planning Organization to establish knowledge management with more focus on its challenges and obstacles and take steps to find solutions to the problems and barriers.

The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model of professional ethics in the health education system of the Vice Chancellor for Health of the Northwestern University of Medical Sciences. This combined study was conducted as a combination of qualitative and quantitative sequential exploratory mix. In the qualitative section, 43 experts including health education professors of northwestern medical universities were selected by purposive sampling and theoretical sampling and qualitative data were collected using in-depth interviews on the subject up to saturation stage after data collection. And definition of concepts and categories, information was provided to key participants and opinion polls were conducted and comparisons with the literature were made to confirm the external validity. Open coding, axial coding and selective coding analysis were performed. After extracting the final components of the questionnaire, 60 questions were prepared based on the theoretical foundations and information of the interviews. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.92. In the quantitative section, 473 people were randomly selected from all health care providers and health education experts in the field of health of Northwestern University of Medical Sciences. After distributing the questionnaire, the extracted data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis and measurement equations for each of the structures were significant based on the amount of factor loads obtained and the amount of factor load of all indicators was greater than 0.3. The fitted measurement model had a good fit and was approved. The validity of the model was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's high alpha coefficient, and finally the final model of professional ethics in the health education system of the Northwest Health Department with loyalty components; responsibility; Competitiveness; Honesty; Respect for others; Respect for social values ​​and norms; Justice and fairness; Empathy with others; Liquidity; decisiveness; the trust ; Cross-sectoral cooperation; Observance of order; positive attitude; A commitment was made. Also, the degree of importance of each component of professional ethics in the health education system of the health department of the northwestern universities of medical sciences was determined.

The purpose of this study is to describe the life experience of teachers of teaching multi-grade primary classes in rural areas.

in accordance with the objective, the study is qualitative and phenomenological research. Research population includes all multi-grade teachers of primary schools in rural areas of Mako city, among them, research sample of 15 people was selected by criterion-based purposive sampling. The data was collected by qualitative semi-structured interview and analyzed by Collaizi’s seven-step method. To validate the data, the opinions of expert professors, experts and teachers who have served for many years in multi-grade schools and classrooms in rural areas of Mako County; was used.

In-depth analysis of teachers’ experiences resulted in identification and categorization of 6 main topics: teaching methods and class control, problems of multi-grade classes, curriculum issues, financial issues of teachers and schools, strengthening multi-grade classes, and advantages of multi-grade classes; and 13 sub-themes: teaching methods, class control, problems of students in multi-grade classes, problems of teachers in multi-grade classes, problems of students’ families in multi-grade classes, curriculum content, curriculum implementation, teacher’s salaries, school’s fees, reducing problems of multi-grade classes, improving and increasing productivity of multi-grade classes, advantages of teachers and advantages of students.Keywords: lived experience of teachers, multi-grade classes, primary education.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of Managers creativity in the in the relationship between Managers participatory management and social responsibility with teacher’s job satisfaction. The sample size was determined using Cochranchr('39')s formula to 228 people and be selected with using relative stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using four questionnaires: job satisfaction Minnesota (1986), Choupani participatory management (2011), Carroll’s social responsibility (1991) and Amabile creative questionnaire (2001); their construct validity were evaluated by the confirmatory factor analysis and the reliability by alpha Cronbach was 0.834, 0.927, 0.802 and 0.746, respectively. For data analysis Spss23 and Amos23 software were used. The results of data analysis indicated the Participatory management and creativity of principals have a direct and significant effect on teacherschr('39') job satisfaction. But the social responsibility of principals did not have a direct and significant effect on teacherschr('39') job satisfaction. The role of creativity as mediating variable With the Sobel test in the were confirmed tconfidence level of 0.95. The indirect effect of participatory management on job satisfaction mediated by creativity was significant and the creativity of principals more than 22% of the total effect participatory management on job satisfaction. Also the lack of direct effect of social responsibility on job satisfaction, mediated by creativity, was significant and creativity explained more than 82% of the total effect social responsibility on job satisfaction.

Teachers are the most influential factor at schools, and their job performance is essential indicator of success and persistence of the goals of educational organizations, and the ability of teachers and leadership style of headmasters play significant role on it. This study aim to predict job performance of teachers based on psychological empowerment and leadership style of headmasters. Descriptive-correlation method was used and statistical society include all female teachers (413 individuals) of primary schools at 2 and 4 district of Tabriz, 198 individuals were selected as sample by multi-stage random cluster method. Data collected using standard questionnaires of Paterson’s job performance, Spritzer’s psychological empowerment, and leadership style of Hersey-Blanchard. Alpha-Cronbach was calculated for each of the variables as 0.93, 0.91 and 0.62, respectively. For data analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, multiple regression tests and SPSS software (version 16) were used. Results of the Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that job performance of psychological empowerment was positive (0.50) and meaningful (p < 0.01). Results of the multiple regression with step by step approach indicated that meaningful elements of reliability, effectiveness and competency are the best predictors of job performance of teachers (p < 0.05) among psychological empowerment elements, and imperative leadership style was the best predictor of job performance in leadership styles (p < 0.05). Therefore, optimizing psychological ability of teachers and selecting desired leadership style of headmasters lead to positive effect on job performance of teachers.

The purpose of this study was determine priority of training needs (technical, human and conceptual ) and effective factors on it (technical, human and conceptual ) in the primary and secondary school managers in the region of 4 in Tabriz city. This study was descriptive and surveying. The population size of 112 school managers , 95 samples obtained using Cochran equation using random stratified proportional sampling method. For assessment of training needs , Management skills , an questionnaire based on a five - point Likert scale was developed. After collection of questionnaire, data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software, descriptive statistics , ANOVA, Independent Samples test and ANOVA were used to analysis of data. Result sowed school managers in all skills of technical, human and conceptual need to education . Technical skills were first priority and human skills were the last. Skills of technical, human and conceptual in different Educational field were a significant (P<0/05). Skills of technical, human and conceptual among educational degree, years of employment different educational level were not significant correlation (P>0/05) . Key words: Management skills, Training needs assessment, School managers Key words: Management skills, Training needs assessment, School managers Key words: Management skills, Training needs assessment, School managers

one of the most important programs and strategies of addiction prevention is teaching thoughts and life skills at school. Therefore, the purpose of this study is content analysis of the book thought and lifestyle according to the attention for addiction prevention components based on objectives of comprehensive documentary of addiction prevention. the method used for content analysis is Shannon entropy method and analysis unit included texts, questions and images. Statistical society included the books of thought and life style of first grade of high school and statistic sample was the book thought and life style, common for males and females of 7th and 8th grade. results of the study indicated the material teaching component was disregarded in the content of the book thought and life style of seventh grade, while material teaching was highly mentioned and the self-expression and courage skills was less mentioned in the content of the book for 8th grade. inclusion of the discussions about addiction prevention and life skills such as self-expression and courage, and combination of material teaching in school books can be important in many ways.

One of the key aspects of learning is the acquiring and integrating the old and new sciences which entails acquiring process and new learning skills. The concept maps as a learning strategy can provide the pupils with adequate mastering on pre requisites. This study aims to determine effectiveness of group conceptual mapping on cognitive - emotional indicators of chemistry courses. Participants include 147 first grade high school female students and the intended educational content is chemistry. The research project is designed based on a quasi-experimental plan along with post-test and comparison group. Participants are selected using single-stage cluster sampling and specified to the test group (60 individuals) and control group (87 individuals) randomly. In test group, group conceptual maps were drawn by participants after teaching, while in control group participants were learning the same contents with common methods. Cognitive and emotional indicators of the study were evaluated by a researcher designed test respectively. Results of the study show conceptual group mapping has positive effect on students’ learning areas(remembering, application, discovery and innovation) in chemistry courses.