A Survey of Tehran High School Teachers and Official's Acquaintance with the Ideas of Imam Khomeini

The statistical society of this study included teachers, principals and advisors of high schools and pre-university center of Tehran in the 1387-88 school year. Sampling was carried out using the classified random sampling method and the 19 districts of Tehran were divided into 5 districts of north, south, eat, west, and center, in this study. In accordance with Morgan Table the statistical sample was designed to include 354 people. The researcher distributed 470 questionnaires, but analyzed only those that were filled out completely, which amounted to 461. Because of the related factors and the aims of the study, the descriptive method was employed. The data was gathered through questionnaire using the field method; the number of questionnaires corresponded to the number of statistical sample. The questionnaires, which were based on the Lickert rating and included 24 questions, were distributed among the teachers and principals in the fall of 1387. The questions addressed the educational, socio-economic, political and cultural ideas of Imam Khomeini. The choices were: 1. Imam Khomeini 2. Ayatollah Khameneyi 3. Shahid Motahari 4. Shahid Beheshti 5. Ayatollah Rafsanjani and 6. None. In order to calculate the internal homogeneity among questions and factors, the Kronebach Alpha method was used in a preliminary study covering a sample of 35 people; the Alpha coefficient was 0.89. The main question of the study was, how much are the teachers and principals of Tehran acquainted with the ideas of Imam Khomeini? Out of 461 people, 169 people give right answers to the questions concerning the political cultural, economic and educational ideas of Imam Khomeini.