A Research into the Ways in Which Educational Directors Adapt their Behaviour to the Standards of Islamic Morality

The present resarch study deals, from the viewpoints of university and seminary professors, with the following four educational, motivational, cultural and assessment system factors which play significant role in making educational directors adapt their behaviours to the standards (norms) of Islamic morality (ethics). Making use of the comparative approach, the analysis has been made as to the views of university and seminary professors in terms of such qualifying variables as sex, age, teaching experience, location (place) of teaching, educational mangement background, and the course of study. Nearly all professors of the Open Islamic University of Zone 4 of the state and all seminary (theology) instructors are involved to constitute the statistical universe of the research stady. The single stage sampling method was used in which 233 persons were present. In choosing the competent or proficient professors and instructors, the decision was taken after close consultation with the chief director of Isfahan Seminary (Theological Centre), as a result of which as many as 80 experiened professors were selected. The means of research was a researcher-made questionaire which acquired its validity in accordance with professors and expert's views as well as their amendments. The validity obtained, basing its calculations on Cronbach's Coefficient ت is ت = 0. 9078. In general, the research results show that, according to meaningfulness of t, calculated on the basis of the related table, the formula p < 0. 01 was obtained, which from the viewpoints of the professors, both of university and seminary, indicates that the aforementioned factors play significant role in leading educational directors to adapt their behaviours to the standards or norms of Islamic morality.