Modeling the Learning Organization for Elementary Education in Tehran, Iran

This research aims at modeling a learning organization for elementary school students in Tehran, Iran. The present study is applied in terms of purpose; it is exploratory (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of data; indeed, it is data-based in qualitative define and cross-sectional in quantitative part. The statistical population of the present study consists of 30 academic specialists and educational experts in the qualitative dimension and 175 managers in the quantitative dimension. The 30 samples selected through snowball sampling in qualitative dimension and 120 samples selected randomly in quantitative dimension. The validity and reliability were confirmed by experts. In qualitative dimension, the measuring tool was a semi-structured interview compiled by open coding and axial coding chosen through coding by experts and Delfi method. In qualitative dimension, the measuring tool was a 140-item questionnaire which was developed by converting the saturated interview form of experts through giving weight to the indicators. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed through Cronbach's alpha (= 0.93); its validity was also obtained through content validity which was relatively high. In qualitative dimension, the data analysis was carried out in three stages of open-axis-selective coding. After expert confirmation, this pattern obtained 5 dimensions, 19 components, and 140 indicators. In qualitative dimension, confirmatory factor analysis was performed consisting of 5 dimensions, 19 components and 132 indicators.