Designing a model for developing the systemic thinking of education managers

Introduction and goal:

The purpose of this study is to design a model for the development of systemic thinking of education managers. The present study is descriptive-survey in terms of purpose, application and data type.

The statistical population of the study, in order to determine the dimensions and components, in the qualitative part of 20 academic specialists and educational experts, by purposeful sampling method based on the principle of saturation and in the quantitative part, 4115 managers and deputies of the General Administration and four education areas And constitute schools and schools in Alborz province. The sample size with the help of Cochran's formula is 351 people by simple random sampling method have been selected. The research tools in the qualitative section are semi-structured interviews, document content analysis and in the quantitative section are two researcher-made questionnaires of 93 and 26 items, respectively. Using Cronbach's alpha for dimensions and components is set to 0.984 and to determine the fit and validation of the model is set to 0.999. Data analysis, to determine and prioritize dimensions and components using structural equations, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, second-order confirmatory factor analysis, and to determine the appropriateness of the model, content validity (CVI and CVR) and to achieve the research model from Two software, SPSS and Amos, are used.

The results showed that the model of development of systemic thinking of education managers had 5 dimensions (personality traits, managerial knowledge, leadership, human resource management, skill and ability of thinking and philosophical thought) and 93 components.

The proposed model theoretically has the necessary qualitative and quantitative validity and can be used as a framework and basis for the development of systemic thinking of the country's education managers.