نشریه علوم تربیتی
سال بیست و چهارم شماره 1 (بهار و تابستان 1396)

The aim of this paper was to study elitism in education. The main ground of manifestation of elitism, and the effects that theoreticians of elitism may have on this process were studied. Moreover, the bad effects of elitism on education was considered. The research was accomplished using an analytical method in two parts: at first, dealing with effects of the elitism in higher education with an emphasis on virtue based education, developing particular schools, and presenting totally different teachings for nurturing leaders and followers. In second part, we have tried to analyze the injures of education raised from elitism. Based on the research findings, some of the injures are marketized education, spreading of inequality in education, and decreasing in considering the Humanities and art.

The main aim of the present study is developing and validating learning opportunities of rational curriculum in Islamic resources. The research method was Mixed Method and the qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to carry it out. The statistical sampling in the qualitative section consisted of all curriculum experts, out of whom 11 were selected using goal-oriented sampling. The quantitative statistical sampling comprised of 352 elementary school teachers whom were selected using cluster sampling. The research data were collected from content analyzing, semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire. In order to determine the validity, content validity and to check the structural validity, operating analysis, and to estimate the reliability of the questionnaires, Cranach’s alpha coefficient was used. The findings showed that the results obtained in the qualitative section are in agreement with those obtained from the qualitative section. According to the research results, learning opportunity in rational curriculum is strengthening senses especially eyesight and hearing of students; contemplation on nature and discovering its inherent order; inquisitiveness and inquiry; and increasing and constructing knowledge.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of visual memory on the growth of geometric thinking via mediating role of scientific epistemology of geometry (SEG). The confirmatory factor analysis of SEG administered via Structural equation modeling. Meditational analysis was administered via two regression equations namely complete and restricted regression models for determining indirect effect and its significance normal sobel test and GEE were used. The design was correlational descriptive and the statistical population of the study consisted of all student teachers of Isfahan Farhangian University and 550 participants were selected by voluntary method sampling and respond to questionnaire including based on the conceptual model. Including standardized vanHiele geometric thinking levels, also meeker Visual memory types, namely tests CFS, CFC and CFU and researcher made scientific epistemology geometry test. The research findings indicate indirect impact of visual memory on the Geometric thinking as well as the direct impact of Geometry scientific epistemology in Geometric thinking.

One of the mostimportant matters in child education is parents’ participation in the education and training of their children. This is highly significant because children spend one half of their daily time at home under the surveillance of their parents. The continuance of parent participation into the school can both help the improvement of education and create problems for parents. This study aims at uncovering both the positive and negative consequences of parents’ participation at the primary education level. The methodology used in this research is qualitative, (phenomenological). The statistical population consisted of all elementary pupils’ parents of Tabriz City in the academic year 1391-92. Samples consisted of 16 parents, selected purposively until saturation was reached. The research data were collected using in –depth interviews and were analyzed by applying Smith’s method. The data yielded nine main themes including: Reason for the importance of education; conditions and possibilities; parents’ methods of education; problems encountered; the reasons for those problems from parents’ standpoints; the positive effects on children, of the cooperation; shortcomings in parents participation; parents solutions to the problems; and parents’ suggestions for school efficacy. Parents underwent both positive and negative experiences in the course of participation which impacted their perceptions concerning that participation; curriculum managers, better understanding & parents’ cooperation might play a significant role in reducing negative and enhancing positive aspects of the efficacy of programs and planners’ satisfaction.

This study aimed to test the relation between spiritual leadership and organizational well-being is the mediation of positive thinking among elementary school principals. A descriptive study of correlation. The study population comprised all teachers and principals of primary schools in Khorramabad, the number of 91 managers and 231 teachers were chosen by simple random sampling. Data collected by questionnaire spiritual leadership Fry (2005) and organizational well-being questionnaire (1393) and a questionnaire on positive thinking and Vysnyky Ingram (1998) were collected. Data analysis using spss software and lisrel and statistical methods of structural equation modeling was conducted.Research findings:The findings of the research showed that primary schools with spiritual leadership and organizational well-being, positive thinking is involved. So that well-being, both directly (β =54/0) and indirectly with intellectual leadership that through positive thinking (β= 61/0) is relevant. The overall fit of the model showed that the ratio chi-square degrees of freedom equal to 71/2, which indicates that the model is confirmed emphatically. school administrators to create an atmosphere of well-being and organizational try first with the prospect Toolmaker faith / hope and commitment and communicating altruistic teachers and working environment, leading to the more well-being in schools to provide. Because it can facilitate the achievement of the goals of higher education and training leading to performance and feedback is good.

This study purports to identify the entrepreneurial competencies of the faculty members of the Iran's state universities. For this purpose, 17 faculty members of the Shahid Beheshti University, sampled using a purposeful sampling procedure, were interviewed in a semi-structured interview and their enrepreneurial competencies were identified. After thematic analysis of the data a sum of 69 sub-competencies were identified and categorized into 9 major categories using focus group procedure. These entrepreneurial competencies included opportunity competency, commitment competency, communication competency, management competency, reconciliation competency and acting as both a faculty member and an entrepreneur, growth and development competency, business competency, sterategic competency, and technical-expertise competency. Adding to our knowledge on the academic entrepreneurship, the results of this study can also be of help to policy-makers in the development of educational policies and supportive policies with regard to academic entrepreneurship.

This research was conducted with the aim of design cognitive pattern for quality in higher education and and identify promoting and preventing factors from the perspective of higher education stakeholders. Qualitative research method used was Grounded Theory. For this study was conducted semi-structured interview with four groups of stakeholders include managers and policy makers, faculty, alumni and employers. After the implementation of interviews, the data was analyzed using qualitative data analysis approach based on open coding, axial and selective with documentary evidence at the end were presented analyzing qualitative data of the determinants of quality in higher education. In terms of quality in Engineering and Technology higher education identified and recognized five general categories which include: Serving the community, serving the industry, serving learners, serving science, and the balance between the four types of service. The affecting factors in Engineering and Technology quality in higher education were two general categories: the internal factors, external factors and the balance between them. In relation to the preventive factor of quality in Engineering and Technology higher education two categories were identified: internal factors and external factors.

Apparently globalization had certain affect in development and reformation of organizations including general education systems, which we can feel this effect in main domains of general education such as teachers, curricula, structures, and school-and-society relations. The main goal of this research is to study the effects of Globalization on the methods of teaching used by teachers in Ahvaz, Iran. The method used for the progress of this research was combined method (document analysis and field survey). thus, for cultivating the necessary data, we have used specially prepared (researcher-designed) questionnaires and also we have used document analysis over the acquired data. The statistical sample we have used here was consisting of 357 person randomly chosen from teachers of elementary school, middle school, and high school levels, and also from the principals of the three levels from whom teach or work in Ahvaz. Before acquisition, the volume of the sample have been estimated by the table proposed by Krejcie and Morgan and with the appropriate size with respect to the size of the corpus the sample have been selected. Analysis of the data, have been done in two levels of descriptive and deductive analysis, by SPSS software. Results shows that there is a meaningful difference between the existing teaching methods used by the teachers in Ahvaz and the ideal methods (i.e., the the methods used in international community, as the result of globalization), and moreover, the difference found in tools and accessories is more sensible.