نشریه نامه آموزش عالی
پیاپی 46 (تابستان 1398)

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the scale of professional development of faculty members in teaching, learning and research. Thus, we used the document of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching in Ireland (2016), for designing a scale of 48 items in 5 dimensions: "Personal Development", "Professional Knowledge and Skills", "Professional Communication", "Professional Identity", and "Digital Capacity". After confirming content validity by experts, In order to validate the tool, A sample of 242 faculty members at the University of Isfahan by using proportional stratified random sampling selected and they answered the researcher-made questionnaire. Factorial Structure of questionnaire was investigated using exploratory analysis and findings showed that 5 factors totally explain 59 percent of variance test and all items had acceptable factor loading according to their own factors except 5 items, and finally 43 items confirmed. Also, the construct validity of questionnaire was investigated and confirmed through first and second order confirmatory factor analysis and. In addition, the results of Cronbach's Alpha coefficient showed that the designed scale and its dimensions have a desirable reliability. According to the results, we can say that the proposed model and instrument of measurement have the necessary characteristics to measurement the professional development of faculty members in teaching, learning and research.

The purpose of this study is to examine the implications, challenges and opportunities of complexity theory for the curriculum (national curriculum). In this study, "Speculative Essay" is used as research method and "Review of Documentation" is used as a tool for information gathering. The main features of complexity theory include totalism, mutual causality, mental reality, uncertainty, self-regulation, multi-sectarianism and nonlinearity. Curriculum according to the national curriculum document has seven essential elements, including student, teacher, content, teaching, learning, assessment, learning environment and school principal. The findings of the research showed that according to the complexity theory, there are some features of this theory in the seven elements of the national curriculum, but still do not cover all the implications of this theory, In addition, the findings of the paper showed that such issues as dichotomy, rule breaking, non-static, neglect of respect, and lack of linear order, multiple causality, or multiple causality can be considered challenges to curriculum and opportunities for the program. The lessons can be seen in terms of incremental, contradictory, and paradox, causal, fundamental, and gradual interaction, cooperation and communication, creative thinking, and self-study.

The research aimed to synthesize predictor and criterion variables in correlational research on teaching methodology. The population of the study included all correlational research available in internal databases (Magiran and SID) and foreign databases (Taylor & Francis and Science Direct) on teaching methodology. The criteria for research inclusion were their relevance to the purpose of the research and the timeframe for research was from 2010 to 2017. Keyword for searching papers was teaching methodology. A number of 47 internal as well as 44 foreign research were chosen from the databases. The predictor and criterion variables were extracted and their frequency was calculated. Findings indicated that in internal research, collaborative, exploratory, and problem solving methods, and in foreign research, collaborative method, the use of computers in education, the use of information and communication technology in education, as well as virtual education were the most important predictor variables. In internal research, learning, satisfaction and academic achievement, and in foreign research, learning, attitude and academic achievement were the most important criterion variables. Based on the results, it is suggested that in future research, the use of information and communication technology as predictor variable, and attitude as criterion variable need to be further investigated.

The aim of study was to investigate the relation between the effectiveness of classroom management and educational innovation of instructors with the academic performance of students at Bu-Ali Sina University.The method of research is descriptive and correlation type. The Statistical population consists of entire10491students. According to Kergcie and Morgan table, samples of 384 people were selected. Three questionnaires was used: The classroom management effectiveness questionnaires, educational innovation and academic performance questionnaires.Questionnaires justifiability was calculated based on their content justifiability and also their ending were calculated according to Cronbach's alpha respectively.For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as T test, Pearson correlation and multivariate regression analysis were used.The results showed: There is a positive and significant relationship between classroom management and each of its dimensions with students' academic performance at Bu-Ali Sina University. There is a positive and significant relationship between the educational innovation of the teachers and the academic performance of the students. Also, only the education management dimension was able to predict students' academic performance among the dimensions of the variable of classroom management.

The main purpose of this research was to analyze the role of environmental factors on digital entrepreneurship intentions by students of computer science using the theory of planned behavior. In this research, environmental factors were integrated into the planned behavior theory. The statistical population of this study was 483 computer science students in four universities in Hamedan Universities. A sample of 150 students was selected through random sampling method. The required data were gathered by using a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was verified by a panel of experts and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for its reliability. In order to analyze data, correlation coefficient, multivariate regression and path analysis were used. Results of regression analysis showed that all three motivational variables, namely attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavior control, have a positive meaningful relationship with students’ entrepreneurial intention. Also the control of perceived behavior played the strongest role in this regard. Results also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables like entrepreneurship culture and government policy with the digital entrepreneurship intention variable, but the results indicate that the academic environment does not have a direct effect on the students' digital entrepreneurship intention.

There was no theoretical knowledge on the main constituents of interview protocol as well as its development as a guide to conduct proper interviews. Accordingly, researchers attempted to clarify features of a high-quality protocol through reviewing and categorizing relevant documents and evidence and compiling the required article. The present paper was developed in three stages: a) documentary analysis of related resources; b) introduction on the components of the interview protocol; c) the quality of formulation of protocol. Initially, the related documents were searched at such scientific databases as SAGE, ERIC, EBSCO, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Emerald, PubMed and Elsevier from 2000 to 2017. Accordingly, 38 documents were retrieved and, after the initial review, 15 documents were reviewed and analyzed based on the criteria of usefulness and up-to-datedness. After analyzing and extracting the findings, the relatively common items were combined and they were divided into four main sections, including the starting point, questions, prompts, and the ending text of the interview. Finally, the four-stage refinement framework of the protocol was outlined to enhance the validity of the interview protocol. Besides, the relationship between the latter framework and process of formulating the protocol was presented in the form of a conceptual map.