نشریه مطالعات آموزشی نما
پیاپی 15 (نیمسال اول 1399-1398)

Clinical education is a complex process in which various factors are involved. Clinical competence assessment in nursing profession is very important and one of important issues in clinical education is the improvement of its quality which requires continuous evaluation. Log book is considered as one of the most effective clinical evaluation methods. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of using a clinical log booklet (logbook) on the clinical competence of nursing students in the intensive care unit of Shahrood University of Medical Sciences.

This quasi-experimental study was carried out on 63 junior Trainee and intern nursing students in intensive care unit of Imam Hossein and Bahar hospitals in Shahrood (North East of IRAN). Students were divided into two groups in a nonrandom way: control (conventional training) and intervention group (logbook based training). To assess the clinical competence of the students, Nobakht et al (2016)’s questionnaire, “Nursing Students’ Clinical Competency Examination in ICU” was used. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 software, Chi-square, independent and paired t-test, and Mann-Whitney test.

The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in demographic information such as age, sex, marital status and occupation, clinical experience and general mean scores of previous semesters between the two groups of control and intervention (P>0/05). The mean and standard deviation of the total score of the first day of training or internship in control group were 99.19 ± 57.15 and in the intervention group were 92.10 ± 22.88, and on the last day of training or internship in the control group were 126.01±16.33 and in the intervention group were 132/81±18/74 with a good level of competence. The results indicated that in each group the scores were increased, but this increase was higher in the intervention group than control group (P=0/037).

The findings of this study showed that the use of clinical Log booklet increases the clinical competence of nursing students. Hence, it is recommended that professors use this tool for training and internship courses.

The organization is the rational coordination of a number of individuals who work continuously to achieve a common goal or purpose through the division of duties and formation of regular and logical relationships. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among organizational spirituality, talent management, organizational learning and job satisfaction of administrative staffs in district 2 of Zahedan.

To conduct this research, a correlation research project was used. The statistical population of this research was all administrative staffs of district 2 of education in Zahedan in 2018 and by census method, 97 people (total population) were considered as sample. Reliability of the main instruments for collecting information in this research were four standard questionnaires; Shahriar Monir Qashqagh’s Organizational Spirituality Questionnaire (α = 0.96), Phillips and Rapper’s Talent Management Questionnaire (α = 0.89), Tabesh-Fard’s Organizational Learning Questionnaire (α = 0.90) and Davis and Weiss’s Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (α = 0.89). After data analysis, the data were analyzed by grading, interpreted and then analyzed by SPSS software version 23 using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression model.

The results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated a positive and significant relationship between organizational spirituality and organizational learning (r = 0.25) with a confidence level of 99%, as well as a positive and significant relationship between organizational spirituality and job satisfaction (r= 0,16) of staffs with a confidence level of 95% . Also, there is a relationship between talent management and organizational learning (r = 0.9) with a confidence level of 95%. The results of regression analysis showed that among the components of organizational spirituality, common sense with society had the ability to predict organizational learning in a way that 0.021 of the variance in staffs’ organizational learning changes could be explained by this component.

Given the positive impact of spirituality in the workplace and talent management on job satisfaction, it is recommended that the organization focus on nurturing and consolidating the beliefs and values of its staffs and managers, and develop a sense of excellence in their thought and attitude, albeit gradually.

Academic performance and anxiety at university are among the issues that have caught community leaders and researchers’ attention. It has always been important to consider what factors affect students’ academic achievement and success, or how much is the contribution of each factor. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among social skills, anxiety and academic performance of nursing students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2018.

This research is a descriptive-correlational regression study. The population of this study included all nursing students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The sampling method in this study was simple random sampling during which two questionnaires, Matson Social Skills Questionnaire (1976) and Sheenan Anxiety Inventory (1989), were distributed among 200 people. The reliability of these questionnaires calculated by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.86 and 0.70, respectively. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation matrix and stepwise regression model by SPSS software.

The analysis of research findings indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between social skill sub-components (appropriate social skill, superiority, peer relationship) and academic performance (P <0.01). Also, there was a significantly negative relationship between the components of nonsocial behavior, aggression, and academic performance (P <0.001). Also, among social skills, appropriate social skills, peer relationship and non-social behavior with values (-0.32, -0.38 and β = -0.60) were able to significantly predict anxiety changes. While positive social skills decrease students’ anxiety, negative social skills increase it.

Generally, the results of the present study are in relation to the studies concerning the relationships among social skills, anxiety and academic performance of students and it can be said that positive social skills can significantly increase students’ academic performance. Also, positive social skills decrease students’ anxiety while negative social skills increase students’ anxiety. Therefore, it is recommended that administrators and university professors make the necessary plans to enhance social skills and students’ academic performance and reduce their anxiety.

During the last decades, the issue of university quality has become a serious problem among activists and scholars due to the increasing mass of higher education. Therefore, monitoring the quality of universities is more important than ever. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of educational services in Faculty of Literature and Humanities of Sistan and Baluchistan University from students’ viewpoints based on SERVQUAL Model.

The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study whose population consisted of (undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD) students of Faculty of Literature and Humanities in Sistan and Baluchistan University in the academic year 2017-2018. Simple random sampling was conducted to select 127 students through standard SERVQUAL Model Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by t-test using SPSS software.

Findings of the study indicated that there was a negative gap in all aspects of educational service quality. Negative gap rates in each dimension are: tangibility (-5.49), assurance (-7.97), responsiveness (-7.72), empathy (-10.47), and reliability (-10.11). -) which indicate that there is a significant difference and the expectations of students at this college are beyond the current situation.

Therefore, the findings of the study indicate that none of the dimensions of service quality have met their expectations and if the universities in Sistan and Baluchistan want to train more skilled human resources to serve the growth and development of society, they should increase the quality of services as they increase the quantity.

The basis of distance learning rests on the independence of the learner. The independent learning-teaching process is an educational system in which each learner is independent and separated from their teacher by time and place. Hence the present study seeks to examine E-learning Theories in general, but focuses on Independence Theory.

The present study was conducted using quantitative content analysis and the research population is all printed and digital papers and documents which have discussed e-learning, distance learning, e-learning Theories, Independence Theory and independent study and etc. which have been found with specific keywords in databases such as Google Scholar, Magiran, Civilica and Noormags in the time span of 1385-1394 and 1990 -2009. These documents consisted of 36 books and articles which have been reduced to 26 valid documents as research samples after restricting the search results.

Distance learning is a method based on the principle of self-learning in which the preparation of self-taught teaching materials is of great importance. Distance learning seeks to achieve independence, freethinking and obstinacy of the learner and even promotes linguistic, scientific and cultural pluralism and believes in the paradigm of globalization. Freedom of thought, creative thinking, responsibility and selfcreation are attributes that distance learning has sought to achieve.

Contrary to the view of those who believe that distance learning promotes a kind of indiscipline and chaos, distance education actually promotes a philosophical-educational approach that believes in creating critical thinking, destroying exploitation and accepting scientific, religious, linguistic, cultural and intellectual pluralism. An independent learner with self-observational and self-control experiences and perceptions, analyzes self-taught texts and constructs the information world in which they live. They create their own mental models and, based on different knowledge and experiences, they have different and unique understanding of the facts than other learners.

Educational equality is a process that all practitioners are thinking about and want to put it in their supervised environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate educational equality as an unfinished puzzle in the 21st century.

The present study is a review type in which keywords such as educational equality, educational inequality and educational justice have been used in academic databases such as Magiran, Scientific Databases of Jihad University (sid.ir), IranDoc, Noor specialized magazines (Noormags) and Google and for library search, books, theses, publications published from 1385 to 1397 (Persian) and Latin articles from 2008 to 2016 have been used which numbered more than 39 sources, and due to overlapping only 29 sources have been selected and analyzed as the main sources.

According to the findings of the study, educational inequality varies from developed to developing countries. In developed countries, inequality of educational opportunities often revolves around racism, low income and high income families, blacks and whites, immigrant and non-immigrant and then, educational inequality is considered in terms of quality of education and the amount of provided educational services. Educational inequalities in developing countries can be attributed to gender inequality and lack of access to appropriate educational space. Towns and villages do not have equal teachers compared to provincial centers. The educational facilities (buildings, equipment, etc.) in rural and urban areas are very low in comparison to provincial centers, and in some cases, outlying of the areas and cultural deprivation and low literacy and also bilingualism are effective in developing inequality.

According to the findings of the present study and the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the horizon of 1404, reaching the region’s leading position in economics, science and technology, enjoying advanced knowledge and superior human resources will undoubtedly be achieved by striving to provide the community with equal opportunities and the basis for maximum participation in the development process.

With the advent of information and communication technology, in recent decades, a new gate opened to human beings and all its biological dimensions, and created many changes in the field of education and learning. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate how changes have been made in how learners learn from the growth and advancement of technologies.

This research is a systematic review that was used to collect information from search engines and valid databases and library studies in published scientific books and papers. In this regard, the key words were: ICT, distance learning, correspondence, e-learning, mobile, online, compilation. During this process, 160 sources were selected during the period from 1380 to 1397-2000 to 2018 and a total of 101 sources were used.

By exploring the evolutionary process of learning, we studied the typology of learning in order to grow the technology. Initially, learning was done in the face-to-face paradigm (traditional), after which the growth of technologies led to the formation of distance learning, which is divided into two parts of correspondence education and e-learning. Electronic learning is also categorized into two online learning subcategories. In the next step, with the growth of technologies, compilation learning came about.

The described topics are that the growth of technologies has led to the formation of new approaches to learning due to the inadequacy of traditional teaching methods. Hence, in the traditional paradigm of learning, which is the dominant form of our academic system, the rule of traditional teaching was criticized. In the next step, using the meta-analysis of the benefits and barriers of using e-learning in the structure of higher education in Iran was analyzed. In the last learning loop of technological advancement, compilation learning is achieved through combining the experience of class attendance and the use of technology.