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The present research examines the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management in Department for Education of Qom province. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and correlation type. The statistical population is the employees of the Department for Education of Qom. The sample included 140 people who were selected using stratified random method. The results of a sample t-test show that the organizational culture and the components of the organizational culture are in a favorable condition in the Department for Education of Qom province. Pearson's correlation test was used to check the research hypotheses. The results of the correlation test showed that there is a significant relationship between organizational culture and its components (commitment to employee participation, adaptability, organization goals) and knowledge management. In the structural model of the research, after the necessary corrections, x2/df and t-value and RMSEA are 0.000, 0.49 and 0.095, respectively, which indicate the appropriateness of the structural model of the research.

The present research has been conducted to identify the obstacles to the primary school teachers' willingness towards doing research. It aims also to provide some solutions for the problem. The research is practical-oriented, used descriptive-analytical method for data collection, and carried out as a survey. The results showed that the obstacles to teachers' willingness towards research may be classified into three categories: individual, organizational, and extra-organizational. The effect of each of the categories is different. The individual, organizational, and extra-organizational have the lowest to highest negative effect, respectively. In the first category (individual) the following reasons for lack of willingness: low research skill, low social and inter- personal communication skills, low personal motivation, lack of time, high expenses of research, and low income. In the organizational category these factors are significant: low organizational motivation, discouraging attitudes to research, preferring favoritism to rules, lack of official support for research, lack of appropriate evaluation of and supervision on the conducted research. In the third category lack of such factors as belief in research findings, of access to research data, of infrastructure for doing research, of extra- organizational coordination, and of proper policy-making deter conducting research.

Contrary to the opinion of many experts, religious education is a nuanced, subtle multi-dimensional education with many wonderful points. Considering its sensitive role and being aware of the new education programs, the field of religious knowledge should act in such a way that a precise coordination between the curricular activities and the religious and meaningful education of the learners is established. The present article attempts to address the depth and expansiveness of religious teaching by identifying 12 principles and 4 basic areas in it. With regard to each of these principles and fields , and based on the method of analysis of Qur’an and hadith, educational experiences , and the content of each principle and field , the main points of each in the process of teaching people are addressed. In addition , this article aims to explore virtually neglected principles and fields in religious education

One of the missions of educational groups is to improve the knowledge and professional skills of teachers. Therefore, in addition to subject expertise, teachers must also have professional and practical skills. Professional skill is the result of connecting teaching methods with subject knowledge in the context and conditions of students' learning. For this reason, educational groups’ focus on this dimension of teacher competence can play a special role in realizing teachers' competence and improving their professional knowledge. The research method of this article is done in a review form using library studies. This article, using the descriptive method and document study, introduces educational groups, aims and explains the functional dimensions of educational groups and the role of each of them (IT development and new technologies in the form of digital literacy plan, supervision and guidance of group leaders Education has focused on the educational activities of schools, the institutionalization of process-oriented evaluation. This article aims to study the way of holding educational meetings and workshops, implementation of teachers' lesson research plan and students' scientific projects, criticism and analysis of the content of lessons in order to promote the professional growth of primary school teachers. Based on the findings from the analysis of various sources, it is suggested that in the field of effective implementation of the new evaluation approach, special attention should be paid to holding in-service courses with the use of experienced instructors and in the form of workshops.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the websites of the scientific journals of educational science based on the international databases and citations indexing criteria to provide suggestions to improve their quality. This research is an evaluative type and has been done by scientometric method. The statistical population includes 54 websites of scientific-research journals of educational sciences. A researcher-made checklist used as a data collection tool and the checklist was completed separately for each publication. Results showed that 49% of the publications belonged to state universities, of which 32 were quarterly, 21 were bi-quarterly and one was bi-monthly. Only 2 Journals were published in English language and more than 50% of publications in this field are delayed. Following the review of the publishing system, the "Sinaweb” is the most widely used system (frequency of 38). Findings also showed that the 7 oldest publications are "Research in Islamic Education" and "Educational Sciences" and the newest is "Iranian Journal of Comparative Education”. Out of 54 journals studied, only 6 journals have the highest index, so that they are indexed in most of the surveyed databases, and two journals are indexed in the Ulrich databases. In addition, only 4 journals gained A ranking in the ISC Center studies. The websites of the educational science journals have approximately observed the indexing criteria of the database.

Higher education institutions, as one of the types of service organizations, should try to identify the expectations and needs of students, maintain and attract their loyalty and gain a competitive advantage, and provide them with quality services. Examining the methods and approaches proposed in quality assurance systems has been considered as a suitable strategy to maintain and improve the quality of the higher education system and a suitable response to the challenges ahead in providing quality services. In the service quality evaluation process as a decision process, multi-criteria decision-making techniques can be mentioned as a new method to measure its desirability and quality. In terms of its fundamental purpose, this research is part of the descriptive review methods, which tried to present the findings with a descriptive method by examining the documents and information, and compared the two methods (AHP) and (Topsis) as suitable methods to evaluate the quality of higher education services. In this research, the method of library studies was used to collect data. The results of the research showed that the multi-criteria decision-making methods (AHP) and (Topsis) have a suitable ability to evaluate the quality of educational services in the higher education system.