فصلنامه رهبری و مدیریت آموزشی
سال چهارم شماره 4 (زمستان 1389)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors and components influencing happiness and joy in Tehran female primary schools from the teachers’ and principals’ points of view. The study was to develop a model eventually. The study applied a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative). The population consisted of all teachers and principals in Tehran schools (18،990). Cluster sampling was used to select the sample population (377 people). A researcher made questionnaire collected the data for the present and desired situation. Collected data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive statistics through central tendency measures and analytical statistics including chi-square، factorial analysis and Wilcoxon test. By reviewing relevant literature، 66 components and 4 factors (physical، social-emotional، individual and educational) were determined as effective factors. Findings indicated there was significant difference between present and desired situation from respondent's points of view، effective four factors in creating happiness and joy were physical، social-emotional، individual and educational (respectively). Furthermore، findings showed schools paid little attention to all four factors social-emotional، physical، individual and educational (respectively) in status quo. To improve the present situation، a model consisted of four sections (philosophy and goals، theoretical foundation، conceptual framework، and implementation procedures) was proposed.

The main purpose of this research was to study the perceptions of faculty members of Islamic Azad University about the impact of in-service training، which designed and performed by the office of studying and education of human resources، on educational quality of universities. The population for the study was 2491 faculty members of Islamic Azad University – zone one and using Kirgizia and Morgan statistical tables 335 person selected by stratified – cluster random sampling method. The research method was descriptive and a researcher designed questionnaire based on Likert scale with appropriate validity and reliability (Chronbach alpha =0. 86) was used to conduct this research. Mean and standard deviation as well as T -test for independent groups، on-way ANOVA and Tukey test were used to analyze the collected data. Based on research findings، in-service trainings will increase scientific abilities، better understanding of students needs، and better using of educational facilities، developing required scientific contents، improving teaching functions of faculty members and improved reliability to universities.

The selection of language teaching method is a very important issue and has a significant impact on the efficiency of teaching English language. In other words، selecting the optimal method of teaching among different teaching methods is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. The purpose of this research was to present a new approach to evaluation methods of language teaching and to help professors in teaching system for selecting optimal method of language teaching using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). The AHP is used to analyze the structure of the method selection of language teaching and to determine weights of the criteria، and fuzzy TOPSIS method is used to obtain final ranking of alternative. The proposed model is applied to a real problem of method selection of language teaching in one of institutions of Semnan city. The research used a context method. The experts of this research were 6 professors in language teaching discipline. The instrument to collect data was two type AHP pair wise comparison questionnaire and TOPSIS self-designed questionnaire. The results of this research indicate that the audio-lingual method is selected as the optimal method of language teaching according to fuzzy TOPSIS analyses in the researched institution.

Information and communication technology has become an inseparable part of human life and caused doing things more through the consumption of less time and cost. The purpose of present research was to study the effect of information and communication technology on the educational improvement of third grade high school students in Khash. Descriptive method of measurement was used for data analysis; frequency distribution table، frequency percentage and diagram drafting as well as Chi-square، U Mann –Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests were used to analyze the data collected. The target population of this research included 1900 third grade high school students of Khash city، studying in 35 educational units in 2010. The sample size was determined using Kirgizia and Morgan statistical tables and was determined to be 320 people. Random multistep method was employed for choosing sample population among male and female students in proportion with the community size. A researcher-designed 24-item questionnaire with a grading scale of Likret type was used for data collection، whose validity and reliability was confirmed by Cronbach alpha with a degree of 0. 86. Research findings reveal that using information and communication technology is effective in increasing educational motivation، improving questioning skill، improving research spirit and raising school grades. It is generally effective on third grade high school student's educational improvement to a great extent. This effect was the same among male and female students with different average scores، different ages and fields. However، its effect on vocational and high school students was different.

The purpose of the study was to develop and present a guidance pattern of curriculum development based on the awareness of faculty members about major factors of curriculum planning in Islamic Azad University (Kerman branch). Statistical population for this field research was all 226 faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Kerman. A sample population of 144 faculty members was chosen through simple random sampling method. The instrument for gathering data was researcher questionnaire، used after determining its validity and reliability (validity 0. 91 and reliability 0. 96). By using SPSS software، frequency tables as well as chi-square test were used to analyze data. Research findings suggest that theamount of awareness of faculty members about needs assessment، the method of choosing educational goals، the method of choosing content، the method of organizing content، the method of presenting content، adapting the time of presentation، using educational technology and evaluation method is in an average range، but the amount of awareness about the process of curriculum development in terms of patterns and hypotheses of syllabus is in an undesired and low range. So by the purpose of promoting the insight and the skill of faculty members towards the process of arranging syllabus and by emphasizing factors affecting different decisions in this context، the guide pattern of curriculum development for faculty members has been presented as step by step stages and description of these stages.

The purpose of the study was to determine the differences of social skills and academic achievement among normal classes and multiple-grade classes in elementary schools. The study used the descriptive (Survey) method of data collection. The participants in this study were 279 students (normal =228،multiplegrade= 51) at elementary school in Savojbolagh. Two instruments were used to collect data. Social skills were measured by a researcher-designed questionnaire and academic achievement was measured by an accomplishment test. The data were analyzed by using the Pearson product – moment correlation technique and T test. The major findings were as follows: 1) there is a significant difference between total academic achievements. Ordinary students had higher academic achievement than multiple-grade students 2) Ordinary students had higher scores than multiple-grade students in four text books such as Science، Geography، Persian and mathematics. 3) There is a significant difference between social skills among Ordinary and multiplegrade students. Multiple-grade students had higher social skills than ordinary students.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of culture of education in developing electronic education in Iran. A qualitative research method with grounded theory approach was used for this purpose. Statistical population consisted of all students applied at and instructors engaged in electronic learning at Universities located in Tehran. Stratified random sampling up to adequacy of data was used. Data was then gathered through semi structured interviews. Regarding the systematic grounded theory approach، data collected were categorized through three steps coding- open coding، focusing coding، selective coding. Based on the model designed، findings revealed that impact of technology on teaching environment، change in traditional methods will make electronic education culture and a move toward a mixture of both traditional and electronic method in teaching.

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between organizational climates and organizational commitments with morale. The study used the descriptive (Survey) method of data collection. The population of study was 315 teachers of Marvdasht guidance school which 118 of them were selected using the simple random sampling. Three questionnaires (organizational climate،organizational commitment and morale) were used as the study materials and the reliability of each one was measured as 0. 796، 0. 814، and 0. 869 respectively. In order to analyse the data، correlation coefficient، simple linear and stepwise regression، and path analysis were used. The results are (1) there is positive meaningful relationship between organizational climates dimensions and morale (2) There is positive meaningful relationship between organizational climates، organizational commitments، and morale (3) there is positive meaningful relationship between belonging، friendship، rationality dimensions and organizational climates (4) there is positive meaningful relationship between norm dimension، stability dimension، emotional dimension and organizational dimension.