Social Sciences
Fatemeh Esmaeelpour Darimi; Esmaeel Jafari; Amirreza Asnafi
Abstract
Purpose: Examining the effective factors on the social role of the higher education system can help to improve it. As a result, the aim of this research was identifying and leveling the effective factors on the social role of the university system based on interpretive structural equations.
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Purpose: Examining the effective factors on the social role of the higher education system can help to improve it. As a result, the aim of this research was identifying and leveling the effective factors on the social role of the university system based on interpretive structural equations.
Methodology: This study was in terms of purpose applied and in terms of implementation method was cross-sectional. The research population in the qualitative section was documents and texts related to research and experts in this field. The numbers of 50 documents and texts were selected by purposive sampling method and numbers of 10 experts were selected as samples by purposive sampling method. The data were collected by taking notes from documents and texts and a survey from experts about the researcher-made questionnaire and were analyzed by the interpretive structural equation method in PLS software.
Findings: The findings showed that the effective factors on the social role of the higher education system were included 11 factors of challenging the university curriculum, promoting forms of social participation, preparing students for public jobs, active citizenship curriculum, teaching and learning social responsibility, research-oriented, social projects, cultivating competent people, eligible citizens development, attention to the views of social stakeholders in the university system and social sensitivity education. The results of interpretive structural equations showed that the factor of promoting forms of social participation was on the first level, the factors of research-oriented and cultivating competent people was on the second level, the factor of teaching and learning social responsibility was on the third level, the factors of challenging the university curriculum and preparing students for public jobs was on the fourth level, the factors of active citizenship curriculum, attention to the views of social stakeholders in the university system and social sensitivity education was on the fifth level, the factor eligible citizens development was on the sixth level and the factor of social projects was on the seventh level, and based on the interpretive structural model of the effective factors on the social role of the university system was designed.
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, higher education planners and specialists can use the results of this study and use the identified effective factors on the social role of the university system to improve the state of the university and gain a competitive advantage.
Seyed Rahim Abolhassani
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Purpose: Social, economic and political development in the modern era is not possible without the emphasis of policies and planning on knowledge and awareness, and modern and efficient social sciences have a special place in this. Social science will also be efficient and useful when it has the ability ...
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Purpose: Social, economic and political development in the modern era is not possible without the emphasis of policies and planning on knowledge and awareness, and modern and efficient social sciences have a special place in this. Social science will also be efficient and useful when it has the ability to understand problems and provide effective solutions for the target society. Due to the relativity of social sciences and their dependence on the contexts, cultures, and social contexts of the target society, this will not be achieved without indigenization of social sciences. Despite five decades of efforts and propaganda to localize social sciences in Iran, unfortunately, we do not see the formation or institutionalization of the process of local science production, and this shows the lack of understanding and recognition of the roots of the problem of non-production of science in the country. . Therefore, it is necessary first of all to try to understand these obstacles and then solve them.Methodology: In this research, an attempt has been made to design a theory with related and coherent elements based on causal explanation, which, if successful, can turn part of the unknowns into information.Findings: In this research, the role of variables such as talent and psychology, education and learning system, work and employment system and finally politics and political system are examined and evaluated. In response to the failure to produce indigenous science, various theories and arguments have been proposed; Some consider the causes subjective and believe that the problem is caused by the mental elites or the mentalities of the scientific community; But some others look for the roots in the characteristics of the scientific community or the entire environment of the scientific community. Others refer to one of the elements and sub-systems of the whole system (economy, politics, society, or sociability) based on the Parsonsian model.Conclusion: Apparently, none of the mentioned approaches regarding Iran can be considered convincing; Therefore, the problem of this research is that; What model can be used to analyze the effective factors in the lack of indigenous science production in Iran? Is it not possible to reach a meaningful integrated model with individual and social elements as well as mental and structural elements?
