ِGholam-Abbas Tavassoli; Masoud Chalabi; Davood Ebrahimpoo; Sakineh Khoramdel
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Abstract: Responsibility is an important precondition of favorable social behavior and promoting student achievements. This inquiry is intended to study the factor affecting student responsibility. The independents variables in the present study include fairness, warm ...
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Abstract: Responsibility is an important precondition of favorable social behavior and promoting student achievements. This inquiry is intended to study the factor affecting student responsibility. The independents variables in the present study include fairness, warm relationship, and opportunity for autonomy, self-esteem, self-concept and perceived autonomy. Survey method is employed for data collect, 360 female students of guidance school residing in Varamin were studied, Structural equation modeling is employed for data analysis, Path analyses show that the significant relationship between perceived autonomy and responsibility, Finds also show that student self-esteem and self-concept, instructor fairness, warm relationship and opportunity for autonomy had directly and indirectly affected student responsibility.
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Religion, identity and media play major role in defining and directing the lives of young people in every community, especially in Islamic countries such asIran. Concerning the connection between religion and the media, in particular,new foreign media, many people believe that the media undermine the ...
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Religion, identity and media play major role in defining and directing the lives of young people in every community, especially in Islamic countries such asIran. Concerning the connection between religion and the media, in particular,new foreign media, many people believe that the media undermine the religiousidentity of the people by distributing and displaying opinions, images andideas, which are against and in conflict with religious values. Another fact isthat commenting on the youths and teens’ religious transformation, regardless of the media seems insufficient and incomplete. The present study investigatesthe relationship between media, i.e. the internet and satellite programs, and religious identity of high school students in Marvdasht. To overcome theobjectives of study, we employed a survey research via providing a questionnaire to collect data. Participants are also chosen through a clustersampling technique to fit the study requirement. Findings reveal a negative and significant correlation between the two variables, i.e. using the internet andsatellite, and three dimensions of religious identity of students. The highest correlations between using the internet and three dimensions of religiousidentity are found in practical, emotional and ideological dimensions, (-0.53), (-0.44) and (-0.39) respectively. Thus, it might be concluded that, greater use ofsatellite and the internet aim to reduce the religious identity of the studied high school students in three practical, emotional and ideological dimensions.
Mostafa Abroshan; Sedigheh Arjomandi
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Education institutions are considered as the public recipients hosting a majority of new social members. In this paper, we have tried to explore gender discrimination through excavating the content of the compiled Persian textbooks of all cycles in elementary level and to offer relevant conceptualizations ...
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Education institutions are considered as the public recipients hosting a majority of new social members. In this paper, we have tried to explore gender discrimination through excavating the content of the compiled Persian textbooks of all cycles in elementary level and to offer relevant conceptualizations of the hidden phenomenon for better understanding of all. The intention of the researchers in this study was also to focus on revealing how the education system and school institutions in the country produce and infuse wrong gender stereotypes into the minds of students as the consumers of their products. Some argue that gender differences rooted in biological differences of individuals.This study attempts to explain how behavioral differences are arisen from individuals’ types of socializations.It is generally believed that more attention and value has been given to the role of men than women in most societies and men are of higher social dignity. Such a belief has been generated and reinforced as the part of a program embedded in the school textbookswhich will be perpetuated to others. Therefore, content analysis of textbooksin which wrong stereotypes of gender has been highlighted seems to be crucial. The mentioned prescribed stereotypes and wrong social norms are hard to be broken and girls are seen as the social actors of the text that is set before them. In this regard this question might be stated that: Do roles and gender identity naturally define biological diversity? Or does socialization context add to this problem?Through the analysis of the content of Persian textbooks in elementary schools, it was found that the educational system has generated, reinforced, and crystalized such wrong perspectives instead of changing the attitudes.
Bijan Zarre; Farzaneh Shafiee
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The Role of Cultural and Economic Capital of Family and Type of School in Educational Performance of High School and Preuniversity Students Abstract: Educational performance of high school and pre-university students is one of main concerns of families. In this study, the effect of different social factors ...
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The Role of Cultural and Economic Capital of Family and Type of School in Educational Performance of High School and Preuniversity Students Abstract: Educational performance of high school and pre-university students is one of main concerns of families. In this study, the effect of different social factors such as cultural and economic capitals of family and type of school (public, private) on educational performance of students has been assessed. The present study is a survey in which the data was collected by questionnaire. The study population consists of all of math students studying in pre-university level in region 14 of Tehran in academic year of 2007 -08. The sample size is 250 students selected randomly by the use of Cochran formula. Results show that cultural capital and its dimensions and type of school have significant relationship with the educational performance of students, while, economic capital has very small significant effect on the educational performance of students.
Faranak Omideeyan; Mahdi Pasandideh; Reza shariyan sagvandi
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Abstract The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between the involvementof teachers in teachers’ council decision makingand the extent of development in their professional skills. The subjects were the whole population of the council (N= 70),and they were all male ...
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Abstract The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between the involvementof teachers in teachers’ council decision makingand the extent of development in their professional skills. The subjects were the whole population of the council (N= 70),and they were all male high-school teachers inAndimesk city.Utilizing a descriptivesurvey method, the researchers employed correlation approach to investigate the stated hypotheses.Data were mainly collected through two questionnaires the degree of teachers’involvement in teachers’ council decision making, and self-evaluation form and checklist for assessing teachers’ professional skills.The validity of instruments was measured by confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis. Results showed that therewere positive and significant relationshipsbetween the involvementof teachers in teachers’ council decision making and the extent of development in their professional skills.The regression analysis results demonstrated that teachers’ involvement in educational decision making is almost the best predictor for their professionalskills.
Homa Zanjanizadeh; Homa Zanjanizadeh; Majid Danaee; Mahdi Saliminejad
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This paper aims to investigate the extent and level of family participation in schools of Khorasan Razavi province in 2008 and the factors affecting the amount of family participation. This is a survey with the use of descriptive – explanatory method. Population of this research is the parents ...
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This paper aims to investigate the extent and level of family participation in schools of Khorasan Razavi province in 2008 and the factors affecting the amount of family participation. This is a survey with the use of descriptive – explanatory method. Population of this research is the parents of students in Khorasan Razavi province's schools, and sample size is 602. The results indicate that the amount of family participation in schools is low and independent variables can explain 12.6 percent of the variance of the dependent variable. The variables of parent’s economic status, trust in children, and having proper social image of participation have direct relationship with the amount of patents’ participation and the less students like their parents participate in school activities the more parents attend in the school. There is also an indirect relation between parents’ positive experience with school and their participation in schools activities. Today, the family participation in school is not considered as an opportunity for educational advancement. Therefore, the most important strategy to increase parents’ participation in schools is to increase knowledge and skills about participation.
Majid Danayi; simin Foroughzadeh; Hossein Behravan; simin Foroughzadeh
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The increasing trend of opposite-sex friendship, especially among high-school students, has raised great concerns for parents as well as Iranian officials. Notwithstanding of a dramatic growth of such a relationship in our society, its meaning is unknown for parents and officials. The present inquiry ...
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The increasing trend of opposite-sex friendship, especially among high-school students, has raised great concerns for parents as well as Iranian officials. Notwithstanding of a dramatic growth of such a relationship in our society, its meaning is unknown for parents and officials. The present inquiry has explored the meaning of having a girlfriend from the high-school male students’ perspective utilizing hermeneutic methods such as meaning analysis and interpretation approaches. Due to the epistemological nature of the inquiry, a qualitative research design was preferred. Grounded on the theoretical framework of the study, sampling was chosen purposefully while taking advantage of data saturation technique. Data were collected via in-depth interviewing approach from among of eight participants with the experience of having friendship with the opposite sex. The collected data were coded and categorized carefully in such a way to address participants’ both general and individual meanings of opposite-sex friendship Findings show that there is a shared experience of love and compassion associated with physical changes like rapid heartbeat and body mobility or strange feelings like happy pains when boys are successful in their friendships. From the participants’ point of view, the opposite-sex friendship is a transient pleasure and a perilous experience which operates as an inhibitor in the way of individuals’ progress. Communication devices like phone and cellphone found as the commonest media for contact. Unlike families and officials’ perception of the issue as a sexual matter, the opposite-sex friendship lies in other factors such as curiosity and the prettiness of the girls naturally persuading the boys in initial stages irrespective of breeding any sexual intentions in the mind. Families and officials’ unawareness of the issue and their inappropriate care might bring about irretrievable social consequences
Aliasghar Saeedi; Fatemeh Qurankish
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ABSTRACT The present study aims atinvestigating the designinglevel of social policy issues in textbooks and determiningthe kind of cognitions these books tend to convey to students with respect to social policy. The study also answers the question of “what principles ...
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ABSTRACT The present study aims atinvestigating the designinglevel of social policy issues in textbooks and determiningthe kind of cognitions these books tend to convey to students with respect to social policy. The study also answers the question of “what principles and formal approaches to social policy are there in the textbooks” . For this reason, the contents of Persian textbooks of elementary schools in Iran were analyzed to find the degree of their relationships with target groups and social institution of the family . To validate the procedure, all Persian textbooks of elementary schools, including the teacher's guide, were accurately investigated. The results show that, chapters entitled“institutions, health, scientists, and environment”have been able to deal withthe issues intended in the titles, but not successful withthe targeted social policy and the relevance and coherence of different social policy issues and their mutual influence on each other . Moreover, issues such as empathy and sympathy with the poor and assisting the oppressed are come into view under various titles in the textbooks. In general, social policy issues are introduced to students in the context of promoting individualism and personal libertyand most probably this is done with an individualistic and nonconformist approach.It seems that the preceptand doctrine of personal choice in various social issues have been presented witha formal approach to social policy. This must be taken into account that the sense of moral and spiritual values, including dos and don'ts, are taking effect in school textbooks.
Maryam Kian; Maryam Kian
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AbstractAdolescence is a period of leisure needs. Adolescents, compared to other agegroups, have more opportunities and fewer responsibilities. Leisure time is seenas a basis for socialization and identity formation during adolescencepurpose of this study is to compare the recreation of talented and ...
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AbstractAdolescence is a period of leisure needs. Adolescents, compared to other agegroups, have more opportunities and fewer responsibilities. Leisure time is seenas a basis for socialization and identity formation during adolescencepurpose of this study is to compare the recreation of talented and regular school. Thestudents research method is employed. The study population comprises all third gradehigh school male students in Yazd, i.e. 340 students. With respect to thesample, 180 students who are then assigned in two separate groups of 90students are determined for the study. Data is collected through a questionnaireand analyzed via independent t-test. students have more time to exercise, deal with friends and peers, and doreligious activities. On the other hand, talented students have more time tospend with their family and cultural products and issues. However, computerentertainments are similar in both groups. Findings reveal that leisure time foradolescents is an important issue requiring close consideration for planning.in Yazd. To overcome the objective of the study, a descriptiveFindings reveal that regular high school
Nematallah Matin,
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Abstract The present article is extracted from a study entitled “The Ways to Promote People’s Involvement in Education with an Emphasis on School-Building Philanthropists’ Viewpoints”. This national research was carried out through descriptive method and analysis ...
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Abstract The present article is extracted from a study entitled “The Ways to Promote People’s Involvement in Education with an Emphasis on School-Building Philanthropists’ Viewpoints”. This national research was carried out through descriptive method and analysis of documents. Purposive sampling method was utilized and the instrumentation consisted of structured interview. The main objectives of the article were to identify the shortcomings and the main internal and external obstacles in the way of involvement as well as to propose suggestions for alleviating these shortcomings.Research findings on the subject under scrutiny as well as the results of 263 interviews with school-building philanthropists were analyzed and used. Results indicated that involvement shortcomings can be classified into two groups of internal and external ones. Inactive associationof school principals, teachers,and studentsin involvement as well as the Ministry of Education high-ranking authorities’ performance and attitude towards the concept of involvementare identified ashuman factors shaping internal shortcomings. Furthermore, the defects in organizational structure, Parents-Teachers Councils, and education councils play a role in this regard. The external shortcomings are also identified to be the result of economic, social, and cultural factors. Finally, the researcher has put forward suggestions for alleviating the shortcomings.
Seyed Ziya Hashemi; Mojdeh Ghorbanalizade
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Abstract Much of national identity is reproduced by education. In this regard, textbooks of sociology play an important role. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of textbooks of sociology 1 and 2 in the transfer of national identity. A qualitative and quantitative content analysis approach ...
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Abstract Much of national identity is reproduced by education. In this regard, textbooks of sociology play an important role. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of textbooks of sociology 1 and 2 in the transfer of national identity. A qualitative and quantitative content analysis approach was employed to this study. Theme was considered as the unit of analysis and components of national identity were identified as symbols, events, values, heritage, celebrities and personalities. The results of quantitative analysis reveal that the national identity has been referred to in about 378 of cases. Textbook of Sociology 2 has allocated 65% of its component to national identity. National values are considered to be applied 46% more than other components. Qualitative findings show more diverse results with respect to the component of national values. Therefore performance of sociology textbook 2 is better in this respect. Some results of the qualitative analysis are imbalance in the expression of the variety of components, especially the national values, excessive use of images, lack of convincing, constraints of time and space components, lack of attention to contemporary scientific celebrities, etc.
zahra nazarian; zahra nazarian
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Abstract Entrepreneurship is considered as a major element in organization which undoubtedly plays a significant role inits improvement and success. In this regard, thepresent research aimed at investigating the relationship betweenorganizationalfactors – such as flexible structure, ...
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Abstract Entrepreneurship is considered as a major element in organization which undoubtedly plays a significant role inits improvement and success. In this regard, thepresent research aimed at investigating the relationship betweenorganizationalfactors – such as flexible structure, effective organizational climate, and supportive culture stimulating innovation- and employees’ individual ability and motivation. The study possesses a descriptive correlational survey design and participants were the whole staff of the Ministry of Education in Gillan. Results of the survey on 402 questionnaires obtained show that: There is a meaningful relationship between organizational factors and employees’ abilities as well astheir motivations. On the contrary,no relationship do exist between demographic factors and individual motivation of employees towards entrepreneurship.
