Sociology of Education

Identifying Cultural and Social Dimensions of Education Management Information Systems in the Form of a Conceptual Framework

Maryam Hazaveh; Mohammad Naghi Imani; Asghar Sharifi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2023, , Pages 275-284

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijes.2023.707653

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Purpose: Today's organizations according to education management information systems can improve their position among other organizations and gain a competitive advantage. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the cultural and social dimensions of education management information systems ... Read More Purpose: Today's organizations according to education management information systems can improve their position among other organizations and gain a competitive advantage. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the cultural and social dimensions of education management information systems in the form of a conceptual framework.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was qualitative from type of phenomenological. The statistical population of this research was policy makers and educational planners, education managers and faculty members of expert in the field of education, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 21 people were selected by purposive sampling method. The research tool was a semi-structured interview, which its validity was confirmed by the opinion of experts and its reliability was obtained by the method of coefficient of agreement between coders 0.76 and the interviews ended when the interviewees had no other information about the subject. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed by thematic analysis method in MAXQDA software.Findings: The findings showed that education management information systems had 11 sub themes in 2 main themes; So that the themes were included internal efficiency (including seven components of human resources, students, curriculum, training and educational facilities and spaces, budget and credits, management and training, educational and research programs and activities) and external efficiency (with four components of religious and moral goals , scientific and educational goals, cultural and artistic goals and human development goals and women's participation). Also, cultural and social dimensions of education management information systems had 27 sub themes in 6 main themes of cultural, social, structural, technical, physical and organizational. It should be noted that the pattern of themes of education management information systems and cultural and social dimensions of education management information systems were drawn.Conclusion: Considering the identification of the main and sub themes for the dimensions of education management information systems, planning to improve education management information systems is necessary to achieve a competitive advantage.

Examining the differences between home and school values from the perspective of social studies

Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 79-87

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In general, family and school are two basic institutions who help to educate and train the child and provide the fields of growth and flourishing for the new generation. No school can be successful in upbringing students without parental feedback and assistance and mutually no ... Read More In general, family and school are two basic institutions who help to educate and train the child and provide the fields of growth and flourishing for the new generation. No school can be successful in upbringing students without parental feedback and assistance and mutually no parents will be able to succeed in educating and developing students without getting attention and cooperating school officials. Now if there are inconsistencies and differences in these values, the person will be damaged in terms of emotional and personality development and the consequences of it can occur in different ways as anxiety, depression, violence, anger, lack of identity, discrediting values in the teenagers. It confuses them and may lead to behaviors that can disrupt the social order. Theoretical Framework of this research is based on Parsons` theory of action and social systems. The study population includes all teachers and male high school students of Ilam city. Sample size includes 218 students and 218 teachers. The research method is “survey “and the questionnaire technique and interview were used by limited questions. First, a comparison was made on the means of every value at home and school and the assumption of the equality of averages was not approved. this reflects that there are differences between all the values of the home and the school. The importance of all these values in the school is more than the home, expect for the economic value that families pay more attention to it. Families are classified in low, medium and high categories. Most respondents are in middle class. Parental education is often a diploma, father’s occupation is in the regular government and business staff and mothers are often housewives and so many of them have a private home. No differences were seen in terms of the coherence of values between these classes and school values and the social class does not affect this consistency. Finally, in this article, the necessity of the differences of the similar values of the home and the school is discussed and also the challenges and the solution for them is reviewed.

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Identifying Cultural and Social Dimensions of Education Management Information Systems in the Form of a Conceptual Framework

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Examining the differences between home and school values from the perspective of social studies

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