Hasan Momeni; Behrooz Sepidnameh; Zahra Hasanpoor Amineh
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Purpose: The purpose of the present paper was to study factors affecting the application of modern teaching methods by female teachers of Ilam Province. Methodology: The research is being conducted descriptively and is of a correlational type and an applied one. The statistical population includes ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the present paper was to study factors affecting the application of modern teaching methods by female teachers of Ilam Province. Methodology: The research is being conducted descriptively and is of a correlational type and an applied one. The statistical population includes about 4800 teachers, out of which 320 (sample size) were selected through cluster sampling. The main tool for collecting data was questionnaire which was validated and its reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) was 0.84. The statistical tests including correlation test, one-way analysis of variance, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicated that age (P= 0.000, R= - 0.55), level of education (P= 0.000, R= - 0.47), and length of service (P= 0.000, R= - 0.45) have significant, negative relationship with application of modern teaching methods. Variables of social responsibility (P= 0.000, R= 0.48) and attitude (P= 0.000, R= 0.71) have significant, positive relationship with application of modern teaching methods. One-way analysis of variance showed that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ teaching level and the application of modern teaching methods, such that elementary-school teachers used modern teaching methods more than high-school teachers. In-service training course (P= 0.133, R= 0.10) was the only variable having no relationship with the dependent variable. The results of regression analysis showed that the four remaining variables of the model, i.e. attitude, age, teaching level, and level of education, could explain about 0.60 of variance of the dependent variable. Conclusion: Considering the fact that teachers’ attitude plays the greatest part in prediction of application of modern teaching methods, the Education System authorities should take measures to change teachers’ attitude towards modern teaching methods.
Sima Esmaili Shahmirzadi; Giti Khoushehmehri; Monavar Moradian Sorkhkalai; Zeinab Moslemi; Mahtab Vakili Gorganroudi
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Mental disorders are one of the major concerns in the world today, which causes a decrease in the productivity of the education system. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between social support and general health of female teachers working in the schools of ...
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Mental disorders are one of the major concerns in the world today, which causes a decrease in the productivity of the education system. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between social support and general health of female teachers working in the schools of Quds city. This research is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study. The sample size was 131 people and the sampling was done by random method. In order to collect information, Goldberg's standard public health questionnaires and Phillipis' social support ANOVA correlation coefficient were used. The collected data were analyzed with Pearson's statistical test. In this way, the relationship between social support and physical symptoms, anxiety, social functioning, depression and general health was investigated using Pearson's correlation coefficient test. The results showed that there is a statistically significant and inverse difference between social support and the average anxiety score d. Also, among the different subscales of public health, including physical symptoms, anxiety, social functioning, depression, there is only a statistically significant relationship between anxiety and social support, so that with the increase in the level of social support, the level of anxiety increases. It decreases among teachers. Therefore, it seems that the state of mental health of the country's teachers can be improved by using appropriate educational and intervention approaches, attracting the participation of relevant authorities and organizations.
