Social Sciences
Bibinaeimeh Sheikh; Kambiz Esmaeilnia shirvani; Maryam Safari; Masoumeh Bagherpur
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Objective: Education along with finding ideas and creativity fostering in schools, especially in conservatories is of particular importance. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of presenting a model of education along with production based on idea finding and creativity fostering ...
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Objective: Education along with finding ideas and creativity fostering in schools, especially in conservatories is of particular importance. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of presenting a model of education along with production based on idea finding and creativity fostering in the conservatories of Golestan province.
Method: This study was conducted with a qualitative approach. The statistical population of the present study were experts familiar with the field of research, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 20 people of them were selected as a sample with using the purposeful sampling method. The tool of this study was a semi-structured interview, which the validity was calculated by the content method 0.76 and the reliability was calculated by the agreement coefficient between two coders method 0.89. The data of the present study were analyzed by coding method in MAXQDA software.
Results: The findings showed that the model of education along with production based on idea finding and creativity fostering in the conservatories of Golestan province had 56 components and 11 dimensions. The dimensions of the mentioned model were included content and organization (with 5 components), curriculum goals (with 14 components), teaching and learning strategies (with 7 components), connection with the labor market (with 3 components), participation in curriculum production (with 2 components), training and consulting (with 4 components), principles of compilation (with 3 components), evaluation (with 7 components), location activation and production facilitation (with 5 components), continuous interaction with scientific centers (with 3 components) and curriculum features (with 3 components).
Conclusion: Specialists and planners of the educational system, especially the education system of conservatories according to the identified dimensions and components can provide the basis for improving education along with production based on idea finding and creativity fostering in the conservatories.
Social Sciences
Shokouh Jamali Zavareh; Gholamreza Manshaee; Mohammad Ali Nadi
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Objective: the aim of this study was to compilation, normalization and validation of ineffective behaviors of universities professors.Method: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation that its population was all the faculty members of five big universities in the 2019-2020 academic years. ...
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Objective: the aim of this study was to compilation, normalization and validation of ineffective behaviors of universities professors.Method: This study was a descriptive from type of correlation that its population was all the faculty members of five big universities in the 2019-2020 academic years. The sample of the research was 123 professors of the mentioned universities who were selected by available sampling method. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of ineffective behaviors of universities professors with 64 items in three factors of educational, research and communication. The data were analyzed with the methods of content validity ratio, content validity index and exploratory factor analysis in SPSS and Smart-PLS software.Results: The results of content validity ratio and content validity index showed that these statistics were obtained for all three educational, research and communication factors and the components of each of them were higher than 0.80. the results of exploratory factor analysis showed that there were three factors for the ineffective behavior of universities professors; So that the first factor i.e. the educational factor had 3 components, the second factor i.e. the research factor had 4 components and the third factor i.e. the communication factor had 5 components, which the factor loading of all of them was higher than 0.60 and the Cronbach and combined reliability of all of them was higher than 0.70. In addition, the values of R2 for all factors and components were higher than 0.50 and the GOF index was equal to 0.43, which indicated the appropriate fit of the model and the model of ineffective behaviors of universities professors was drawn in the factor loading and t-test modes, which based on, the inefficient behaviors of universities professors had a significant effect on educational, research and communication factors and each factor on its components due to a t-statistic higher than 1.96.Conclusion: The questionnaire of the current research is a valid and reliable tool for measuring the ineffective behaviors of universities professors. University administrators and officials can use it to measure the ineffective behaviors of their university professors and design programs to reduce these behaviors.
Psychology
Asiyeh Iri; maryam Taghvaee Yazdi; Saeed Saffarian Hamedani
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze the elements of the ambivalence of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations.Method: The present research is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research includes all the employees of the technical ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze the elements of the ambivalence of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations.Method: The present research is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research includes all the employees of the technical and professional department of Golestan province, whose number was 500, and using Cochran's equation, the number of samples was evaluated as 217, and these people were selected completely randomly. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire for the ambivalence effect model of entrepreneurship on knowledge-based businesses in the technical and professional department of Golestan province. To analyze the data collected using research questionnaires, descriptive and inferential statistical methods (normality of data distribution from the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, single-sample and independent t correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation analysis) using SPSS and Smart PLS software in the form of structural equation modeling method by Cronbach's alpha three criteria; Composite reliability and factor loadings were measured.Findings: The findings of this study indicated that the two-way elements of entrepreneurship in technical and professional organizations include 14 elements of market orientation, market analysis, use of creativity, continuous problem solving, knowledge sharing, knowledge absorption capacity, strategic planning, continuous sourcing, flexible organization, continuous learning, Management expertise, financial support, capable human resources, environment dynamics, ambivalence and results.Conclusion: the analysis model of two-column elements of entrepreneurship in the country's technical and professional organization had a good fit and the coefficient of all paths was significant (P<0.05).
Psychology
Seyyed Saeed Naeimi Tajdar; Abolfazl Nejatimehr; Abbas Firoozabadi
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Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between character virtues and self-compassion among female students in universities, with a focus on the mediating Role of positive emotions.
Methodology: The research employed a correlation method, targeting female students enrolled in universities ...
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Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between character virtues and self-compassion among female students in universities, with a focus on the mediating Role of positive emotions.
Methodology: The research employed a correlation method, targeting female students enrolled in universities in 2022. A sample size of 596 individuals was obtained through available sampling. Data collection utilized the short version of the Values in Action Questionnaire (Linley, Joseph, and Seligman, 2004), self-compassion questionnaire (Neff, 2003), and positive psychotherapy inventory (Rashid, 2020). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 24.
Results: The findings revealed that character virtues had a significant direct effect on self-compassion (p>0.003, β=0.61) and an indirect effect mediated by positive emotions (p>=0.003, β=0.06, p=0.003). Moreover, positive emotions exhibited a notable direct effect on self-compassion (p>0.003; β=0.19). also, character virtues and positive emotions explained approximately 58% of the variance in self-compassion.
Conclusions: The study underscores the mediating role played by positive emotions in shaping the relationship between charcter virtues and self-compassion among female university students - possibly enhancing their levels of self-kindness as well as fostering experiences based on excellence and positivity creation.
Psychology
Alieh Amini; Hossein Karsheki; Maryam Bordbar
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Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of school-related hardiness in the relationship between the Sense of school belonging with educational hope in the second-secondary level students of Mashhad City.
Methodology: The current research was applied research, ...
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Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of school-related hardiness in the relationship between the Sense of school belonging with educational hope in the second-secondary level students of Mashhad City.
Methodology: The current research was applied research, and in terms of data collection, it was descriptive, correlational, and structural equations. The statistical population included all students who were studying theoretical subjects in the high school in Mashhad township in the academic year of 2021-2022. According to Klein's suggestion, the sample size was 322 people and they were selected by available sampling method. The research tools included the educational hope scale (Shegefti & Samani, 2011), the Sense of school belonging scale (Brew et al, 2004) and the school-related hardiness scale (Cole et al, 2004). The data were analyzed with the help of Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation model in SPSS and AMOS software.
Findings: There is a significant positive relationship between all the components of the Sense of school belonging, academic hardiness and academic hope. Also, the Sense of school belonging has a positive and significant effect on academic hardiness and hope. In addition, hardiness also has a positive and significant effect on educational hope (p<0.01). Finally, the indirect effect of the Sense of school belonging on academic hope through academic hardiness was also confirmed (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The results confirmed the role of sense of belonging as a predictor of academic hope and highlight the role of academic hardiness as a mediator in this relationship. Students with high sense of belonging to school perform better in the two dimensions of academic hope in order to have social support and access to more intellectual-practical resources. Also, these people have higher academic hardiness due to the experience of positive emotions, which has an effect on the students' academic hope due to the increase in predictability, challenge and commitment. The findings show the importance of sense of belonging and academic hardiness in the formation of academic hope and suggest to create a suitable environment to increase students’ school belonging.
Psychology
Simin Asgharinezhad; Hadi Rezghi Shirsavar; Khadijeh Khanzadi
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Objective: Considering the importance of internet of things in today's schools, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the status of internet of things development in schools based on the future research.
Method: This research in terms of purpose was practical and in terms ...
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Objective: Considering the importance of internet of things in today's schools, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the status of internet of things development in schools based on the future research.
Method: This research in terms of purpose was practical and in terms of implementation method was quantitative. The research population were education managers and planners and officials of universities of Tehran city in the academic years of 2021-2022, which 281 people of them were selected as a sample by cluster sampling method. The tool of the current research was a researcher-made questionnaire of internet of things development in schools based on the future research with 26 items, which whose data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and one sample t-test in SPSS software.
Results: The findings of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the internet of things development in schools based on the future research has 26 items in 7 components of removing time restrictions (with three items of connection per hour, unlimited use and offline use), removing location restrictions (with four items of use in any place, use at school and home, use without special equipment and ability to use a computer), reducing infrastructure costs (with four items of sharing of training, direct transfer of training, eliminating special infrastructure facilities and direct connection to the system), knowledge management (with three items of knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and knowledge distribution), professional competence (with three items of cognitive competence, knowledge competence and skill competence), information technology (with three items of information flow automation, easy access to information and changing the shape of the organization) and effectiveness of educational system (with six items of efficient education, behavior patterns appropriate to time, talent-oriented appropriate to future needs, matching school input with future expectations, satisfactory educational process and providing satisfactory educational services appropriate to future needs). In this study, the factor loading of all 26 items was higher than 0.40, the factor loading of all 7 components was higher than 0.50, their average variance extracted was higher than 0.60, and their
Social Sciences
Zhila Sarmasti; Marjan Kian; Yusuf Mahdavi Nasab; Majid Ali Asgari
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Objective: Digital literacy in any job plays an effective role in the level of professional competence. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the platforms, obstacles and strategies of digital literacy in order to promoting the level of professional competence of teachers.Method: ...
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Objective: Digital literacy in any job plays an effective role in the level of professional competence. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the platforms, obstacles and strategies of digital literacy in order to promoting the level of professional competence of teachers.Method: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The current study population was university and education experts in the 2021-2022 academic years. The sample size of this research according to the principle of theoretical saturation was determined of 24 people, and these people were selected as a sample by purposive non-random sampling method. The only tool of the current research was a semi-structured interview, which whose content validity based on the opinion of experts was confirmed, and its reliability was obtained using the intra-subject agreement coefficient method 0.84. The data of this study were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA-10 software.Results: The results of open, axial and selective coding of digital literacy in order to promoting the level of professional competence of teachers showed that the said structure had 25 indicators, 8 components in 3 dimensions of platforms, obstacles and strategies. In this study, platforms were included three educational, organizational, and individual components, obstacles were included two educational and managerial components and strategies were included three managerial, organizational, and educational components. Finally, the pattern of digital literacy in order to promoting the level of professional competence of teachers was designed.Conclusion: The results of this study have practical implications for managers and officials of the education system. According to the results of this study, they can take an effective step towards promoting the level of professional competence through improving digital literacy. Therefore, the results showed that digital literacy is one of the factors that equip teachers with different skills.
Social Sciences
Elnaz Yousefi Tazeh Kand Qeshlag; Shahram Ranjdoust; mohamad azimi
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Objective: Revolutionary education in Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse with unique characteristics. Since Farhangian University can play a significant role in promoting and encouraging revolutionary Islamic education by training efficient human resources ...
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Objective: Revolutionary education in Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse with unique characteristics. Since Farhangian University can play a significant role in promoting and encouraging revolutionary Islamic education by training efficient human resources and revolutionary teachers, this research aims to compile the characteristics of the target element of the revolutionary education curriculum in Farhangian University and Design to use forward-looking approaches to design and determine features.Method: The research method is combined (content analysis-qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative stage, the research environment was the professors of Farhangian University, among whom 13 people were selected by purposeful, judgmental and non-random sampling. In the quantitative stage, all the professors of Farhangian University were the statistical population, and the questionnaire was distributed among all the professors. And finally, 234 questionnaires were collected and used in the analysis. Data collection tools included semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. To analyze the data in a semi-structured interview using thematic analysis method using MAXQDA10 software and to validate the presented model using the structural equation model method using SPSS software and AMOS software.Results: The findings indicate that in the presented model, the characteristics of the goal element of the revolutionary education and training curriculum of Farhangian University with a forward-looking approach can be presented in three emotional, cognitive and skill/functional dimensions and thirteen components. The conclusion from the findings of the research is that the central component of the goal element is a visible change in the behavior and attitude of learners, and it is expected that in the future, the characteristics of the goal element will be based on the physical and mental improvement of people. and try to see a visible change in their behavior.Conclusion: The results can help experts, officials, managers and planners in designing and implementing programs to improve the curriculum goals of the educational system.
Psychology
Mohammad Javad Moheban; Mohammad Reza Ghaedi; Mohammad Reza Dehshiri; Mohammad Kazam Kaveh Pishghadam
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate the challenges of Iran's higher education system after the revolution in the process of scientific and executive policy making and decision making. In terms of practical purpose, the research is mixed (exploratory) in terms of the method of data collection. ...
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate the challenges of Iran's higher education system after the revolution in the process of scientific and executive policy making and decision making. In terms of practical purpose, the research is mixed (exploratory) in terms of the method of data collection. The research community included written documents and sources and academic experts and professors who have sufficient information on the subject under investigation. The research tools included: 1_ questionnaires, 2_ semi-structured interviews, 3_ researcher-made questionnaires. In order to analyze the qualitative data, the coding method was used and in the quantitative part, the statistical tests of exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural rates were used. Data analysis was done using PLS software. Based on the results of the qualitative part of the research, the challenges of the Islamic Republic of Iran's higher education system in the scientific and executive fields were classified into 19 categories. In the quantitative part, the results show that out of the 19 components of the challenges obtained in the qualitative part, the components (focusing on the quantitative expansion of higher education (dominance of the quantitative paradigm), neglecting quality and neglecting it in the general policies of higher education, lack of attention) According to the land in higher education, not suitable educational standards and facilities at the world level and dimensions related to the privatization of universities) were not approved as challenges of the higher education system after the revolution and 14 other components were approved. Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the evaluation of Iran's higher education system after the revolution shows that there are many challenges in higher education that were discussed.
Psychology
Farhad Tanhaye Reshvanloo; Mohadeseh Rajabi Joghortain; Hadi Samadieh
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between identity styles and self-handicapping by canonical correlation analysis.Methodology: The statistical population of the study was high school students in Bojnourd. By multi-stage random sampling, 210 students were selected. Data collection ...
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between identity styles and self-handicapping by canonical correlation analysis.Methodology: The statistical population of the study was high school students in Bojnourd. By multi-stage random sampling, 210 students were selected. Data collection was done with the identity styles questionnaire (Berzonsky, 1992) and the self-management scale (Jones, and Rhodewalt, 1982). Data analysis was done with Pearson correlation coefficient and focal correlation using SPSS.27 software.Results: Findings from the analyses indicated a significant relationship between identity styles and self-handicapping dimensions. The common variance of identity styles and self-handicapping was 28%. In the function of identity styles, informational identity was most important (0.81) and in the function of self-handicapping, it was assigned to claim self-handicapping (-0.99).Conclusion: In general, the processing of identity information can impact the use of self-handicapping strategies, and teenagers with an informational and normative identity and a high identity commitment use less self-handicapping behaviors.
Psychology
Mahdi Amiri; Jahanbakhsh Rahmani; Zohreh Saadatmand
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Objective: Considering the role and importance of social health in improving the condition of societies, the current research was conducted with the aim of synthesis studies related to the social health.Method: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative ...
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Objective: Considering the role and importance of social health in improving the condition of societies, the current research was conducted with the aim of synthesis studies related to the social health.Method: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative according to the synthesis research approach. The research population was all the articles and theses related to the research field (social health) from 2010 to 2022 years in reliable domestic and foreign databases with number of 94 cases, which according to the inclusion criteria number of 20 cases were selected as a sample with using the purposeful sampling method. To collect the data was used note-taking method which their reliability with using Cohen's kappa coefficient method was calculated 0.746, and for their analysis was used the coding method.Results: The findings of this study showed that the social health had 59 sub categories in 22 main categories. The main categories were include social support, religiosity, social capital, social class, social security, social trust, communication skills, quality of life, social networks, lifestyle, leisure time, social actualization, social cohesion, social acceptance, social participation, socio-economic base, openness, sense of anomie, demographic variables, life satisfaction, social commitment and social responsibility.Conclusion: According to the identified main and sub categories in this research, specialists and planners can take an effective step towards improving people's social health.
Psychology
Hamideh Mirshamsi; Naser Mohammadi Ahmad Abadi; Afsaneh Alizadeh Asli
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Objective: Identifying play-based curriculum elements in the preschool period helps to improve these programs. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory.Method: The present study ...
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Objective: Identifying play-based curriculum elements in the preschool period helps to improve these programs. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory.Method: The present study in terms of purpose was applied research and in terms of the implementation method was a qualitative research. The research population was expert faculty members familiar with the research field, who were selected by purposeful and snowball sampling methods until reaching theoretical saturation, i.e. 6 people. The tool of this study was a semi-structured interview with experts, which its validity was estimated based on the selection of a purposeful sample and information richness, and its reliability was estimated with using the Holsti coefficient method 0.71. The data of the present study were analyzed by thematic analysis method in Maxqda software.Results: According to the findings of the present research, the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory has 68 components in 9 dimensions of curriculum desirable goals, curriculum suitable content, suitable teaching materials, suitable learning activities, suitable time, suitable space and time design, suitable learning strategy, suitable grouping and suitable evaluation methods were suitable. Therefore, the pattern of dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory was drawn.Conclusion: One of the fields of curriculum improvement in the preschool period is the promotion of play-based curriculum, which for this purpose can be used the identified dimensions and components of play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory in this study.