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To help with the clausal task of teachers training it was deemed to be useful if the professional experiences of teachers were shared among them through social media and in the form of auto-biographies. Within an in-service training program such auto-biographies were shared and then through collection of field notes and recording of teachers’ interactions the necessary data were gathered. Content analyses of the collected notes and recordings yielded a general collegial acceptance of the shared experiences, and their effectiveness in teaching new knowledge and skills to the participating teachers. Based on these findings four instructional strategies are recommended: knowledge sharing management, study group formation, group teaching and learning, and teaching through narrative research. Results also indicate that addition of such sharing of the life experiences to the regular in-service programs provides participants with an opportunity to reevaluate and improve the curriculum and teaching methods.

The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of academic motivation in the relationship between academic identity and dimensions of emotional well-being in female students in the second year of elementary school in Kashan. The research method is essentially descriptive-correlative. The statistical population of the study consists of 1531 female students of the second grade of elementary school in Kashan. The sample size was obtained by cluster random sampling of 200 people. For data collection, Walland (1982) Academic Motivation Questionnaire, Waz & Isaacson (2008) Academic Identity Questionnaire and Keys and Magyarmo (2003) Emotional Well-Being Questionnaire were used, whose authenticity was confirmed by supervisors and academic experts, and their reliability was also confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. To data analysis, the structural equation technique was used by means of Lisrel statistical software and Spss statistical software. Findings showed that academic identity is related to academic motivation and dimensions of students' emotional well-being. Academic motivation is related to students' emotional well-being. The results showed that academic motivation has a mediating role in the relationship between academic identity and dimensions of emotional well-being in female students in the second year of elementary school in Kashan.

The purpose of the present study was to design a model for sharing teachers' lived experience in the form of autobiography using virtual social networks. This study was conducted using grounded theory research method. The required data were collected by field notes from teacher discourse communities. The data analysis was performed through the process of comparison and continuous fine-tuning according to the Strauss and Corbin (1998) method and open, axial and selective encoding. The collected data were organized in the form of 116 key points and themes, 42 concepts and 20 categories. The results showed that by employing the teachers’ shared autobiographical model on virtual social networks, the practical and personal knowledge of teachers, is shared and will led to results such as the free expression of the inside truth, the development and broadening of thought, the fostering of cooperation, and the rebuilding of experiences.

This study is introduced important indicators of problem-based curriculum.

The aim of current exploratory mixed method study was to compile indicators of problem-based curriculum on the bases of Klein's model (1991) and evaluating quality of curriculum of Governmental Management discipline based on compiled indicators.

Firstly in qualitative phase, through interviewing experts, 36 indicators were compiled. In quantitative phase, using compiled indicators, a questionnaire were administrated and completed by 92 participants including lecturers in Governmental Management.

Application of compiled indicators in curriculum evaluation of Governmental Management discipline revealed that the purpose, content, teaching- learning strategies, materials and resources, learning activities, evaluation, grouping, educational time and needed educational space in that discipline are unfavorable.

In order to motivating attentions to the problem-based curriculums, further evaluation studies should be done in other disciplines and backgrounds.