جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « research course » در نشریات گروه « علوم تربیتی »

This study aims to assess alignment of curriculum in Thinking and Research Course of 6th grade during 2013-2014.There research method was descriptive and a sample of 50 principals,100 teachers and 250 students were selected through random sampling. The corpus for this study included the Transformation Document, National Curriculum, the Thinking and Research Textbook and the Teacher’s Guide. The data was collected through content analysis, observation of implemented and achieved programs by questionnaires. The obtained data were analyzed by t-test, Chi-square, and Pearson correlation. The Results of the study indicated that there is a weak congruity and 37 percent the inappropriate design and there were problems during implementation including unfamiliarity with the theoretical foundation, negative attitude and lack of professional qualifications of teachers, inaccessibility of facilities and equipment and time for training. The highest level of congruity was observed in the achieved curriculum regarding knowledge section with the final exam scores; however, the portion of achievement to the theoretical and performance goals is low.

The purpose of this research was to study the amount of observance of the intended principles of evaluation in Thought and Research (TAR) Course curriculum at primary school sixth grade. It was an applied research with survey and analytical-descriptive design. The research population of the questionnaire section included instructors, experts and teachers in Isfahan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces. Due to the shortage of instructors (40), all of them were selected as research sample. To select the teachers and experts, random stratified sampling method was used and 286 teachers and experts were chosen as research sample. In observational section of the study, 95 classes were observed and 180 instructors, experts and teachers were purposefully interviewed using a semi-structured method. The data was collected using questionnaire, interview, and observation. Both content and construct validity of the research instruments were checked. Reliability of questionnaire was checked using Cronbach’s alpha, reliability of observer was checked using observer reliability relating to criteria, and the reliability of the interview was checked using the transcription of interviewee speech. Findings showed that based on the viewpoint of teachers and experts, the intended principles related to evaluation of Thought and Research (TAR) Course curriculum at primary school sixth grade were applied at moderate level (34/3= x), and from the viewpoint of observers it was applied at a low level (58/2=x). Results show that attention to intended evaluating scientific principles like using purpose-oriented,cooperative,and collective evaluation has been moderatly observed instead of goal-oriented evaluation.

This study investigated the intended scientific principles from objectives in (TAR) course in the sixth grade. This study was conducted within an applied framework through the survey method. The data were collected through a mixed method quantitatively and qualitatively. The statistical population included instructors¡ writers¡ experts¡ and teachers in Isfahan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces. Since the size of population for instructors and writers was small all of them were included as the sample (44 individuals). The samples for other groups were selected through stratified random sampling and finally 18 and 264 individuals were selected for the experts and teachers groups¡ respectively. In the quantitative phase¡ 95 classes were observed and 180 individuals were purposefully interviewed face to face through a semi-structured method. The data were gathered through questionnaire¡ interviews¡ and observations. The validity of the instruments was evaluated through content and construct validity. The reliability indexes of the questionnaires were measured by Cronbach''s alpha which were.86¡.81¡ and.80¡ respectively. The results showed that the intended scientific principles related to objectives were considered in thought and research course at a relatively high level (=3.55¡ p≤0.05) according to the experts and at a lower level (=2.80¡ p≤0.05) according to the observers.