جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "undergraduate" در نشریات گروه "علوم تربیتی"

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 The aim of the present study was to identify and explain the prerequisites of a problem-based teaching-learning strategy tailored to the generational characteristics of undergraduate students of educational sciences and social sciences. The research design is exploratory mixed-methods. Grounded theory was used for the qualitative phase, and descriptive survey was used for the quantitative phase. The statistical population in the qualitative phase included experts in the two fields of educational and social sciences, and that of the quantitative phase consisted of professors and undergraduate students from the two faculties of educational sciences and social sciences at Tehran University and Isfahan University. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews in the qualitative phase, and through a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative phase. Based on the findings, “integrating lesson concepts with real-life issues” topped the eight major prerequisites identified. Hence, currently students’ academic motivation and scientific development depends on the application of these components. Therefore, it is suggested that professors use the said methods in order to make the best use of educational opportunities.

Suitability of teaching-learning strategies with the generational characteristics of the audience is one of the most important components in their effectiveness. The purpose of this research was to explore and explain teaching-learning strategies proportioning to the generational characteristics of undergraduate students studying in the academic year of 2020-2021. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach, content analysis method and through semi-structured interviews with experts. The statistical population consisted of educational sciences and sociology experts in Iranian higher education and the sample selection was purposive and snowball with 40 experts in the field of research from educational sciences and social sciences colleges of Isfahan and Tehran universities in the academic year 2020-2021. By structural and interpretive analysis of data through the three-step process of extracting the semantic units, sub-themes and main themes, teaching-learning strategies proportioning to the generational characteristics of today's undergraduate students including seven e-learning, self-directed, project-based, collaborative, dialogue-based, problem-solving, and synectics strategies, was identified. Based on this study, it can be concluded, the success of lecturers in teaching-learning effectively of today's generation of undergraduate students requires the application of these strategies in combination and according to the situation and conditions.

The purpose of this research was to identify and explain the requirements of synectics teaching-learning strategy appropriate to the generational characteristics of undergraduate students in 2020-21. ‎ The research design was mixed and of sequential  exploratory type (qualitative-quantitative). The research method in the qualitative part was based on grounded theory and in the quantitative part was descriptive-survey. The statistical population in the qualitative section was the experts in the two fields of educational and social sciences, of which the sample of them continued to be 31 people in a purposeful and snowball manner until the saturation of information. The statistical population of the quantitative section included professors and undergraduate students from the Faculties of Educational Sciences and Social Sciences of Tehran and Isfahan Universities from which a sample of 121 faculty members and 349 students were selected by quota sampling method. In the qualitative part, the semi-structured interview tool and in the quantitative part, the researcher-made questionnaire was used.  The content validity of the questionnaire and interview was estimated according to the opinion of 8 experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was also estimated through Cronbach's alpha with a value of 0.90.  The findings were analyzed in the qualitative part with thematic analysis approach (structural and interpretive) and in the quantitative part by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on the findings, the most important requirements of the synectics strategy corresponding to the generational characteristics of the students were:‏‎ preparation of creative and idea-generating activities, abstain from absolutism, encourage innovative ideas, provide multidimensional thinking contexts, using analogy, metaphor and simile techniques, using brainstorming technique, application of artistic and aesthetic models and finally attention to imagination to achieve logical inference. As a result, one can say: the application of these elements leads to academic motivation and scientific growth of today's students. Therefore, it is suggested that the mentioned methods be used by professors in order to make the best use of educational opportunities and effective teaching.

Evaluating the quality of selected majors of university students is one of the issues of interest to educational researchers. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to assess the quality of the undergraduate curriculum in textile engineering in Yazd University, based on the Kano model.

A descriptive-survey method was used. The statistical population of the study included all seniors of the Faculty of Textile Engineering of Yazd University (75) in the academic year of 2018-2019 and the research sample was selected by using total population sampling. The research means included three questionnaires of expectations, perceptions and Kano model in determining the quality of the academic major. The formal and content validity of the questionnaires were determined by receiving the opinions of six professors from Yazd University. Also, the reliability of the instruments was determined by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0/7, which is desirable for different structures of the questionnaires. Data were analyzed at both descriptive and inferential levels in the form of Friedman test in SPSS software

The results showed that the quality of the textile engineering major in terms of content, structure and characteristics of the professors is at a relatively high level, and in terms of educational facilities is at a poor level. Also, comparing students' expectations and their perceptions of the current situation showed that there is a significant difference between their expectations and perceptions. In addition, the results of the analysis of the Kano model showed that the greatest need of students in academic major is 'one-dimensional needs' and then 'mandatory needs'.

Based on the research findings, the need to pay attention to improving the quality of the textile engineering curriculum through the optimal development of facilities and also to meet the one-dimensional needs of students is suggested.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the desirable methods of evaluation of undergraduate law & psychology internship. This study adopted a mixed approach. In the qualitative section, interviews were conducted with 53 experts, faculty members from the University of Isfahan, lawyers, psychologists and graduate students who were selected using a purposive random sampling method. The statistical population of the quantitative section of this study was a small number of 5th-7th grade students and graduates of 2014-2017 in law and psychology, 264 of them were selected by stratified random sampling method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires. Content validity was used to determine the validity of the interview and the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and 85% were reported. In this research, the categorization method for qualitative analysis and inferential statistics tests; Kolmogorov-Smirnov, single sample t, t two independent samples, Friedman and multivariate analysis of variance for quantitative analysis are used. The results of the study showed to assess internship in the field of law, examine student performance in simulated situations and in the field of psychology examining the students' practical and diagnostic ability to address the clients' problems should be highly focused. The participants in the interview also emphasized the assessment by the professor based on the portfolio in real situations of law students and reviewing sample work in objective situations and providing written reports by students of the field of psychology.

Current world more than ever is needed to graduates with knowledge and general Skills, capable in access to information, communicate effectively, analyze problems and offer solutions, creative thinking and identify national and international environment. In addition to the professional curriculum, undergraduate students are required to attend a certain number of courses with several issues that would normally be spent during the first and second year university. This course is referred as a general education curriculum that is part of the common curriculum for all students. The present study was investigated general education programs. Research method is a comparative study that the Universities of Missouri, U C Davis, Beirut and Tehran were selected as a sample. The main focus of this study is investigated how these programs assess and changes, educational requirements, topics, courses and general education credits. The study was considered the positive points of these sample universities that can be used to improve general education programs at universities in Iran.

Considering the role of the academic education in the national scientific and industrial developments, as well as technological advancements, the developed countries experiences and educational systems in nanotechnology disciplines, especially, in the undergraduate level are discussed. The details of nanotechnology educational systems in the model countries such as United States, Denmark, England and Australia are presented and compared, and the course syllabus of the related disciplines in the undergraduate level are given in the present study. Nanotechnology education in South Korea, as a successful educational model, is presented and discussed. The collaboration between different science and engineering faculties as well as nanotechnology research centers is needed for the development of nanotechnology education due to its interdisciplinary nature. The significance of establishing nanotechnology education at undergraduate level to maintain and enhance the position of our country in the world ranking of nano-science and technology development, demands for the construction of hardware and software infrastructures in approving the related disciplines and its development are explaind.