نشریه پویش در آموزش علوم تربیتی و مشاوره
پیاپی 4 (پاییز 1395)

This study aimed to examine teachers ‘attitudes toward primary school teachers’ professional competencies in Tehran. This applied research was a descriptive survey. The statistical population included female teachers of all-girls primary schools in Tehran in 2016-2015 academic years. random sampling method is applied to determine the sample size. The statistical sample consists of 226 people. In order to collect the required data, questionnaire was used. The data gathering tool in this study was a questionnaire containing 35 items with a Likert type scale in 8 competency subcomponents of communication, character traits, professional ethics, teaching, social traits, classroom management and information technology. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by supervisors and advisors And its reliability which was calculated through Cronbach's alpha was 95/0. The descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t-test and Friedman test) were calculated by using SPSS software. The results show showed that Teachers’ professional competencies are in good condition and than the average. Teachers ranking about professional competences is related to IT last priority and character is in The last rank.

In the process of teacher training, internship is one of the most critical times for theory and practice integration and development of a future teacher. This study sought to uncover Farhangian University teachers’ and students’ understanding and attitudes toward student teaching using narrative research approach. The study population consisted of students and faculty members of Farhangian University, Fars campus. The research method was qualitative and based on purposive sampling and theoretical saturation criterion. This means that the number of 15 professors and 30 students were interviewed during one month. The data gathering tool was a semi-structured interview. Its validity was confirmed by using structural, internal and external construct validity, and its reliability was verified using a member  check, external peer review and external observer. The conventional qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. Based on the results, the key categories which emerged from the data were: 1) the nature of narrative research 2) advantages of narrative research 3) challenges of conducting narrative research 4) measures and requirements of narrative research, each of which contains subcategories. According to the majority of teachers and students participating in this study, there should be university and school partnerships and budget allocation for schools collaborating with Farhangian University. Finally, there were some suggestions such as organizing meetings as a venue to exchange experiences among students  and publishing top internship reports.

The purpose of this study was to examine the main factors having impact on the rejecting of intern teachers by school principals and mentor teachers, in 2015-2016 academic year. The qualitative method used in this study was case study. Data were gathered through an unstructured interview and observation by researchers. The statistical population consisted of 55 university supervisors in Education field and also mentor teachers and school principals. A total of 37 participants including university supervisors, mentor teachers and school principals were selected via purposeful sampling. Findings revealed that each of five participant groups (university supervisors, mentor teachers, school principals, intern teachers and Farhangian University authorities) involved in internship, could have an impact on interns’ acceptance in schools. Reasons explained by participants were classified into 12 exploratory categories. Also, the findings of the study show that the university supervisors have more significant role than that of the other four groups in creating or eliminating the problem of interns’ acceptance in schools. In fact, university supervisors are able to directly or indirectly influence other participants. This means they can act as a link between Farhangian University authorities, principals, mentor teachers and intern teachers.

The universities benefit a great human capital that called "student" as a line category in the country's higher education structure; the effects and challenges of delivering the educational program and rapid emerging of knowledge from the educational program reformation have led to double the necessity of developing the competence of teaching-learning process when using the new educational program. In tackling this issue, universities are seeking to improve the quality of learning for the management and processing of new information and knowledge. In dealing with this problem, universities are seeking to promote the quality of learning-centered for managing and processing the new information and knowledge. Because the knowledge is a general resource of human conditions and is closely related to the learning process. This paper investigates this relationship and the role of knowledge management in improving the performance of the learning-teaching process, and organizational learning, and finally promoting the capacity and ability of state universities. This study is a descriptive research in terms of data collection that has been conducted by survey method and cross-sectional reviewing. The population consists of the Farhangian campuses in the southeast region. Data collection was done by questionnaire from a sample of 265 students and 10 university presidents in 10 universities. We use the structural equation modeling (SEM) to explain the hidden variables (unobserved concepts) by explicit variables (questions), as well as show how the variables are linked together and achieve the cause and effect structure of variables and the relationships between them. The results from analyzing the research data show that accessibility, application and knowledge sharing are the effective factors on improving the learning-teaching process and promoting the quality of organizational learning.

The present study aimed at investigating the impact of educational videos on primary school students’ learning following a quasi-experimental and comparative design. The study took place in district five in Tehran in the academic year of 2015-2016 during which the participants were examined by two methods of audiovisual (using videos) and descriptive (using pictures). The findings of the study indicated a significant increase in the average test scores of more learning from the pre-test to the post-test, however, there was a slight increase from the average scores of the pre-test to the post-test of better learning which determines the more positive impact of teaching geography  with the help of educational videos. Moreover, the increase in the average test scores of delayed post-tests of better learning compared to more learning indicates the fact that using educational videos can lead to easier, more effective learning which can cause better retrieval of learned information.

Ethics in research and their relationship can play a significant role in elevating status of academic centers in Iran. According to Islamic Scriptures, the existence of such relationship is indisputable. Islam, which determines the full program of human salvation, has paid special attention to principles of research ethics.
The present study utilized content analysis of Islamic Scripture and previous research to investigate the Islamic ethics principles in the process of educational research from design, implementation, and conclusion to publication of the findings of the research.
The findings discussed and addressed eight important issues related to educational research such as selecting a topic, researcher, problem statement, research samples, research process, research data, results, and research publication.