فصلنامه رهبری و مدیریت آموزشی
سال ششم شماره 2 (تابستان 1391)

This study examines the effect of training in brainstorming strategy on learners’ writing performance. Sixty intermediate high school students، among whom thirty received instruction in brainstorming، participated in the study. Writing performance at the beginning and end of the study was assessed and compared with that of a control group that did not learn brainstorming strategy but took the same pre and post-writing test. Findings showed that explicit instruction of brainstorming strategy had a considerable influence on the performance of writing among Iranian intermediate EFL learners. The study also revealed that new methods of teaching and assessing writing could change the conventional way of teaching writing. Using strategy instructions such as brainstorming strategy are fruitful for the English learner to be an autonomous and independent writer. It is suggested that EFL teachers in universities، colleges، and educational institutions move from a product-based approach to a process-focused approach in their teaching of writing، as the latter may help to activate students’ thinking and create ideas for a writing task.

This study compares current situation and optimal status of non-governmental schools in Karaj city. Performance is defined in terms of activities of school principals، teachers، and the degree of availability of facilities. All 550 parents affiliated with Islamic Azad University، Karaj branch were included in statistical population for the study and 226 parents were selected randomly as statistical sample based on Morgan table. Gathering data were carried with two types of questionnaires، one for reviewing of current situation and another for determination of optimal status. Validity of the questionnaires was achieved by review of 24 experts and their reliability was determined by Cronbach Alpha، 0. 85 and 0. 90 respectively. The results showed that there was significant difference between current situation and optimal status of schools in the fields of school management performance، performance of school teachers، facilities of schools، training and extracurricular activities with 99 percent confident.

This research is conducted in order to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence and authentic leadership style of Semnan University managers. The research method was descriptive correlative. To assess the cultural intelligence، four – optioned questionnaires were distributed among the managers. Among the managers of Semnan University، 44 Subjects were selected randomly as the sample population (34 males and females). Authentic leadership style questionnaires were distributed to assess their degree of leadership style، among the employees of Semnan University، 162 subjects were selected as the sample which included 83 males and 74 females. The reliability of the instruments was calculated by Cronbach Alpha، 0. 81 for (cultural intelligence) and 0. 74 for (authentic leadership style questionnaire). For data analysis، F test، t test، regression model، Levin test، and Pearson product correlation test were used. The results show that، there is no significant relationship between cultural intelligence of Semnan University managers and their authentic leadership style. Also، it shows that، sex، age، level of education and organizational positions did not have any effect on the cultural intelligence of the managers and their authentic leadership style. According to the obtained mean، the managers of Semnan University have a relatively high intelligence and their leadership style is authentic. Therefore، in this research، we considered the cultural intelligence as the success elixir of managers and the authentic leadership style of managers is considered as a response to the shortcomings and unethical issues of other styles.

The present research has been performed to study high school student’s level of life skills in takab town. The research was conducted by use of descriptive-navigational method. Statistical population for the study consisted of all 2293 high school students in Takab، from which a sample size of 300 students were chosen through multistage cluster sampling. The measuring instruments were life skills standards including problem solving، empathy، creative thinking، decision making، coping with stress، coping with emotions، critical thinking، effective communication، self- awareness، interpersonal relationship. The reliability of the instrument was confirmed by Cronbach''s alpha coefficient at 0. 90. Data analysis was accomplished in two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (T test for a single mean، t test for independent، analysis of variance، and F test). Findings showed that high school students'' life skills were less than average. The highest level of life skill was found in such components as decision making and the lowest level in creative thinking skill among students. There is a significant difference between female and male student’s creative thinking skill level and coping with stress. Life skill level has a significant difference among various educational levels، in all components except creative thinking skill.

The main purpose of this research was to examine the possible relationship of emotional self-efficacy (ESE) and school achievement among undergraduate students. In this descriptive research we have administered the ESE scale among undergraduate students in Semnan University. A sample of 360 students was selected by random cluster sampling method and data was extracted from questionnaires. Relations of ESE scales and average of students’ past two academic terms were analyzed using Pearson correlation and Stepwise Regression Analysis. Findings were indicated a significant positive correlation (r=0. 112) for ESE، as well as، significantly positive correlations for Facilitation and، Understanding subscales. Regression analysis was also shown significant predictive value (2/3%=β) for Facilitation. No moderate effects were evident for gender and university discipline variables.

The present study has considered the ethical characteristics and indicators of higher education administrators. The study was conducted within the qualitative paradigm and the necessary data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Statistical population consisted of university teachers and postgraduate students from Tehran Public Universities. To select sample universities، we firstly used stratified sampling and then snowball method to have more key informants for our purpose. In order to analyze the narrative data، qualitative content analysis was applied in three consecutive stages: transcribing interviews open coding and selective coding. The results revealed that ethical responsibilities of managers، including managers and university، managers and staffs، managers and student، manager and faculty، manager and personal features and manager and professional features، can be divided into six categories which all together covers 30 ethical criteria.

The main purpose of this research is to study the personality effects of high school managers of Islamshahr city on styles of their conflict solving methods. The research population includes all men and women managers of high schools of Islamshahr city that includes 65 persons. The method applied for this descriptive research is correlation type. In order to do the research، the short form of 5-factorial questionnaire of personality (NEO-FFI) and questionnaire of conflict solving methods derived from book Conflict Management written by DAVID VETEN and… In order to analyze the gathered data’s، descriptive statistics (Abundance، Average، and Standard Deviation) and inferential statistics (Multi factors regression analyses) are used. The research findings indicate that with the accuracy of 99% there is a meaningful relation between personality of managers and their conflict solving methods in Islamshahr city high schools.

The purpose of present research is to evaluate factors affecting organizational achievement of the principals of Smart high schools. The research is descriptive with use of correlation method. Statistical population for the study consisted of all principals of smart high schools in Tehran and by use of simple random sampling، 100 experienced principals were selected as sample population. Instruments to collect data were three researcher designed questionnaires، namely questionnaire for factors affecting achievements 0. 85، questionnaire for efficient human relations 0. 94، and questionnaire for indicators of defining principals'' achievements 0. 89. Structural model was used to analyze data. The study reveals that the most important affective factors are transformational leadership (0. 172)، individual source of control (0. 148)، comprehensive decision making (0. 143)، and managerial skills (0. 138). Efficient human relations، however، is performing the intermediate role among the indicators to define organizational achievements of principals. According to structural model، GFI indicator showed 0. 96، AGFI showed 0. 82، RMSEA showed 0. 237، K Square showed 253. 64. These results reveal the fitness of the model.