INNOVATION IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF MODERN THOUGHTS IN EDUCATION)
Year:2009 | Volume:4 | Issue:1 (13)|Papers Count:9

This study aimed primarily at the organizational commitment and its components among Managers in Islamic Azad University (IAU). Out of all the IAU managers, 540 were selected using stratified random sampling method. Allen & Meyer (1990) Organizational Commitment Scale was administered to all members of the sample. The results of one-way ANOVA and Fisher’s protected LSD test indicates that 1)there is a significant difference between mean score of the managers’ organizational commitment in different IAU districts in Iran, 2) there is a significant difference between the scores of the managers’ affective commitment, as one of the aspects of organizational commitment, in different IAU districts, 3) no significant difference is traced between the mean score of the managers’ continuance and normative commitments, as other aspects of organizational commitment.

The main purpose of the present study is to analyze the morale level of school teachers in Abadeh. Out of all the school teachers in this town, 200 were selected using stratifies random sampling. The data collection tool was Purdue Teacher Opinionnaire (P.T.O) designed by Bentley & Remple (1970). The results of the data analysis indicate that the teachers’ morale is high regarding communication, job satisfaction, cooperation, syllabus affairs, educational facilities, quantity of educational work, and parents’ pressure and is low in other aspects. Besides, the female teachers’ level of morale is higher than their male counterparts regarding all the aspects except quantity of educational work and parents’ pressure. Also, there are significant relationships between school teachers’ level of moral in different aspects like communication, quantity of educational work, syllabus affair, social status, social endorsement for ministry of education, and educational facilities.

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between philosophic-mindedness (measured as comprehensiveness, penetration, and flexibility) and degree of creativity among faculty members of Islamic Azad University (IAU), Zanjan Branch. The population of the study was comprised of 440, out of which 210 were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected administering creativity and philosophic-mindedness questionnaire with validity indices of 0.81 and 0.80 respectively. Both descriptive and inferential statistics indices were applied to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship between philosophic-mindedness and the degree of creativity of the faculty members (p< 0.01). Also, there exist significant relationships between three indices of comprehensiveness, penetration, flexibility and degree of creativity. Applying t test, no significant relationship is found between philosophic-mindedness and the degree of creativity of the faculty members in humanities and basic sciences. Moreover, there is no significant relationship between male and female professors regarding their creativity (p< 0.05), whereas regarding their level of philosophic-mindedness, male exceeded female. Taking the indices of philosophic-mindedness into account, penetration shows a gender difference. That is, male professors present a more significant level of penetration than female while both were similar regarding other indices of comprehensiveness and flexibility.

This research studies the relationship between students’ and teachers’ appreciation and anticipation of the classroom atmosphere and the students’ educational promotion. To this end, 44 fifth grade classes were randomly selected from Kashan city out of each 4 boys and girls were drawn out (totally 176) together with their teachers (N=44). Data were collected using Social Mental Classroom Atmosphere Questionnaire and their GPA. They were analyzed through t-test and multivariate regression. The results of the study indicated that comparing with the students’ and teachers’ appreciation, their anticipation of the classroom was higher. Also, teachers’ anticipation and appreciation of the classroom climate was higher than those of students. Moreover, there is a relationship between students’ anticipation and appreciation of the classroom psychosocial climate and their educational promotion; however, no significant relationship was traced between teachers’ anticipation and appreciation of the classroom psychosocial climate and students’ educational promotion. Therefore, it was concluded that there existed a significant relationship between classroom psychosocial climate and the educational promotion and classroom psychosocial climate can be used to predict students’ educational promotion.

The purpose of the present study was to identify the socio-cultural factors affecting the orientation of the Young Researchers’ Club (YRC) members toward conducting research and to present a theoretical pattern for it. The sample was all the YRC members of the Islamic Azad University Branches in district 12. SPSS and LISREL softwares were applied to analyze the collected data form a questionnaire. The findings of the study suggest the formation of a linear pattern between dependent and independent variables. In other words, there is a significant relationship between cultural factors (i.e. status of the researcher, type of the YRC members’ activities, the physical place of these activities, universities’ research facilities, and the timely acceptance of the research projects) and social factors (i.e. education and income level of the club members, social status of the members’ families, and research management of the club) with the members’ orientation toward conducting research activities (i.e. writing research papers, authoring or translating books, participating in conferences, doing research projects, studying extracurricular books, and assistance in conducting research).

This study was to investigate the present condition of the guiding system of the primary school teachers to introduce a general model. Out of 176 components extracted from the literature, 93 components (under 5 separate sections) were finally selected after administering an opinionnaire. The number of population was about 7051 primary school teachers in Kermanshah province out of whom 384 were selected using cluster random sampling. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated through expert opinion and the reliability index was calculated 0.901. The data analysis was done through descriptive and inferential (factor analysis, single group t test). The followings are the results of the analysis: 1) Guiding system of the teachers indicates more successful results in the components of class management and school regulations than other components, while the result is medium in the component of evaluating learning and was not at all successful in the components like permanent improvement in instructional quality, professional commitment of the teachers, raising motivation in students, setting instructional and educational goals, and teacher evaluation. 2) The final model of the of the teachers’ guiding system is introduced which consists of five sections of philosophy and objectives, theoretical foundations, conceptual model, executing processes, and evaluation system. 3) The result of validating the questionnaire through expert opinion shows the proportion rate of 91.78% confirmation of the questionnaire. 4) “Guiding Manager” model has thirteen controlling functions of permanent improvement of the instructional quality, presentation of feedback to teachers, adaptation of the plans and procedures with cultural conditions, commitment toward teachers, students, parents, school, and education, teachers’ professional commitment, teachers’ participation in upgrading educational quality, providing the ground for research, motivating students and need identification, knowledge of the administrative regulations, setting instructional and educational goals, and teacher evaluation.  

This study explored the relationship between self-regulation learning and educational skills and academic achievement of the students studying at Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr Branch. 350 students from different disciplines were selected using stratifies random sampling method. Data were collected administering Self-Regulation Learning Questionnaire and a researcher-made study skills questionnaire. They were analyzed through correlation of coefficient, one-way ANOVA and regression formulas using SPSS software. The results suggest that 1) there is a significant positive relationship between self-regulation learning and educational skills among students, 2) there is a significant negative relationship between controlled regulation and students’ educational skills, 3) No significant relationship exist between any type of the regulation learning and academic achievement of the students, 4) different types regulation learning can significantly predict their educational skills. No significant difference is found in using types of regulation learning among students of different sexes and disciplines.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of gender in attaining managerial positions in Islamic Azad University (IAU), Roudehen Branch. It also dealt with the issues such as women participation, knowing social status of the women, women’s job promotion, the pathology of women’s failure in gaining senior management positions, and the cultural, personality, and organizational aspects of women’s employment in different administrative levels. The population of the study consisted of all the faculty members and staff in the Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch (amounted to 702), out of which 462 were randomly selected. In this descriptive research, a questionnaire with the reliability index of 0.8 was administered to collect data. To analyze the data, Pearson’s Product Moment coefficient of correlation and regression index were used. The results of the study indicates that some factors such as interest and self-confidence, individual factors, gender attitude to administrative positions, certain rules and regulations, together with experience and education are so influential in gaining administrative positions.