JOURNAL OF NEW APPROACH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Year:2009 | Volume:1 | Issue:3|Papers Count:8

The aim of this research was to investigate the rate of life skills between the female and male students in three branches of secondary education (theoretical, technical and practical) in Garmsar city on the basis of Wiles and Bondy's model in the school year 1387-88. The target population of the study comprised 3041 secondary education students from Garmsar. Based on Morgan's Table 342 students were sampled in this study. A questionnaire was made by the researchers to collect data whose reliability was estimated at 0.85. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that there was no statistically meaningful difference among three groups of students as regards organization importance, problem-solving, knowledge searching, good intellectual and physical habits, self-conception and direction finding towards family and future. However, regarding cooperative behavior and readiness for change there were meaningful differences. It was also revealed that with respect to educational advancement, knowledge searching, good intellectual and physical habits, cooperative behavior and direction finding toward future and readiness for change there were meaningful differences between girls and boys. But no meaningful difference was indicated between girls and boys concerning organization importance, problem-solving, self-conception and direction finding toward family.

This study primarily aimed to investigate factors impacting the willingness of members of cultural and educational organizations in Boshehr province to change them to learning organizations. Using random stratified sampling strategy a sample of 390 participants were selected out of a total of 12327 employees working in such organizations located in Boshehr. A 50-item Likert questionnaire developed by the current researchers was used to collect data. Using descriptive and inferential statistics this study revealed that there is a significant relationship between factors such as informed leaders in organizations, dynamic structure, innovation encouragement, common understanding, teamwork and cooperation, duty relinquishment, ongoing relationship with the environment and the willingness of members of cultural and educational organizations to change them to learning organizations (a=.95).

This paper presents the results of a study which examined the relationship between perception of teacher's behavior and academic self-concept and academic performance of students. This research was a descriptive and correlational study. The sampling frame included all guidance school students of Shiraz from which a sample of 14700 students was drawn using stage cluster sampling strategy. This sample comprised a total of 473 students from 16 classrooms (8 boys' and 8 girls' classes) in different grades (4 in first grade, 6 in second grade and 6 in third grade). Three questionnaires (perception of teacher's behavior, academic self-concept and academic performance) were used to collect data. To analyze data descriptive (mean, standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson correlation, multi-factor regression and t-test) statistics were used. Data analysis indicated that, in general, there was a positive relationship between the perception of teacher's behavior and academic self-concept and academic performance. However, there was no positive significant relationship between first grader boys' and girls' and second grader girls' perception of teacher's behavior and academic self-concept and academic performance. Nor was there a positive significant relationship between third grader girls' perception of teacher's behavior and academic performance. It was also found that there was a positive significant relationship between academic self-concept factors (attitudes toward self, family, friends, teacher and school) and perception of teacher's behavior.

The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between entrepreneurship and the effectiveness of girls' high school principals of Kerman city. It was hypothesized that there was a relationship between aspects of entrepreneurship and effectiveness of the principals. This correlational study was based on a survey of all girls' high school principals (57) in the school year 1385-1386 using two questionnaires designed by the current researchers. The face validity and content validity of the two questionnaires namely "characteristics of entrepreneurship" and "effectiveness" were established on the basis of the available recourses and scholars' views. Reliability of the instruments also was assessed through a pilot test using Alpha Cronbach's' index (a .73). The statistical analysis of the data showed that the hypothesis could not be supported and no relationship was found between the characteristics of entrepreneurship and effectiveness of the principals. This indicated that the effectiveness of the principals can not be predicted on the basis of the characteristics of their entrepreneurship and that development of entrepreneurship currently is not on the agenda of the education organization.

This paper is a report of a study conducted to evaluate the implemented curriculum for the social studies lesson. This descriptive survey study drew on a sample of 165 teachers of social studies selected out of a sampling frame of 275 teachers in Gilan province using cluster sampling method. A use was made of a 28-item questionnaire developed by the current researchers whose content validity was assessed on the basis of specialists' and teachers' point of view. Further, its reliability was estimated to be 0.82 using Cronbach's Alpha. Statistical analysis of the data, descriptive and inferential (Chi square), pointed to the following findings:- The implemented curriculum for the social studies lesson was consistent with the educational system objectives. -  It provided the required facilitates and conditions for students to a small extent. - It took into consideration the individual differences to a small extent. - It noted students' educational achievement. - And finally, it achieved a little effectiveness and needed remedial activities.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among organizational climate, organizational commitment and morale from the point of view of girls' guidance school teachers of Marvdasht. The sampling frame of this descriptive survey study included a total of 315 (in the school year 1387-88) teachers out of which 118 teachers were selected as the sample of the current study. The sample took three questionnaires (organizational climate, organizational commitment and morale). In order to analyze the data SPSS software was used. The primary findings of the study were as follows:-There was a significant relationship between organizational climate, organizational commitment and morale with the exception of isolation and emphasis on production. -There was a positive significant relationship between belongingness, friendship and rationality and organizational climate with the exception of emphasis on production and isolation. -There was a negative significant relationship between obstacle and pretension to work. -There was a positive significant relationship between norm and organizational climate with the exception of obstacle and pretension to work. -There was a positive significant relationship among happiness, sincerity and continuity. -There was no significant relationship between emotional dimension with sincerity, happiness and pretend to work and no meaningful relationship with the other dimensions of organizational climate

The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between organizational structure and entrepreneurship in Shahid Beheshti University. This correlational and survey research was based on a sample of 103 subjects drawn from a sampling frame of all the university staff (who held a/n associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral degree) using random stratified sampling strategy. In order to collect data, we employed two questionnaires (entrepreneurship and organizational structure questionnaires) developed by the current researchers. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential methods (Pearson correlation and multiple regression). The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between organizational structure and entrepreneurship. It was also revealed that there was a negative relationship between some components of organizational structure (formality, complexity and centralization) and entrepreneurship suggesting that the more formality, rules, regulations and complexity (vertical, horizontal and geographical) exist, the less entrepreneurship would be. Additionally it was found that there was no significant relationship between specialization and entrepreneurship.

This research was conducted to study the relationship between learning and study strategies and academic achievement of Mazandaran Islamic Azad University students. The sample of the this correlational study included 386 university students selected using stratified sampling method out of all students of Mazandaran Islamic Azad University. The main components of learning and study strategies were measured through the standard learning and study strategies inventory (LASSI).  Through Pearson correlation, the relationship between three main components of learning and study strategies, namely, skill, will and self-regulating and academic achievement (grade point average) was investigated. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between all three components of learning and study strategies and students' academic achievement. It was also shown that there was a significant difference between male and female students in terms of the three components of learning and study strategies. Further, there were considerable differences between learning and study strategies profile of Mazandaran Islamic Azad University students and that of American students.