JOURNAL OF TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Year:2021 | Volume:6 | Issue:3 (21)|Papers Count:6

The Covid-19 epidemic and the need to use virtual Internet networks to educate students have been associated with many problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of virtual education in internet addiction and its relationship with elementary teachers’ eye fatigue in Covid-19 epidemic. The statistical population included teachers of Ardakan city from among whom 317 people were selected as the sample of the study using voluntary method. Participants answered the Habibi et al. (2012) Eye Fatigue and Young (1996) Internet Addiction Questionnaires, which were designed online. 286 questionnaires were analyzed using Pearson correlation method at the level of 0. 05 and using SPSS statistical package version 24. The results showed that virtual education has been effective in increasing Internet addiction and eye fatigue in teachers. The results also showed that there is a significant positive relationship between Internet addiction and ocular fatigue and its dimensions, i. e. ocular strain, visual impairment, ocular surface disorder and ocular disturbance (p<0. 001). According to the results, e-learning can increase the risk of Internet addiction and eye fatigue in teachers and lead to many eye problems. It is recommended to prevent the negative consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic by providing training programs.

The main purpose of this study was to investigating the legal methods of relieving the liability of physical education teachers in Iranian schools during sports accidents. the present study was descriptive-correlation in terms of research method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. In order to determine the content validity of the questionnaire, the questionnaire was reviewed by several expert professors with sports orientation and opinion law. To estimate the reliability of the questionnaire, in a pilot study, the questionnaires was distributed among 20 participants and the internal reliability of the questionnaire was examined by Cronbach's alpha method (α = 0. 87). The statistical population of the study consisted of all physical education teachers in Iranian schools. Given the size, number, and difficulty of accessing samples, available sampling method was used to collect data and finally 225 questionnaires were returned. The data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. The findings showed that technical factors, managerial factors, educational factors and legal factors are effective in relieving the responsibility of physical education teachers in the event of sports accidents. Therefore, it is suggested that in addition to paying attention to the promotion in the educational degree of the teachers, by holding in-service classes and informing via brochures, installing educational boards, etc. their information about legal issues and responsibilities be increased.

The purpose of this study is to investigate and infer the components of teachers’ professional ethics with emphasis on teacher interaction with himself from the perspective of Nahj al-Balagha. To achieve this goal, a qualitative method and the type of document review or library method was used. In order to collect and analyze data, since this is qualitative research, the three steps advised by Bardin (1996) were followed. In this study, the research population was equal to the sample; So that the whole book of Nahj al-Balagha was analyzed as the population and sample of research. In the findings section, a set of components of teacher professional ethics with emphasis on teacher interaction with himself was extracted from Nahj al-Balagha. Being thoughtful, welcoming change, believing in the supernatural force and mentioning it, believing in death, purposefulness, order and planning, self-esteem and avoiding selfishness, self-calculation, perseverance and continuity of work, welcoming the continuous learning, pragmatism and consulting with others were the components which were extracted and discussed from the teachings of Imam Ali (AS) in this article.

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of transformational leadership dimensions of school principals in school organizational learning. The population of study consisted of all 548 primary school teachers in Qorveh city. From this population, a sample of 225 teachers was selected by simple random sampling method based on Morgan’ s table. The research method was correlational through structural equation modeling. For data collection, Bass and Avolio’ s (1997) Transformational Leadership Questionnaires and Neefe’ s (2001) Organizational Learning Questionnaire were used. To determine the reliability and validity of the instruments, Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results proved the optimal reliability and validity of the instrument. Confirmation path analysis was used to analyze the data using Lisrel software. The results showed that the dimensions of transformational leadership of principals had a positive and significant effect on organizational learning of the school at the level of 0. 05. The four dimensions of transformational leaderships of principals were able to explain 24% of the variance of school organizational learning, which had a value of t=7. 58, which indicated the significance of the variance of organizational learning explained by the dimensions of transformational leadership of school principals.

The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between in-service training courses and job empowerment of physical education teachers in Markazi province. This is an applied research with a descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population of the study included all physical education teachers who working in Markazi province (N = 499) from among whom 217 teachers were selected as the statistical sample based on available quota method. To collect the data, In-Service Training Teacher Education Questionnaire which is based on the SIPP model and Teacher Job Empowerment by Martin (2001) were used. To analyze the data, T-test and regression analysis were used using SPSS software version 16. The results showed that the scores of in-service training and job empowerment of physical education teachers are higher than the mean. Also, the results showed that there is a correlation between in-service training and job empowerment of physical education teachers. In addition, in-service training courses could significantly predict the job empowerment. In this regard, process and outputs components and the management, outcomes, objectives and course instructor’ s subscales had a greater role on the job empowerment of physical education teachers. Inservice training can empower physical education teachers. Therefore, it is suggested that in-service training courses be held with emphasis on the mentioned components and subscales and efforts to improve the status of other subscales for physical education teachers in the province.

The aim of this study was to predict the educational engagement of female high school students in Khoy based on the level of selfdetermination and goal orientation that is done by correlation method. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high school students in Khoy who were studying in the academic year 1397-1397. From among the population, 352 students were selected using Krejcie and Morgan’ s table and via multi-stage cluster sampling. Data collection instruments were Frederick et al. 's (2004) Academic Engagement Questionnaire, LaGuardia et al. ’ s (2000) Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaire, which is based on the theory of self-determination, and Elliott and McGregor’ s (2001) Goal Orientation Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and simultaneous multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there was a relationship between self-determination and academic engagement. There was also a positive and significant relationship between academic engagement and the components of tendency dominance and tendency performance. Also, there is a direct and significant relationship between self-determination with the components of tendency dominance and orientation-oriented performance-orientation. The results of regression analyses showed that goal-orientation was a predictor of academic engagement.