JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND SCHOLASTIC STUDIES
Year:2014 | Volume:3 | Issue:9 |Papers Count:7

The main purpose of the present study was to predict the pre-service teachers' attitudes towards teaching profession based on personality traits, quality of education and individual strengths. The statistical population is formed of 608 student-teachers studying at the Farhangian University of Yazd. The final sample consisted of 255 student-teachers (130 male and 125 female) were considered by stratified random sampling method to select proportional. In order to collect data from four questionnaires of short form personality traits (neo– ffi), educational quality by Sharifzade & Abdollahzade (1390), individual strengths by Peterson and Seligman (2004), and the attitude towards teaching profession by Stiner (2009), were used. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical indexes, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple simultaneous regression method. The research results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between individual strengths components, personality traits (aside from neuroticism) and educational quality components (other than the quality of facilities, infrastructure and the support) with the attitude of the student teachers to teaching profession. Furthermore, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that mentioned variables in total can be explain %24. 80 of the variance in attitudes toward teaching profession and the pleasant is the best predictor towards teaching profession. On the basis of findings of this study, it could be recommended that the Farhangian University according to the personality and individual strengths of the teacher job applicants on arrival, providing optimum educational quality in teacher training institutions, develop in them positive attitude background towards teaching profession.

This study aims to predict academic procrastination based on the psychological capital components (hope, optimism, resiliency and self-efficacy) and achievement goals orientation. To do so, 375 students were chosen in Islamic Azad University in Dezful branch (175 female and 200 male) through stratified random sampling. To gather the data, Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986) and Achievement Goal Questionnaire (Eliot and McGregor, 2001) were used and for the four components of psychological capital there were used Adult Dispositional Hope Scale, Life Orientation Test-Revised, Resiliency Scale and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale. The data were analyzed using Pierson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. The results showed that there is a negative significant relationship between academic procrastination and the four components of psychological capital and mastery-approach goal orientation, and a positive and significant relationship with performance-approach, performance-avoidance and mastery-avoidance goal orientation (P<0. 05). Of the variables, self-efficacy component, the goals of performance-approach, mastery-approach and performance-avoidance and hope explained 33 per cent of academic procrastination variance.

This research seeks to identify variables related to students, which can be taken into consideration to help the higher education institution in accepting e-learning. The research is applied in terms of purpose is methodological, and in terms of method is descriptive-analytical and survey method. The statistical population includes 16500 students of University of Semnan in three undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in the academic year of 1994-94. 380 of them were selected by multi-stage method for the study sample. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used in its preparation similar tools and in addition to its validity approved by providing a judgment method, its reliability was equal to 0. 92. The research findings showed that students of University of Semnan have a relative readiness and more than "the least participated preparedness" for taking part in e-learning training. However, in some factors, including "motivation, " they are less likely to be prepared than expected, and need to be strengthened. In addition, the findings of the research showed that the students of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering are more likely to be e-readers than other faculties.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Brain– based Learning on self-regulation learning among students. This research was carried out in a quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test design. The statistical population of this research is all female high school students who are in the first year of state high schools in Yazd. The sample consisted of 40 students who were randomly selected from multiple regions and each group (20 subjects) was divided into two experimental and control groups. The learning environment was changed based on the components affecting the brain. During the two 45-minute sessions, students were given the necessary training for brain– based Learning. Courses are also based on the principles of brain– based Learning. Buffer self-regulation learning scale was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using covariance test and paired t-test. The results of variance analysis of covariance showed that brain– based Learning has an effect on self-regulation learning and this effect is stable for 3 months.

The purpose of this study was to identify the opportunities and internal and external challenges of the student exercises of in Khorasan Razavi province. The research method was combined sequential exploratory that frst, qualitative method, then quantitative method, were used. In the qualitative stage, 36 teachers and education experts, physical education teachers and sport management professors of Khorasan Razavi province were interviewed and after studying books and articles related to the topic, identification of the variables related to the research was done. In total, eight variables related to opportunities, 35 variables related to internal challenges and 17 variables related to the external challenges of Khorasan Razavi province were identified. In quantitative stage, a specially designed AHP researcher-made questionnaire was designed, validated by four sport management professors and its reliability (according to the incompatibility rate of the questionnaire, which should be less than 0. 1) was approved. For evaluating, 85 officials and experts, educators were used. The sampling method was qualitatively and quantitatively targeted and available. The existence of educational and health services in education with a relative weight of 0. 241 from the viewpoint of educational managers and 0. 239 from the viewpoint of the experts of educational institutions is the most important in the field of sport opportunities for students in Khorasan Razavi province, as well as inadequate funding for sport and transfer of these credits to other schools costs with a relative weight of 0. 244 from the viewpoint of educational managers and 2. 399 from the viewpoint of the experts is in the first place in the internal and external challenges section of the students sport in Khorasan Razavi province. On the other hand, there are some abnormalities among students due to the lack of sport activities with a relative weight of 0. 232 from the viewpoint of educational managers and 0. 242 from the viewpoint of the experts is of the highwst importance in the internal and external challenges section of the students sport in Khorasan Razavi province. Attention to the exercise of students by the officials, managers, experts and trainers of physical education will lead to potential talent in this sector, and subsequently the national championship sport will be developed.

The present study is a quasi-experimental research based on pre-posttest design with a control group and tracking stage. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of the Quran's stories on students' academic achievement. The statistical population included all male students in the second year high school (Tehran district 5) in the academic year 1394-1395. Among these students, using a multi-stage sampling method, 60 students with a score of less than average (15) in the academic achievement test were selected. The students were divided into two groups by lot. The first group (30 members), with the title of the experimental group and the other (30 members), control group. In the first stage, both groups recorded their academic achievement. Then, in the experimental group (Quran's stories in 10 sessions of 20 minutes), an independent variable was performed and the control group did not receive any training. After the intervention, in the posttest phase, both groups (experimental and control) recorded their academic achievement. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics (BG ANOVA and paired-samples t-test) were used. While confirming the main hypothesis of the research, the results of the research showed that the Quran's stories, have positively influenced the academic achievement of the second year high school students in Tehran and have a good sustainability over time.