Continuous education, educational management, educational technology and curriculum planning
Mobin Tatari; Elham Akbari
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of in-service training courses in a government bank. This is a descriptive study which has employed a survey to complete the research process. Further, as to the objective of the study, this is an applied research. The purpose of the present study ...
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of in-service training courses in a government bank. This is a descriptive study which has employed a survey to complete the research process. Further, as to the objective of the study, this is an applied research. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Bank in-service training courses. The data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed based on the ROI model using one-sample t-test. Using a convenience sampling plan, 596 respondents completed the questionnaire. The results showed the participants’ relative satisfaction with the training courses. Some found the course content and presentation attractive and relevant to their job roles, and others stated that they are not satisfied enough with these courses. Still, another part of the results showed that there was not a significant change in the learning rate of the participants after the training courses, and their participation in the training courses did not result in a significant change in the learning rate. In addition, the results showed that despite the participants' criticisms about the courses and their relative satisfaction, they thought that these courses helped them solve some of their work problems and that the workflow in Bank was facilitated to some extent. In other words, the results indicated that these courses partially influenced the organization's work processes.
Mohammad Hojjati; Hassan Haemi; Kazem Shariatnia; Ali Asghar Bayani
Volume 15, Issue 53 , June 2021, , Pages 58-71
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The aim of this study was to extract the basics and objectives of the curriculum for teaching creative and critical thinking skills in the elementary course of the Iranian educational system. In order to conduct this research, a qualitative approach and contractual content analysis method were used. ...
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The aim of this study was to extract the basics and objectives of the curriculum for teaching creative and critical thinking skills in the elementary course of the Iranian educational system. In order to conduct this research, a qualitative approach and contractual content analysis method were used. The participants of the study were 12 experts in the fields of curriculum planning, philosophy of education and psychology who were selected by purposive sampling. The instrument used was a semi-structured interview. According to the research findings, first the basics of the thinking skills training curriculum (creative and critical) were examined, which were divided into three sections: philosophical and value basics, psychological basics, and sociological basics. In the section on philosophical and value principles, the main categories were the emphasis on formal and public education, the emphasis on the values of thinking, and the emphasis on the merits of thinking. The main categories extracted for psychological foundations were emphasis on rationality, application of emotional and social dimensions, and attention to participation and cooperation. Finally, the main categories selected for the sociological foundations were scrutiny, social critique, and self-criticism. For the appropriate purposes of teaching creative and critical thinking, based on the opinion of experts, two main categories of intrapersonal skills and extrapersonal skills were selected. In the category of intrapersonal skills, principles such as technical skills, problem-solving skills and moral skills, and in the category of extrapersonal skills, the principles of emotional competence, cognitive competence and social competence are extracted.
Reza Azarian; Hossein Mahdian; Mahmoud Jajarmi
Volume 14, Special Issue , July 2020, , Pages 483-494
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The aim of present study was comparison the effectiveness of academic buoyancy and emotion regulation training on academic meaning and academic adjustment. This study in terms of aim was applied and in terms of methodology was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with control group. ...
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The aim of present study was comparison the effectiveness of academic buoyancy and emotion regulation training on academic meaning and academic adjustment. This study in terms of aim was applied and in terms of methodology was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with control group. Research population consisted of 11th grade students in three districts of Mashhad in 2018-19 academic years. From them 60 students were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into three equal groups. The experimental groups trained 12 sessions of 70 minutes separately with the academic buoyancy and emotion regulation methods and control group don’t received any training. Research tools were the questionnaires of academic meaning (Henderson-King & Smith, 2006) and academic adjustment (Baker & Siryk, 1984). Data in the SPSS-21 were analyzed with multivariate analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test methods. Results indicated the effectiveness of both method of academic buoyancy and emotion regulation training in increasing academic meaning and academic adjustment (p < 0/001). Also there was no significant difference between methods in increasing academic meaning and academic adjustment (P>0/05). Therefore, it is recommended that counselors and psychologists use the methods of academic buoyancy and emotion regulation training for increase academic meaning and academic adjustment.
Ebrahim Heshmati; Hamid Reza Saeednia; Ali Badizadeh
Volume 12, Special Issue , June 2018, , Pages 379-393
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The purpose of this research is to design and train an appropriate customer experience management model with an emphasis on related indicators in banking services. The research method used in this research is qualitative. The technique used to collect information and analyze data was also determined ...
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The purpose of this research is to design and train an appropriate customer experience management model with an emphasis on related indicators in banking services. The research method used in this research is qualitative. The technique used to collect information and analyze data was also determined by the method based on the data theory of the foundation. In the framework of the data theory approach, in this research, open source, axial and selective coding was used. Data analysis was carried out based on data from field studies and libraries. In general, information and data were first collected in open source form through expert interviews with university and industry experts, then the research data were categorized and refined through communication between micro and macro categories. And ultimately validated and finalized. The final pattern of research was composed of three main categories: Expected Factors, Perceptual Factors and Care Providers, and the micro categories and related statements in the banking industry were also identified in the model. Finally, the validity of the model is verified quantitatively using the structural equation and PLS software.
