Education based on community needs
farzad Gholoubi; maryam Taghvaeeyazdi; Saeed Safarian Hamdani
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Objective: This research has been conducted by designing and validating the model of creating an entrepreneurial society in the basic education system with a sociological approach.Methods: It is a mixed sequential exploratory research; socio-statistics of this research in the qualitative part consists ...
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Objective: This research has been conducted by designing and validating the model of creating an entrepreneurial society in the basic education system with a sociological approach.Methods: It is a mixed sequential exploratory research; socio-statistics of this research in the qualitative part consists of educational and research experts and managers specializing in the basic education system and entrepreneurship and in the quantitative part it consists of managers, teachers, professors and consultants in Educational Year of 2020-2021. The samples in the qualitative section included 12 people using a targeted method until reaching theoretical saturation, and in the quantitative section 385 people were selected using a multi-stage cluster random method. The data was analyzed by semi-structured interview and conventional content analysis method with coding, and based on that, a model with 3 dimensions, 9 components and 100 items were designed. To validate the model, first a questionnaire was designed, and after determining face and content validity, 20 questions were removed and 80 questions remained.Resuls and Conclusion: The results showed that the factor loading of all questions is above 0.4, the convergent validity is above 0.5, the reliability of both criteria (Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability) of all dimensions is above 0.8, and the validity of the variable is confirmed, and finally, the quality index fit of the model is greater than 0.36. The designed model has strong validity, reliability and fit, and policy makers and planners can use it to evaluate and review the current situation of the basic education system in order to create an entrepreneurial society.
Education based on community needs
Ali Sheykholeslami; Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi; Fatemeh Mohammadi
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The current research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of flipped instruction method on disposition toward critical thinking (innovativeness, cognitive maturity and mental engagement) of students. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with ...
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The current research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of flipped instruction method on disposition toward critical thinking (innovativeness, cognitive maturity and mental engagement) of students. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the female students of the ninth grade of the first period of high school in the academic year of 2020-2021. To select the sample, first, using the available sampling method, two schools were selected from among the first secondary schools. Then, a 9th grade class was selected from each school and using random sampling method, the students of one of the classes were determined as the experimental group and the students of the other class as the control group. The students of the experimental group were taught using the flipped instruction method. Ricketts' (2003) critical thinking disposition questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of covariance. The findings showed that the flipped instruction method was effective on disposition toward critical thinking (innovativeness, cognitive maturity and mental engagement) of students and increased the disposition toward critical thinking (innovativeness, cognitive maturity and mental engagement) of students in experimental group. Therefore, the research hypothesis was confirmed (p<0.01). According to the results of this research, it can be concluded that the use of the flipped instruction method by teachers can be effective in increasing the disposition toward critical thinking (innovativeness, cognitive maturity and mental engagement) of students, and as a result, it can lead to better performance of students. In fact, the reverse education method is an effective way of teaching and learning in the world, which should become part of the comprehensive lifelong learning system in schools.
