The Viewpoint of Managers and Specialists on Internationalization of Open and distance Education in Iran (Case Study of Payame Noor University)
Volume 12, Issue 42, Autumn 2018, Pages 139-156
https://doi.org/10.22034/jiera.2018.83022
azita salajegheh, mehran farajollahi, mohammadreza sarmadi, Nematollah Mosapour
Abstract The present study aims to provide the view of managers and specialists for the internationalization of open and distance education in Iran. This research is in terms of purpose, applied-development, in terms of method, descriptive-survey, and in terms of strategy, mix (quantitative and qualitative). In the first stage, by studying the literature and the experts´ opinion, the factors affecting the internationalization of education were introduced and a researcher made questionnaire was made then the factors validated by independent T-test (100 samples), the results of component validation showed that 13 components as effective dimensions in "Internationalization of Education", introduced. Then, by using Delphi method, 41 indicators were introduced as effective indicators (20 samples), and finally, with the implementation of structural models (250 samples), they were investigated and confirmed. Finally, the proposed indicators and dimensions were presented. In this research, it has been tried to provide a base for the development of these dominant indicators, a step towards the internationalization of Open and distance education.
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Design and validation of moral education appropriate to characteristics Elementary students in Iran Emphasizing the document on the fundamental transformation of education
Volume 12, Special Issue, Spring 2018, Pages 231-247
Nasrin Heydarizadeh, Zohreh Esmaeeli, Mehran Farajollahi, Tayebeh Safaee
Abstract Background: One of the important issues that contemporary education faces is the issue of moral education. The importance of ethical education in the education system, especially in the elementary period, is obvious and undeniable, and ethical education is also part of a curriculum that will boost the students' academic and practical skills. Method: This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive-analytical approach and its method is "Qualitative content analysis method" in particular. To identify the status of moral education in the elementary period, the primary data was obtained using qualitative and documentary analysis. To select interview samples, a targeted sampling method and specifically a snowball technique were used with 15 researchers involved in the subject and the "theoretical saturation criterion”. Findings and Conclusion: The results of the interview were arranged by using the selected coding and the final model was arranged in the form of four elements of goals (in the cognitive, emotional and emotional domain), principles, content and educational methods. Among the features of this pattern Can be native, attention to audience characteristics, scientific, specificity, simplicity, exquisiteness, realism, educational outlook, and active approach to teaching and learning.
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Volume 9, Issue 29, Summer 2015, Pages 32-54
masoome mohammadi, mohamadreza sarmadi, mehran farajolahi, arash ghoban nia
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