Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract In the religious teachings of Islam, encouragement, has been emphasized as educational method. The religious teachings, in order to educate and guide people, the method of encouragement has used. The purpose of the present study, was to provide a model for the training system of agents in Islamic society based on the method of encouragement intended by Religious Teachings. This research, in terms of purpose, was applied; In terms of data collection method, was descriptive; and in terms of the nature of the data, was qualitative. Accordingly, first, through the method of qualitative content analysis, religious teachings related to the method of encouragement were extracted. Then, through Grounded Theory, data was analyzed through three processes of open, axial and selective coding. The results showed, transformational leadership, goal-oriented leadership, insightful leadership, leadership based on social expediency, motivational leadership and future-oriented leadership, are the factors of the system of training agents in the Islamic society. Based on this, in a general perspective, the phenomenon of transformational training in the system of training agents of the Islamic society was identified.

Abstract The present study was conducted to design and validate a model for social entrepreneurship of higher education in Iran. This study was conducted using a Mixed Method. In the qualitative part of this study, a questionnaire was designed using the method of Grounded Theory and also interviews with 15 experts were conducted. The designed questionnaire was conducted with 384 students in public universities of Tehran. Purposive sampling method was used in the qualitative part whereas random classified sampling method was applied in the quantitative part. In addition, analysis of Structural Equation Modeling was used in the quantitative part whereas the results of the qualitative part were analyzed through Grounded Theory. The results showed that infrastructural, designers and curriculum planning specialists, student, tenure, lack of entrepreneurship future studies, economic, higher education policies, economic and social consequences, higher education management, cultural, social and curriculum and inefficient quality factors, are the factors of social entrepreneurship in Iran's higher education system, respectively. Therefore, in a general perspective, the phenomenon of the existential agency was identified.

Abstract This aim of the study was to determine the constituent elements and factors influencing on academic success of top rated entrance exam in term of a paradigm model. A qualitative research, grounded theory method based on Strauss and Corbin's approach and semi-structured interview were used for attaining this goal. Participants included 33 students among top rated entrance exam in different fields of study and degrees in 2016-2017, which were selected based on theoretical sampling method and saturation principle. Data analysis was done based on three approaches including open, axial and selective coding. Results of study indicated that the construct of academic success as the main category comprises from element of attaining the goals and some of elements comprising this case were “acceptance in famous university”, “attaining to higher scientific degree”, and “expertise in the field of study”. Some factors influencing on academic success included Teleological and Self-Beliefs as the casual conditions, family support and educational facilities as the contextual conditions, academic intelligence as the intervening conditions and perseverance and planning as the action/interaction strategies. The core category is Academic Success Motivation, which includes all influential casual, contextual and intervening factors on academic success, and the final answer to main question of research, that is influential factors on academic success.