Foreign Languages
Reza Taherkhani; Seyyed Amir Afzali Mir; Afshin Malmir; Arash Mosalsal; Zahra Montazeri
Volume 17, Issue 7 , January 2018, , Pages 77-91
Abstract
Studying and reviewing textbooks can be considered essential steps in any curriculum. Therefore, the present nationwide study evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the book "English for 10th Degree of High School Students". So, 400 students and 40 teachers of the 10th degree from Hamedan, ...
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Studying and reviewing textbooks can be considered essential steps in any curriculum. Therefore, the present nationwide study evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the book "English for 10th Degree of High School Students". So, 400 students and 40 teachers of the 10th degree from Hamedan, Mashhad, Rasht, and Ahvaz participated in this research by completing the questionnaire developed by Abdolvahab (2013). In order to confirm the validity and reliability of the research instrument, first, the mentioned questionnaire in the scale of 100 students and 30 teachers was tested so that the reliability or Cronbach's alpha was equal to 0.86, and its validity was proved by Factor Analysis. According to the results, teachers found the book appropriate regarding the themes and content; however, they regarded the appearance and the sociocultural aspects of the book weak. The students believed that the book is suitable in terms of its content, themes, and appearance. But, they believed the book is to some extent weak considering the listening skill and the sociocultural aspects. It can be concluded that, generally, the book is successful based on the appearance and application, in achieving its goals, content, and language skills, and it has attracted the attention of both teachers and students respectively.
Educational Science
Parvin Samadi; Roqyye Heydari
Volume 17, Issue 6 , November 2017, , Pages 203-216
Abstract
The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of hidden curriculum on the behavior of students of physical education and high school students in Tehran. Due to the nature of the subject, the research method was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population of the study was secondary school ...
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The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of hidden curriculum on the behavior of students of physical education and high school students in Tehran. Due to the nature of the subject, the research method was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population of the study was secondary school students of Tehran and the number of students was 200 male and female students of career schools, and 188 students from different secondary schools were selected with Cochrane method which is a multilevel cluster randomized sampling. In this research, data collection was accomplished through researcher-made questionnaire. On this basis, to determine the amount of the impact of hidden curriculum on the research categories, an interview was used. In this research, the validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the professors and experts and its reliability was 0.95 which was obtained by the use of Cronbach Alpha for the hidden curriculum. The results showed that the effects of the hidden curriculum of the study (rules, regulations, social relationship, physical environment, human resources, cultural and educational, sports equipment and materials) on the behaviors of students was significantly much. Besides, there is a difference between hidden curriculum (in the dimensions of environment and physical space, human researches, and cultural, educational and sports materials and equipment) and gender-based behavior.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Ahmad Ramezani; Sasan Asadpour
Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2017, , Pages 175-197
Abstract
This paper aims at depicting the importance of research on core vocabulary and reviewing critically “Farsi Core Vocabulary of Iranian Children” and “Identifying Farsi Core Vocabulary: a National Project” through psychological, linguistic, methodological and educational ...
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This paper aims at depicting the importance of research on core vocabulary and reviewing critically “Farsi Core Vocabulary of Iranian Children” and “Identifying Farsi Core Vocabulary: a National Project” through psychological, linguistic, methodological and educational viewpoints. At first, the importance of core vocabulary and the history of developing the book are mentioned. Then, the description and analysis follow. The chapters are reviewed very briefly. Then, the methodology used for estimating the core vocabulary (the subtests administered in the main project) and the philosophy of their classification are analyzed in details.
political science
Qorbanali Qorbanzadeh Savar
Volume 13, Issue 27 , April 2013, , Pages 89-108
Abstract
The curriculum in universities is a criterion of standardizing course resources for both teachers and students in order to teach and study in a definite framework. This study is based on the surveys of students about the latest curriculum in the field of political science at the undergraduate level approved ...
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The curriculum in universities is a criterion of standardizing course resources for both teachers and students in order to teach and study in a definite framework. This study is based on the surveys of students about the latest curriculum in the field of political science at the undergraduate level approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Except the universities that develop independent curriculum, other universities can use this curriculum. For the majority of respondents, general courses have little influence on the ability of undergraduate students of political science, and the majority of respondents believe that division of bachelor curriculum into two groups of compulsory and optional courses in political science can improve the curriculum. Other items of interest to students include low number of credits of some courses, high number of credits of some other courses, lack of some courses, presence of some unnecessary courses, repetitive discussions and the old same issues in some courses, the necessity to comply with the prerequisites of courses and the mismatch between courses for undergraduate and graduate levels and the future career of political science graduates.
