Educational Science
Marzieh Dehghani
Abstract
The present study criticizes the book “Foundations of Curriculum Planning of Elementary Education” by Musapour with a descriptive and analytical approach in two dimensions of form and content. In order to analyze, the method of criticism was used which is based on the "guidelines for preparing ...
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The present study criticizes the book “Foundations of Curriculum Planning of Elementary Education” by Musapour with a descriptive and analytical approach in two dimensions of form and content. In order to analyze, the method of criticism was used which is based on the "guidelines for preparing critical articles for scientific research publications, critical research papers of humanities texts and programs". After the general introduction of the work, in the first step, the points and shortcomings of the book's shape and form dimensions were pointed out. In this context, the book's cover and design, the analysis of the book's editing and writing rules, and the list of sources and sources were examined respectively. In this context, respectively attention was paid to the description, analysis, and content criticism of the book and the strengths and weaknesses of its content dimensions. In this context, respectively the appropriateness of the title and table of contents with the content of the book, the separation of the chapters of the book, and the organization and coherence of the content and presentation of the content were investigated. It was also analyzed for its novelty and applicability of the content. In the end, it can be stated that the content of the book failed to meet the reader's expectations by emphasizing the three features of the basics of lesson planning, familiarity with the lesson planning of elementary education, and practicality, and it has provided suggestions to improve the work.
Anthropology
Parvin Ghasemi
Abstract
This paper seeks to address aspects of contemporary Iranian anthropology by focusing on one of the works of Margaret Mead, a prominent American anthropologist. One of these aspects goes back to the introduction of a less-known work by Margaret Mead in Iran. In this regard, the position of classical works ...
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This paper seeks to address aspects of contemporary Iranian anthropology by focusing on one of the works of Margaret Mead, a prominent American anthropologist. One of these aspects goes back to the introduction of a less-known work by Margaret Mead in Iran. In this regard, the position of classical works in Iranian academic anthropology is discussed. Anthropology, in the work of Margaret Mead, is based on philanthropy, presence, understanding, theorizing, as well as futurism in the past. The principles of understanding this type of anthropology is imagination, writing, philanthropy, movement, and seeing. Without addressing the classics in anthropology education, current Iranian academic education pays less attention to these basic works in anthropology. Iranian university anthropology, its curricula, the quantity and quality of student participation in curriculum design and development, need to be reviewed and revised. Reviewing classical works, extracting hidden and obvious principles in these texts and compiling curricula based on those principles according to the needs of this science taken from the opinions of students and graduates, will be effective in improving this area.
Foreign Languages
Abutaleb Iranmehr; Seyyed Ali Ostvar Namaghi; Hossein Davari
Abstract
English language teaching in MA level, which is considered as one of the most popular majors in the Iranian academic setting with a five-decade life, has experienced three programs so far. The latest program, which was adopted in 2016 by the Council for the Transformation and Promotion of the Humanities, ...
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English language teaching in MA level, which is considered as one of the most popular majors in the Iranian academic setting with a five-decade life, has experienced three programs so far. The latest program, which was adopted in 2016 by the Council for the Transformation and Promotion of the Humanities, became operational from the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year, after three decades of the implementation of the second program, and is supposed to be revised after five years. Due to the importance of such a belated change in the program, this article attempts to critically examine and analyze the views of twelve faculty members working in state universities, which are operating this field of study, through participatory model. The findings, which have been analyzed in three categories including a) course titles, b) syllabi, and c) resources, indicate that in addition to the significant advantages of the new program in terms of attention to new subjects, revision of goals and syllabi, more attention to the Iranian context, etc., there are still noticeable shortcomings such as course titles, the selection and presentation of the syllabi as well as the suggested resources. Based on the findings, the authors conclude that the micro and macro goals of the program will not be achieved without due attention to such weaknesses. Finally, some suggestions have been proposed regarding the revision and improvement of the program.
Arabic Language and Literature
Hedayatollah Taghizadeh
Abstract
Curriculum planners are always looking to revise curriculum content. The "Arabic language teaching" curriculum in 2016 was revised by Farhangian University and replaced the "Arabic language and literature secretary" curriculum. Considering the effect that the curriculum has on improving the level of ...
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Curriculum planners are always looking to revise curriculum content. The "Arabic language teaching" curriculum in 2016 was revised by Farhangian University and replaced the "Arabic language and literature secretary" curriculum. Considering the effect that the curriculum has on improving the level of knowledge, skills and attitudes of students, it is necessary to be scrutinized. Therefore, the present study seeks to address the pathology of the curriculum in this field. The research information was obtained through documentary studies and by using quantitative and descriptive methods and using the researcher-made questionnaire in a statistical population consisting of professors of Farhangian University of Tehran, in a purposeful and comprehensive manner. The results show that the most important quantitative changes have been the reduction of the share of specialized units from 93 units to 54 units and the increase of the share of educational courses. A significant reduction in the units of texts and history from 46 units to 8 units, and the reduction of language skills units from 36 units to 20 units are among the new weaknesses of the new program. Increasing the internship units from 4 units in two semesters to 8 units in four semesters and defining thematic-educational courses and teacher work experience are among the strengths of this program.
Management and Policy Making
Somayeh Gharagozloo; Faezeh Nateghi; Mahnaz Jalalvandi
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The purpose of this study was to provide a model for developing the entrepreneurial ability of the young generation in the context of higher education curriculum planning. The present study was developmental and qualitatively based on the data method of the Glaser Foundation. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to provide a model for developing the entrepreneurial ability of the young generation in the context of higher education curriculum planning. The present study was developmental and qualitatively based on the data method of the Glaser Foundation. The statistical population in the study background consisted of all available domestic and foreign theoretical and research texts, related references and upstream documents of the education system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The sampling method of this population was purposeful. There were curriculum and entrepreneurship which were selected by the method of snowball and theoretically saturated. The results showed that in the research background section, 46 components were extracted in the form of 8 factors and in the interview with experts’ section, and 71 components were extracted in the form of 12 factors. Similar to the elimination and final cases, which included 100 components in the form of 12 factors were extracted in the causal conditions of factors such as creativity and innovation, leadership, entrepreneurial experience and training, as well as in the intervention of five factors of teamwork, perseverance, risk-taking, independence and positive thinking. In the context of the three main factors of familiarity with the industry, the characteristics of the university and the support and infrastructure affecting the curriculum model were identified and determined based on entrepreneurial indicators.
Foreign Languages
Hossein Davari; Saeed Nourzadeh; Ailin Firoozian Pouresfahani; Ghodrat Hassani
Abstract
After around three decades of implementing the BA program in English translator training approved in 1990 which was accompanied by many serious criticisms, finally, in 2017, its revised version was approved and implemented. This revised program first aims at enhancing the students' language skills and ...
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After around three decades of implementing the BA program in English translator training approved in 1990 which was accompanied by many serious criticisms, finally, in 2017, its revised version was approved and implemented. This revised program first aims at enhancing the students' language skills and their translation competence and then making the major more specialized. Due to the importance of this considerable revision, in this paper, the researchers attempted to study and evaluate the program through the attitudes of ten faculty members from seven universities offering this major. The findings revealed that in their opinion, while the program has been considerably improved regarding some factors such as integrating up-to-date courses, paying attention to applied and local needs, attending to the Persian language, paying attention to new technologies and introducing various new references, it suffers from some weaknesses with regard to some courses, their syllabi, the proposed sources, and the prerequisites. In their opinion, with such weaknesses, the program will face challenges both in the process of its implementation and in achieving its aims.
Arabic Language and Literature
Zohreh Ghorbani Madavani
Abstract
Textbook criticism is of great importance and status. The book “Conjugation 2”, written by Ahmad Pashazanoos, while addressing issues related to the name, has tried with exercises at the end of each lesson to provide the audience with the opportunity to explore the material presented in practice. ...
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Textbook criticism is of great importance and status. The book “Conjugation 2”, written by Ahmad Pashazanoos, while addressing issues related to the name, has tried with exercises at the end of each lesson to provide the audience with the opportunity to explore the material presented in practice. This book is a continuation of the book “Conjugation 1” by the same author. The present article critiques the two levels of form and content of this book by descriptive-analytical method and relying on the descriptive analysis approach. All the strengths and weaknesses of the book in the two areas of form, content and mistakes of the author have been pointed out by presenting documents and examples of the book. Finally, in general, this book can be called a scientific package that tries to provide inflectional content by deductive method (mentioning the rule and then providing an example witness( and the role of meaning and subtle semantic differences in different inflectional forms are insignificant.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Mojtaba Maghsoudi; Abolfazl Khodamoradi
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As the suitability of any educational system depends on its teachers’ competencies, it seems necessary to pay enough attention to the educational curriculum of the student- teachers of the Farhangian University. Hence, a reliable and valid researcher-made questionnaire including three components ...
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As the suitability of any educational system depends on its teachers’ competencies, it seems necessary to pay enough attention to the educational curriculum of the student- teachers of the Farhangian University. Hence, a reliable and valid researcher-made questionnaire including three components as skill, knowledge, and attitude developed for assessing the latest and the old English language teacher curriculums of Farhangian University was distributed among 87 English professors. The results of this study showed that from the English professors of Farhangian University’s point of view, there was a significant difference between the old and the latest English language teacher curricula in increasing the professional competencies of student-teachers of Farhangian University. This means that the latest curriculum as compared to the old one will considerably be more successful in increasing the skills and attitudes of the student-teachers. Furthermore, the results of the current research also indicated that the latest curriculum will be more successful in increasing the student-teachers’ PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge), CK (Content Knowledge) and PK (Pedagogical Knowledge).
Educational Science
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini
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The purpose of this study is to criticize the book entitled “Curriculum in Secondary School”. Therefore, a combination of a critical book review, critical philosophical inquiry, and critical educational criticism methods was used. The case of this study was the book written by Farajollahi ...
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The purpose of this study is to criticize the book entitled “Curriculum in Secondary School”. Therefore, a combination of a critical book review, critical philosophical inquiry, and critical educational criticism methods was used. The case of this study was the book written by Farajollahi and Talebi and published in 2014 by the Payam Noor University Press. The tool of criticism of the mentioned book is a checklist (form) of The Iranian Council for Reviewing Books and Texts the Humanities. Qualitative content analysis was also used for data analysis. According to the findings, the strengths of the book include apparent comprehensiveness, typography, the quality of printing and binding, the content congruence with the principles and Foundations of religion and Islam, the use of scientific tools, and equivalence and application of specialized terms. Shortcomings of this book include: Inappropriate cover design, need for scientific and literary editing, inappropriate overall and intra-section coherence, resource ambiguity, lack of scientific analysis, no innovation and no new content, the inconsistency of book’s content with the foundations and presuppositions of the curriculum area and non-Coverage of the approved syllabus of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Educational Science
Alireza Assareh; Ali Rahbar
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to criticize the book “Can Education Change Society?” written by Michael Apple in 2013. It was translated by Nazanin Mirzabaki (1395). This study reviews a critical tradition in the field of curriculum and educational studies. The research method and type ...
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The purpose of this study is to criticize the book “Can Education Change Society?” written by Michael Apple in 2013. It was translated by Nazanin Mirzabaki (1395). This study reviews a critical tradition in the field of curriculum and educational studies. The research method and type of study are applied. In the first and second editions of the book, one of the strengths of the book was the attempt to link political movements around the world to create changes, although the writer, translator, and editor did a great job. Some of the textual and translation mistakes have led to criticism of the author and translator’s scientific approach. Perhaps the most important criticism of the author is the lack of use of scientific instruments, such as practice, charts, and pictures.
Archaeology
Mahsa Veisi
Abstract
This study examines the reasons for the commitment to change in the Archaeology curriculum at all levels of its curriculum, not based on preferences but on the basis of competency-based curriculum models. The undergraduate and postgraduate courses in this field have not been reviewed for more than thirty ...
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This study examines the reasons for the commitment to change in the Archaeology curriculum at all levels of its curriculum, not based on preferences but on the basis of competency-based curriculum models. The undergraduate and postgraduate courses in this field have not been reviewed for more than thirty years, and the PhD curriculum has been the same since its beginning. Today, in the world, curricula are shifting to skill-based, and many elements are being considered in formulating these programs. This study, considering the skills defined for archaeological graduates in the US Occupational Information Network (O * NET) as an index of the content analysis of archaeological educational competence in Iran, examines the relevance of this. The chapters deal with the skills. Its main purpose is to emphasize the need to review these courses based on a competency-based curriculum approach. The collection of data required in this study is library and documentary, and the method of data processing is descriptive and explanatory.
Persian Language and Literature
Elham Sayyedan
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The present study investigates the effectiveness of the headlines of such lessons as “writing and editing styles” and “editing workshop” (1) and (2) in curricula presented in BA course of Persian language and literature. These are amongst the most applied lessons in the Persian ...
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The present study investigates the effectiveness of the headlines of such lessons as “writing and editing styles” and “editing workshop” (1) and (2) in curricula presented in BA course of Persian language and literature. These are amongst the most applied lessons in the Persian language and literature major that, while they improve the writing skills of the university students, they prepare them for fitting new occupational grounds whereas it seems according to the indices set by the lesson planning council that these lessens need revisions. The present study considers the indices proposed by the supreme lesson planning council to criticize and investigate the aforesaid lessons. The indices are: being up-to-date and responsive to the society needs, setting the ground for the emergence of the creativities, being in proportion to the program’s components, being coordinated with the strategic documents and plans, and being attentive to the real nature of the course. The study results indicated that these indices have not been correctly observed in the codification of the curriculum, and the existent programs have shortfalls and problems. No attention has been paid to the prerequisites, and the lessons have overlaps, and this has caused the macro-structure of the headlines to lack the required proportion. Moreover, no emphasis has been made on the learning activities contributing to the fostering of creativity. Another problem of the lessons is lack of attention paid to the strategic documents and programs, including the supervisory role of the Persian language and literature academy, and there is also no attention paid to the materials and contents of headlines to the enactments by the academy, including Persian writing styles, word choice, etc. Investigation of the materials and topics in terms of newness and being up-to-date is reflective of the structural, content-related, and lingual problems of the introduced materials in terms of not being recent; hence, a need is felt for revision of the existing headlines and materials.
Foreign Languages
Abolfazl Khodamoradi
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The materials which are produced to be used at national level are of great importance since they are supposed to feed a wide range of audience. Therefore, critical review of such materials is among the critics’ priorities. In this review article, the newly-published English language materials for ...
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The materials which are produced to be used at national level are of great importance since they are supposed to feed a wide range of audience. Therefore, critical review of such materials is among the critics’ priorities. In this review article, the newly-published English language materials for grade ten in Iran including the textbook, workbook, and CD will be analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. After reviewing the history of producing such materials in the previous periods, the current work was analyzed in terms of its structure and theoretical framework. Then, its content was analyzed via comparing its elements with those of the communicative approach as the mainstream framework in the realm of language teaching. The analyses indicated that, considering the wide range of audience, the current work is in urgent need of revision if it intends to meet the objectives of foreign language learning in the curriculum.
Educational Science
Mohammad Amini
Volume 17, Issue 6 , November 2017, , Pages 21-40
Abstract
One of the main functions of the educational system the implementation of which at schools and educational centers of the country is confronted with various difficulties and misunderstandings is art education of students. Obviously, art education has positive and constructive effects for students, ...
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One of the main functions of the educational system the implementation of which at schools and educational centers of the country is confronted with various difficulties and misunderstandings is art education of students. Obviously, art education has positive and constructive effects for students, so it should not have a subordinate or marginal role in curriculum, and close attention should be paied to it in the educational system of the country. However, over the past few years, some scientific and research efforts have been made to introduce and recognize the status of art education and the need to pay close attention to it in the educational system of the country. Writing a book titled “Art Curriculum and Instruction in Education” is one of these scientific endeavors. In this article, the book has been reviewed and criticized. The strengths and weaknesses of its content and form were also specified. In sum, in terms of the structure and type of organizing the contents, characteristics of writing, the design of the basic issues of art education, explanation of its role and necessity, especially from its cognitive and non-cognitive results, as well as determining the role and place of the main elements of curriculum in art education, this book has necessary strengths. On the other hand, in terms of the number and extent of its repetition and the similarity of its content with some other works of the authors, the vagueness of parts of the content, the use of translated articles and the lack of attention to the realities of art education in the Iranian educational system, this book has some deficiencies. Definitely, the elimination of these disadvantages will increase the effectiveness of this book.
Economy
Mostafa Samieenasab; Yaser Soleimani
Volume 16, ویژه نامه اقتصاد مقاومتی , March 2017, , Pages 51-81
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Creating a applicable formal training course based on efficient curriculum methodology is a practical requirement to realize the Moqawama economy in scientific and academic communities. This article is discoursed by criticizing the conventional approach to economic curriculum in I.R.I, and then it is ...
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Creating a applicable formal training course based on efficient curriculum methodology is a practical requirement to realize the Moqawama economy in scientific and academic communities. This article is discoursed by criticizing the conventional approach to economic curriculum in I.R.I, and then it is proceeded by defining the principles and the curriculum methods and designing a curriculum in master degree for Moqawama economy to cover two vacancies:A: to provide a systematic design process of goals and educational contents with the right and new approaches based on the demands and needs of the country,B: to show a case study of this process by designing official curriculum of master degree program with the title of »Moqawama Economy«.Method of collecting datum and information is combined in this research and documents of libraries and interviews are used. In this research, collecting internet resources such as advanced searching of resources have been done and also referring research methods such as interview and brain storm genius are used for authority of research. training Needs assessment survey, table of "goal- content" and designing the course topics, are the results of this study.
Educational Science
Seyyed Mohmmad Hossein Hosseini; Mahmoud Mehrmohmmadi; Qolamreza Haj Hosseinnezhad; Nader Salsabili
Volume 15, Issue 37 , November 2015, , Pages 199-235
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The present article aims at critically analyzing the curriculum change patterns. To this end, the "Critical Philosophical Exploration" method was used. The statistical population comprised all sources including books, articles, studies and the related research that were selected as the sample mostly ...
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The present article aims at critically analyzing the curriculum change patterns. To this end, the "Critical Philosophical Exploration" method was used. The statistical population comprised all sources including books, articles, studies and the related research that were selected as the sample mostly through purposive sampling. Through a logbook, the required data were collected and they were analyzed through verbal, visual, and logical inference. Based on the research findings, the curriculum change patterns include Concerns-Based Adoption Mode, systemic change, barriers and resistance to change, change conditions, factors affecting change implementation, three-level organizational change, change characteristics, change process, and three-level systemic educational change. The models, most of which are based on the teleological approach to change and the top-down linear approach to curriculum change, are non-systematic and atomistic and provide an incomplete description and explanation of the reality of curriculum change.
political science
Qorbanali Qorbanzadeh Savar
Volume 13, Issue 27 , April 2013, , Pages 89-108
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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 ...
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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.
