Nahid Sharifi; Badri Shahtalebi; Akbar Etebarian
Abstract
Schools of Future are an important education system concern, indicating unstable situation in current schools. Despite criticism of the current system, especially school culture, there is no picture of the school ahead. For the same purpose, this research find to develop a school of future model using ...
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Schools of Future are an important education system concern, indicating unstable situation in current schools. Despite criticism of the current system, especially school culture, there is no picture of the school ahead. For the same purpose, this research find to develop a school of future model using the Grounded Theory Method. The research method is qualitative-inductive and the GTM's Strauss-Corbin has been used. Semi-structured interview data collection tools that were analyzed and analyzed by three methods of open, axial and selective coding. Participants of the subject matter experts in the field of education were eligible to enter the interview, which reached the level of data saturation through theoretical sampling of up to 14 people. Outcomes with 22 general categories in the form of paradigmatic model including causal conditions (development and acceptance of technology, participatory policies, capital development, institutional tactics of future thinking), phenomenon (school of future creation), contextual conditions (learning policies, social capital, cultural and artistic sensitivity) intervening Conditions (Demonstration Discourse, Conflict of Power Institutions, Differences Management, Resource Dependence) Strategies (Development of Creative Discourse, Revival of School Mission, Acceptance of Multiculturalism, Environmental Reorientation, Educational Reconsideration) and Consequences (Transparency of Performance, Enthusiasm of Learning, Externalization, Development of knowledge-base). The results of this study will be useful for recognizing the weakness of current schools and paving the way for school of future.
Saeed Sharifi; Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri; Akbar Etebarian; Badri Shahtalebi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Summer 2015, , Pages 31-53
Abstract
With the mounting increase of the media consumption being experienced, the way the new media is being used has become an indicator to stratify individuals in the metropolises. The present study, conducted in the metropolis of Isfahan by a survey method answers this question: What media consumption is ...
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With the mounting increase of the media consumption being experienced, the way the new media is being used has become an indicator to stratify individuals in the metropolises. The present study, conducted in the metropolis of Isfahan by a survey method answers this question: What media consumption is responsible for such stratification? The population of the study consisted of a total of 1908968 people, all citizens of Isfahan Metropolis. 959 persons from this population were chosen as the sample of this study and multi-staged cluster sampling was conducted. Data collection instrument was a questionnaire made by the researcher whose reliability was estimated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.85). The data was analyzed by two-stage cluster analysis based on information criterion (AIC) and chi-square test. The most important results showed that two clusters of media consumption are separable from each other. In the first cluster, change of cell phones, cell phones’ performance and new features, non-verbal communication and network programs, virtual network activities and intensive use of the Internet gained high scores. The second cluster including verbal use of cell phones and the electronic performance of daily activities approached the average
