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Investigating Feasibility of Objectives of Intended Curriculum at Smart Schools
Management and Administrative Sciences Review
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Investigating Feasibility of Objectives of Intended Curriculum at Smart Schools
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Motlagh, Farhad Shafiepour; Department of educational administration, Mahallat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, IRAN
Neamatollahi, Azimeh; Department of Curriculum Development, Meymeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Meymeh, IRAN |
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field studies; affective domain; psychomotor domain; smart school; intended curriculum |
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This study aims at investigating the degree of feasibility of objectives of intended curriculum at smart schools and proposing pragmatic strategies to achieve and realize the objectives. The statistical population comprises teachers of smart schools of the nine districts of Tehran in the academic year 2011-2012. The study employs two-stage cluster random sampling o select the sample. In the first stage, the high school level is selected from among all levels and in the second stage, 325 teachers were randomly selected from districts 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, and district 14 of the 9 districts of Tehran. The research tools used in this study comprise: 1. the researcher-made questionnaire of the objective of intended curriculum at smart schools (including three aspects: cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects) 2. The researcher-made questionnaire of the strategies for achieving the objectives of intended curriculum at smart schools. Generally, the research findings reveal that from the viewpoint of the participants, the objectives of intended curriculum in the three areas- cognitive, affective and psychomotor- have been achieved to a great extent. The findings also indicate that there is a significant difference between the views of the participants on the feasibility of the objectives of intended curriculum in the above-mentioned areas based upon their gender, age group, work experience and educational major. In addition, the findings reveal that the most pragmatic strategies to achieve the objectives of intended curriculum are as follows: training teachers according to the objectives of intended curriculum; training teachers on how to effectively use computers in the classroom; and training teachers on efficient fusion teaching (electronic packages and the conventional method).
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Academy of Business & Scientific Research
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2013-06-03
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/99
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Management and Administrative Sciences Review; Vol 2, No 2 (2013); 156-170
2308-1368 2310-872X |
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eng
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http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/99/125
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Copyright (c) 2014 Management and Administrative Sciences Review
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