Educational technology- primary school
F. Yazdani
Abstract
The aim of this study was to extract indicators of evaluating the textbooks for making a valid and reliable scale for evaluating of textbooks from teachers’ view. The research method was surveyed and statistical population of it includes all electronic and print resources in the field of curriculum ...
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The aim of this study was to extract indicators of evaluating the textbooks for making a valid and reliable scale for evaluating of textbooks from teachers’ view. The research method was surveyed and statistical population of it includes all electronic and print resources in the field of curriculum that have published between the years of 2000-2015 and also all elementary teachers (3150 people) in Malayer city, between the years of 2014-15. For sampling, a biased method was used. So, 380 teachers selected. For gathering of data, the “scale of assessing the quality of textbooks” was used. This made based on the all criteria and indicators that extracted in the process of research. Results showed that the scale was valid and reliable for assessing the quality of textbooks. It cleared that the quality of elementary textbooks was good. Also, it cleared that among the six criteria, the religious criteria have regarded more than other criteria.
science education
S. Shamsaee; M.A. Shams
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The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teachers and students’ attitude toward learning needs and teaching activities. Mismatch between teachers and students’ expectations from ESP courses can result in undesired outcomes. In ...
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The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teachers and students’ attitude toward learning needs and teaching activities. Mismatch between teachers and students’ expectations from ESP courses can result in undesired outcomes. In this study, the attitudes of 6 teachers and 60 students of Software Engineering toward ESP learning needs were surveyed by a questionnaire. The relationship between the ideas of these two groups was investigated through t-test analysis. The results show that ESP teachers and students think more alike about textbooks, and the incorporation of information processed through discourse and genre analysis, while recognizable differences can be observed in their view toward teaching activities, the place of language skills and components, and critical thinking. It is discussed that pedagogical mechanisms for applying the relevant principles of ‘rights analysis’ and ‘strategic planning’ in English classrooms need to be devised and appropriately applied in ESP programs.
