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Introduction
Currently as the Visiting Professor, I am working at the School of Education-University of Glasgow. My ongoing research project has been funded by Leverhulme Trust in which the role of universities in creating and developing learning and creative cities in the light of Islamic academic tradition will be re-conceptualized.
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September 1991 - present
Education
December 1994 - December 1997
February 1989 - October 1991
October 1984 - February 1988
Field of study
- Educational Sciences (Educational Management and Planning)
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Publications (46)
Aim: One of the most important indicators in educational policy making and planning is the study of educational stakeholders (whether their experience, knowledge, satisfaction, or their needs and interests). The purpose of this research is to evaluate the experience of international students studying in the University of Kurdistan.
Methodology: Thi...
Purpose – Considering the role that students’ diverse identifications play in education, this paper aims to contribute to the developing discourse on multicultural education concerning the status of ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity in Iranian upstream educational documents (UEDs).
Design/methodology/approach – This paper explores the sta...
Purpose
Considering the role that students’ diverse identifications play in education, this paper aims to contribute to the developing discourse on multicultural education concerning the status of ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity in Iranian upstream educational documents (UEDs).
Design/methodology/approach
This paper explores the status...
Introduction: In recent years, higher education has faced three major paradigm shifts: "Development of lifelong learning", "Democratization of knowledge" and "Development of the global knowledge community". This study aims to design and validate a evaluating mechanism for the pedagogical elements and dimensions in sustainable teaching-learning proc...
This paper aims to compare ongoing mechanisms, processes, and policies for improving the relationship between university and industry in Iran and Sweden. As methodology, a qualitative-comparative study was applied. The data were collected via semi-structured interviews. Participants included 23 key Iranian and Swedish informants representing both u...
Abstract
Objective: The main purpose of this study is exploratory factor analysis of factors measuring the brand equity of Kurdistan University. The research was conducted in two stages: designing a brand equity questionnaire and factor analysis with maximum likelihood. In this way, the equity assessment questionnaire for the university brand was f...
This study aims to investigate the views of higher education policy makers and planners on academic sustainability towards presenting a comprehensive conceptual model. As a case study, a qualitative approach was applied. For this, the mechanisms of sustainable university and its comprehensive and inherent mission were used as a basis for analyzing...
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study the concept, dimensions and instances of academic citizenship in Iranian higher education system. The research has used qualitative strategy and it has been done with interpretive phenomenological method. The research participants included 34 professors and students (different sections) in the univ...
In recent years, increasing numbers of researchers have been studying the role and functions of religious education and religious orientations in strengthening students' psychological dimensions and have tried to study the relationship between religious orientation and ethical concepts in different layers of society. Therefore, this study aims to i...
Purpose: The main purpose of the research is to study the elements and dimensions of university sustainability and to present a comprehensive conceptual model for the realization of sustainable university in the Iranian higher education system and to compare the approach of public and non-governmental universities.
Methodology: The research approac...
This paper aims to compare polytechnic education in the Iranian higher education system with selected countries (USA, Canada, UK and Japan). As a comparative study, the selection of the countries under study were based on purposeful sampling and the data collected through the study of documents, national reports and websites searches of the Ministr...
This paper aims to investigate the Iranian teachers' perception of welfare as well as affecting factors and the way by which it can be improved. Participants included 12 teachers who were purposefully selected using theoretical sampling. The deep interview was applied to collect data and analyzed based on Grounded Theory framework. The findings sho...
The collection of papers in this series of Thematic Papers published by the SUEUAA (Strengthening the Urban Engagement of Universities in Africa and Asia) team focus on topics of relevance to project partners and the city regions and institutions they represent. Papers in this series cover: Migration, Gender, Sustainable Energy, the Environment, th...
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the barriers and factors influencing inefficiency of research at Farhangian University. Regarding the purpose of study and the necessity of consideration of different factors affecting the inefficiency of research at Farhangian University, the researcher used a theory-oriented qualitative method. Part...
Abstract
Context: Promoting the quality of learning and teaching processes at the tertiary level including distance education has been considered as a strategic approach by policy makers in higher education throughout the world. For this reason a reliable and comprehensive evaluation mechanism can play an important role via assessing the current si...
By 2030 most of the globes inhabitants will be living with cities. It is therefore important that cities are resilient to sustenance and energy challenge in the face of increasing demands from population expansion and increasing environmental variability and uncertainty brought about by intensifying climate change. The Strengthening Urban Engagemen...
To respond effectively to (un)expected realities (effects of climate change, environmental degradation, war and migration, accelerated urbanization), universities in Asia and Africa are called upon to accomplish their third mission by getting more involved in local municipalities and addressing city-level challenges. However, universities are not a...
Issues of internal and international migration are felt in the Global North and South. In 2017, while over 78 million international migrants lived in Europe, 80 million international migrants settled in Asia, and 25 million in Africa.
This paper aims to investigate the Iranian teachers' perception of welfare as well as affecting factors and the way by which it can be improved. Participants included 12 teachers who were purposefully selected using theoretical sampling. The deep interview was applied to collect data and analyzed based on Grounded Theory framework. The findings sho...
To respond effectively to (un)expected realities (effects of climate change, environmental degradation, war and migration, accelerated urbanization), universities in Asia and Africa are called upon to accomplish their third mission by getting more involved in local municipalities and addressing city-level challenges. However, universities are not a...
Boundaries defining and shaping the field of vocational education and further training (VET).
(1) Systems: Socio-culturally different VET systems have evolved along conceptual lines. The comparison of different skill formation systems and governance of VET systems are on the one hand of theoretical and on the other hand of practical importance in...
Despite historical background of higher education in Iran analyzing the country' current international status of this system indicates that our policies, strategies, practices to develop He in Iran have not gained an acceptable success both in educational and research aspects. Although this underachievement is rooted in several causes and factors w...
This paper, aims to study the extent to which critical thinking is taught effectively in MA and MSc courses and how graduate students are qualified in critical thinking skill. As a descriptive and correlational study, 339 graduate students were selected via stratified random sampling. In addition to the participants’ demographic information, Ricket...
Despite increasing the number of engineering departments and students in Iran, the quality of education is less than satisfactory. Regarding the huge potential of Web 2.0 applications, which is also known as Web 2.0 tools, Web 2.0 services, or social media, for improving the quality of teaching and learning, this study was undertaken to investigate...
Boundaries defining and shaping the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET):
Systems: Socio-culturally different VET systems have evolved along conceptual lines. The comparison of different skill formation systems and governance of VET systems are on the one hand of reflexive and on the other hand of practical importance in the context of...
Skilled human resources are one of the major binding constraints to sustain high economic growth in Iran. The country therefore, needs to invest significantly in human capital to reap the benefits arising from economic advancements demanding critical TVET reformation, expansion and innovative strategies. For this, Technical and Vocational Training...
The globalization origin is an area rather than education, however, education due to its mutual and deep relationship with different wisdom areas and human life elements is perforce to be affected by globalization. The main goal of the present study is to investigate the Strategies for internationalization of the educational program in technical -...
The main purpose of this paper was to determine the basic and the explanatory components of distributed leadership model in secondary schools. In order to extract the main components of distributed leadership a quantitative approach and exploratory factor analysis of main components were applied. Participants were included 377 teachers (242 female...
The aim of this study was to investigate the status of DL in senior high schools
in Sanandaj and the extent to which DL components are believed by the teachers
to be present in the principals’ behaviors. The quantitative approach was used in
this study. Statistical population consisted of all teachers (male and female) in
public senior high schools...
This study was aimed to Investigation of professional needs of educational managers in High schools of Sanandaj city in academic
year of 91-92. Data collecting instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire consists of 25 questions and 5 variables, which its
reliability proved by experts and a 73 percent Cronbach's alpha proved its validity. The re...
پژوهش حاضر با هدف مطالعه و شناسايي مولفه هاي تاثير گذار بر كارآفريني در سازمانهاي آموزشي به
صورت مطالعه موردي در سازمان فني وحرفه اي استان كردستان انجام شد. شركت كنندگان اين مطالعه
مديران و كارشناسان خبره سازمان آموزش فني وحرفهاي بودند كه به صورت هدفمند انتخاب گرديدند.
در انجام اين مطالعه از نظريه مبنايي به عنوان يك روش تحقيق كيفي استفاده گرديد. دا...
The study aims to give a better understanding the experiences of professors that have done their postgraduate studies (PhD) at the British, Australia, Russian, German, and Malaysian universities. They were asked to address capacities and potentials that have encouraged them to stay at host countries or return to their home countries, as well as pro...
This study aims to examine the concept
of learning to live together in Iran's national
curriculum for primary schools and determining the
extent to which schools' curriculum is emphasized
on this concept with particular reference to peace
education and multicultural education. These two
issues have been considered as important
components of learnin...
Abstract:
Introduction
Today, there is no doubt about the role and importance of mathematics in the global economic transformation. Mathematics can be considered as a very important means by which pupils’ understanding, perceptions and reasoning ability are improved. Indeed mathematical literacy provides learners with an awareness and understandin...
This study therefore, aims to investigate the Iranian TVET’s current challenges and obstacles which need to be tackled importantly and urgently by the country’s TVET policymakers. Although several steps had been taken to reform the country’s training system, but because of several structural, administrative, and executive barriers and malfunctionin...
The aim of this study was to investigate the status of DL in senior high schools in Sanandaj and the extent to which DL components are believed by the teachers to be present in the principals’ behaviors. The quantitative approach was used in this study. Statistical population consisted of all teachers (male and female) in public senior high schools...
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teacher' expectation on the quality of their assessment from pupils. An experimental method of post-test with control group was applied including expectation maker situations, teacher's and pupil's sex. A total of 120 teachers were asked to assess eighty exam sheets of pupils in the proposed ex...
این کتاب ضمن تبیین اهمیت آموزش هنر در رشد شخصیت دانش آموزان در سنین مختلف به معرفی میاحث پداگوژی در آموزش هریک از زمینه های هنری می پردازد و معلمان را به نحوه آموزش و ارزیابی فعالیت دانش آموزان در هر فعالیت هنری آشنا می سازد.
The main purpose of the research was to examine the effectiveness of SET from a sample of university faculty members' and students’ view. The study adopted an exploratory descriptive design. Participants of this research were 300 faculty members and 600 graduate students from 3 Iranian higher education institutions. A 30-item format questionnaire w...
This paper reports the results of a qualitative study about the
effectiveness of major reforms taken place in 1990s towards closing down
the gap between general upper secondary education and the economy in Iran.
The study aimed to analyse questions such as: To what extent dose Iranian
secondary education meet current and future needs of labour mark...
This paper aims to report teachers’ and students’ view about recent educational reform which focussed on the ways and means to narrow the gap between secondary education and labour market. Indeed providing a market-oriented education was adopted as a strategic policy by the Ministry of Education in Iran due to increasing unemployment rate amongst s...
این کتاب ضمن بیان نقش، و اهمیت علوم انسانی و کارکرد و قلمرو آن در حوزه معرفتی ذیربط، با رویکردی آسیب شناسانه سیر تحول آموزش عالی در ایران را با نگاه ویژه بر علوم انسانی مورد کنکاش قرار می دهد
Education, Training and the Economy: Preparing Young People for a Changing Labour Market is a critical and reflective synthesis of existing literature on education and training intended to prepare the young for a changing labour market and on accountability in education and training. It stimulates thought on ways of addressing the problems involved...
Questions
Question (1)
In the line with the emergence of knowledge-based economy, higher education systems are experiencing a rapid paradigm shift in their structures, policies, processes and practices which contradicts to the universities’ historical traditions values and spirit. This paradigm shift has led a worldwide discussion among scholars and policymakers about the possible positive and negative impacts of relevant phenomena such as academic capitalism in higher education contexts. Therefore as academic capitalism is still considered as a taboo, it is important to know how it is approached by senior policymakers.
