Ali Hosseinkhah; effat Abbasi; Nematolah Mousapour mosapour
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The aim of this inquiry was to explore, through critical look, the current situation of pre-school of Iran. The approach of this research is totally qualitative and has been done by adopting Phenomenography as an appropriate research method. The targets that the research aimed were typical Pre-school ...
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The aim of this inquiry was to explore, through critical look, the current situation of pre-school of Iran. The approach of this research is totally qualitative and has been done by adopting Phenomenography as an appropriate research method. The targets that the research aimed were typical Pre-school centers in three provinces of Tehran, Alborz and Kohgiloyeh-Boyerahmad. Among those centers, 15 pre-school centers have been selected by using of purposive sampling. For gathering data, semi-structured interview was used to explore teachers’ and managers’ views and comments in order to identify the issues and problems exist in their pre-school centers. The research findings indicate that the fundamental problems lay in these fields: Damage macro management of preschool, Damage of pre-school curriculum, Damage human resources of preschool, Damage related to the legal status of preschool and some other issues and damage are related to family and parents. Which continue to be investigated.
enayat karimzadeh; effat abbasi; marjan kian
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The aim of the present study was to identify the pathology of the programs and educational-pedagogical activities in preschool centers. The method of the research is mixed one and its type is exploratory. The population of the study includes the whole teachers of the pre-school centers in Yasouj. In ...
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The aim of the present study was to identify the pathology of the programs and educational-pedagogical activities in preschool centers. The method of the research is mixed one and its type is exploratory. The population of the study includes the whole teachers of the pre-school centers in Yasouj. In qualitative stage, 10 teachers were selected purposefully for semi-structured interview and in quantitative stage, 162 teachers were selected using cluster random sampling. The research method in quantitative stage was a researcher-made questionnaire and its content validity was confirmed by experts. The reliability was 92% according to Cronbach α. For analyzing the data obtained from interview, the classifying and the coding and for analyzing the quantitative data, Friedman test were used. The findings indicated that the pre-school programs contain elements such as lack of attention to fostering self-confidence, the lack of relevance of the content with preschool programs, non-use of field trip, non-use of the learning activities with different methods, lack of regular planning for kids at homes, lack of appropriate environment for group games in cold seasons, lack of the lesson plan (syllabus) for executive activities, lack of classifying students according to their abilities, lack of the evaluating students in different places, unawareness and lack of the parents cooperation in assisting the teachers concerning students development. Then for surmounting these problems, continuous planning, reviewing, and monitoring students' executive activities in preschool are mandatory.
Kheirghadam Sabouri; Effat Abbasi; Masoud Geramipour
Volume 1, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 1-27
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This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of creative drama on the development of problem solving skills of 6-year-old girl preschoolers in Tehran province. Research method was semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population was all 6-year-old preschool ...
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This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of creative drama on the development of problem solving skills of 6-year-old girl preschoolers in Tehran province. Research method was semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population was all 6-year-old preschool girls in Tehran province preschool centers from which 60 girls were randomly selected and assigned to control and experimental groups through multistage random sampling. Activities and techniques of creative drama were given to the experimental group for 18 sessions of 1 hour by the researcher. Measurement instrument of problem solving skills was a combination borrowed from subscales of Wechsler intelligence test including Comprehension, Digit Span, Block Design, Similarities subscales and Torrance Creativity Test (Form B). Validity of the problem solving measurement instrument was confirmed through psychology specialists’ agreement, confirmatory factor analysis and composite reliability. Results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that the implementation of creative drama activities, with more than 95 percent of confidence, has positive and significant effect on remembering, organization, analysis, production and evaluation skills and overall problem solving skills.
