A Study on the Supervisors' Role from the View of Principals and Teachers of Elementary Schools in Yazd City in 2007-2008
Volume 12, Issue 4, Winter 2009, Pages 97-126
Jalil Baharestan
Abstract The aim of this research is was to evaluate the role of educational supervisors and their knowledge level in 2007-2008 from the view of principals and teachers of elementary schools in yazd city. With respect to the goal of educational principles which is to guide and conduct the growth of human beings, and teaching is the current guidance and supervision of learning, therefore, educational supervision is one of the fundamental activities and the main point of education. Supervision is vital and sensitive in teaching, hence, the role of educational supervisors and their methods of supervising is very significant and effective. Inspite of the fact that one of their most important roles is technical and professional education, unfortunately, the major part of their activities is tended to be organizational and officiall, which is basically traditional and nonetheless inspectional. Sometimes, extreme of it makes a watch-dog approach in teachers and an intervening role in their activities. This negative and pessimistic approach causes ineffectiveness of educational supervisors roles. Thus, it is essential to diagnose such ill-roles by the concerned authorities and try to remove As them. a result the status and major roles of educational supervisors will be reconstructed. Indeed, one of the ways to remove such problems is to select qualified educational supervisors. So, the qualification and standard criteria must be defined for such posts and their roles. In this way, those applicants who are experienced, interested, compassionate and qualified must be appointed to prove the proverb: “The right man in the right place”. The present research is a field-survey and its method is statistical-descriptive that contains five research questions. After studying and analyzing the data, it was specified that the supervising roles of educational supervisors are not outstanding, while their organizational and official roles are significant. Futher, they bear no essential qualities and there is no significant difference among the group of subjects in terms of their scientific qualification and their view points in this regard. The population size of this research was 1568 and the sample size was 500.
A Comparative Study of Islamic and Current Administration
Volume 8, Issue 20, Autumn 2004, Pages 1-37
Jalil Baharestan
Abstract The article aims at a comparative study of Islamic and Current administration. To make the subject and its aims accessible, two research questions have been put forward: Question one: How can the assumptions, pre-requisites and the essentials of Islamic administration be distinguished from Current administration? Question Two: How can Islamic administration be distinguished from Current administration? Type of Research: Fundamental and Library oriented. Methodology: Descriptive – Analytic. In attempting to answer the first question a brief study concerning an understanding of human nature based on the view of Islam and the other religions was carried out prior to the comparative study of Islamic administration and Current administration. In attempting to answer the second question the following issues have been examined in the comparative study of Islamic administration and current administration: a-Comparison of the concepts of administration and current leadership with Islamic administration concept. b-Comparison of current administration aims with Islamic administration aims. c-Comparison of current administration essence Islamic administration essence. d-Comparison of current administration Prenciples and Islamic administration. e-Brief comparison between Islamic administration and Current administration.
