Investigating the Level of Modernization of Female High School Teachers in Tehran and the Factors Affecting It

Abstract

Purpose: Modernization is a change in the value, cognitive and behavioral system of people, which is created by the process of macro-modernization, and turns people into effective actors of roles at the institutional and organizational level of modernization, and its existence is one of the important factors that facilitate the process of modernization and It is industrialization. Now the issue is, how much have different sections of the society modernized in this situation? And this modernization is influenced by what factors? In this research, modernism is examined from the combination of nine variables: scientism, egalitarianism, global orientation, progressivism, independence, civic orientation, democratic orientation, risk taking, and acceptance of new experiences.Methodology: The method of this research is quantitative and has been used using documentary study and survey methods. The statistical population of the research is made up of female high school teachers in Tehran. The sample population was selected after sampling using Cochran's formula and quotas of regions using statistical methods. 260 people were selected from the three education districts 2, 7, and 16 symbols of upper, middle, and lower classes and calculated with quotas.Findings: According to the findings of the research, 7% of the sample population had a high degree of modernity.Conclusion: years of education and social base are two variables that have a significant relationship with the degree of modernization, and the significant relationship of other included variables was not confirmed. ‌