Sociology of Education

Examining the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Job Involvement of Physical Education Teachers; The Mediating Role of Teaching Emotions

Ali Jalili Shishavan *

, Elham Tabatabaie

, Hossein Bigdeli

, Zohre Moosazadeh

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explain the job involvement of physical education teachers based on self-efficacy with respect to the mediating role of teaching emotions. Method: Through stepwise cluster sampling, 228 female (135) and male (116) high school teachers were selected from Tabriz education areas. Participants completed the Teacher Self-Efficacy in Teaching Questionnaire (Techanen-Moran and Wolfolk, 2001), the Teacher Progress Emotion Questionnaire (Frenzel, Packran, & Goetz, 2010), and the Short-Scale Job Involvement (Shaoffley & Baker, 2006). Data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling with the help of AMOS software. Findings: The results showed that self-efficacy in using teaching strategies and self-efficacy in engaging students both directly and by mediating positive teaching emotions, positively predict job engagement. Self-efficacy in classroom management was also not able to predict job conflict, but it did predict positive emotions in a positive way. In addition, the negative emotions of teaching positively predicted job conflict. Conclusion: These results showed the role of self-efficacy components and the effect of emotions experienced at work in increasing the job involvement of physical education teachers.

Investigating the role of women's academic education in how to manage conflict in married life

Mansureh Azam Azadeh1 *

, Maryam Rajabzadeh

The process of social development has made societies in transition, including Iran, undergo fundamental and extensive social changes, and its fundamental nature and rapid and uneven process have brought about numerous social changes for these societies and families. The advancement of women over men in educational levels in the society in recent decades is one of these changes. Using the instrumental case study method, this article tries to test Archer's theories about individual agency, Blud and Wolfe's theory of resources, Rodman's theory of resources in the cultural context, Parsons's components of action, theory of imbalance in family structure and exchange theory, and at the same time examines the role of women's academic education. In the occurrence of changes and following them, the method of conflict resolution in married life has been. The results of the research show that if women's university education causes a change in their normative attitude towards marital roles, while the attitude of their husbands towards marital roles has not changed, it may increase the level of conflict in the family. But in the meantime, the role of women is very effective in managing conflict and establishing balance in the family.

Social Networks and Life Satisfaction among Pensioners of Education

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Social Networks and Life Satisfaction among Pensioners of Education Case: The City of Jahrom Gholamreza Ghaffary Associate Professor, Department of Social Planning , University of Tehran Email: Ghaffary@ut.ac.ir Yalda Zabardast M.A. in Welfare Planning, University of Tehran. Abstrac t This paper considers membership in social networks as means of welfare and satisfaction of life among elderly pensioners. Holding relationships, social networks and participation in social activities are significant elements for strengthening of self-concept and satisfaction of the elderly. These elements, by extension of meaning, determine quality of life among the elderly. This is a survey-method research and the questionnaire technique has been used for data collection. Statistical population includes pensioners that are over sixty years of age and have been pensioners of the office of education in the city of Jahrom our sample consists of 201 persons of this community. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between memberships in social networks and satisfaction of life. Also there is a significant difference between formal and informal networks such as relationships with friends, members of the family, neighborhood, and the like. So that the informal networks, as compared with formal networks, exert more positive effects on life satisfaction of the elderly. Although connections and social networks do strengthen life satisfaction of the elderly but these do not provide all elements for satisfaction. Empowerment and encouraging more effective participation as playing roles in community affairs and in social networks constitute two items that their inclusion into a comprehensive policy seems to enhance life satisfaction.

Self-Esteem, Autonomy, Fairness and Studentsâ Responsibility Studying the Relationship

Masoud Chalabi *

, Sakineh Khoramdel

Self-Esteem, Autonomy, Fairness and Students’ Responsibility Studying the Relationship < /i> Masoud Chalabi Professor of Sociology, Shahid Beheshti University Email: m-chalabi@sbu.ac.ir Sakineh Khoramdel M.A. in Sociology, Alzahra University Abstract Responsibility is an important precondition for favorable social behavior and promoting student achievements. This inquiry is intended to study the factor affecting student responsibility. The independent variables in the present study include fairness, warm relationship, and opportunity for autonomy, self-esteem, self-concept and perceived autonomy. Survey method is employed for data collection. Research sample includes 360 female students of guidance school residing in Varamin. Structural equation modeling is employed for data analysis . Findings show that student self-esteem and self-concept, instructor ’s fairness, warm relationship and opportunity for autonomy have direct and indirect positive impacts on social responsibility of students.

Adolescentâs Responsibility and Its Relationship to the Methods of Socialization in Family

Khadijeh Shafiee *

, Akram Cheshmeh

This research investigates adolescent’s responsibility with regards to socialization in the family among boys and girls. The study is based on Chalabi and Parsons’s theories. The model contains main variables of socialization method (tuition, imitation, and inculcation), parents’ responsibility, gender, background variables such as parents’ level of education level and occupation, warm and supportive relationship between parents and adolescents and group membership. This is a survey study. Sample size includes 375 high school students in region 15 in Tehran. Findings confirm main hypothesis and show that the variable of tuition method has the most impact on the adolescent’s responsibility. Parents as adolescent’s behavioral model have a significant effect on adolescents’ responsibility. Gender is also related to the adolescents’ responsibility amount. Although the amount of responsibility of both girls and boys is lower than average, girls have slightly higher levels of responsibility than boys. The variable of warm relationship between parents and children has direct relationship with the amount of adolescents’ responsibility it means that warmer relationship between parents and adolescent increases adolescents’ responsibility amount.

Challenges Facing the Teaching of Social Sciences in Iran

Mahmoud Shrepour *

, Mohamm Soleimani

The study of human phenomena is the specific characteristic of social sciences. Since the dimensions of these phenomena are complex and multidimensional, social sciences have specific position in everyday life. Therefore, the present paper seeks to explore the hidden dimensions of inefficiency of teaching of social sciences in Iran. The main six challenges of teaching social sciences are identified as teaching methods, quality of teaching, evaluation, encouraging students to pure abstract thinking, dissimilarity of teaching methods in natural sciences and social sciences, and problems related to absence of educational technology. At the end with the emphasis on sociological imagination, which may improve the quality of teaching of social sciences in Iran, three suggestions are provided.

Factors Affecting Critical Thinking of High School Students in Mashhad

Afsaneh Kamali *

, Zahra Khavari

This article reviews the factors affecting critical thinking of students in Mashhad. In this study based on theoretical viewpoints of Habermas, Bourdieu, Lipman, Perry, Maiers, Vinche, Dewey, and Ennis, the effective indicators of critical thinking were selected and studied. These indicators are educational tendencies, mental expectations of school and educational major, academic motivation, school level, social cohesion inside the school, commitment, teaching method, rationality, place and methods of dialogue, school facilities, and cultural capital. The method of study is survey and the tool for gathering data is questionnaire. The sample is composed of 380 high school students in Mashhad, who were selected randomly. Findings are attained based on the frequency distribution, Pearson correlation coefficient, multivariate regression analysis, and trajectory analysis. The results of multivariate regression analysis indicate that rationality and teaching method are the main predictors of critical thinking of students.

The Impact of Economic, Social, and Cultural Capitals on Success inUniversity Entrance Examination

MohammadRezaا Ahanchian *

, Mohammadreza Ahanchian

, Mohammad Taghi Rafiee

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of social, cultural and economic capitals on success in public university entrance examination. In addition these three types of capital, the contribution of variables such as educational background, gender, educational major, and type of school are also measured. This is a survey study. The sample consists of 400 pre-university students in Isfahan in 2010 which were selected randomly based on the stratified cluster sampling method. Based on the results of logistic regression, social, economic, and cultural capitals are among significant predictors of participants’ success in public university entrance examination.

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Journal of Sociology of Education is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed publication published by the Iranian Association for Sociology of Education (IASE). JSE is a Semiannual publication that publishes original research papers on educational sciences, Social sciences, sociology, and psychology. All submitted manuscripts are checked for similarity through Hamyab software to ensure their authenticity and originality, and then they are rigorously peer-reviewed by expert reviewers.

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