Hamzeh Aghamolai (M.A); Mehran Farajollahi (Ph.D)
Volume 3, Issue 9 , October 2007, , Pages 131-167
Abstract
With the rapid enhancement of science, education has a different meaning in the world today. Here one of the most critical issues in education especially at elementary grade, is paying attention to teaching methods .Teachers, as the focal issues of teaching-learning process, ...
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With the rapid enhancement of science, education has a different meaning in the world today. Here one of the most critical issues in education especially at elementary grade, is paying attention to teaching methods .Teachers, as the focal issues of teaching-learning process, shall not merely give lecture and transfer information in teaching process.They should try to reinforce thinking and argumentation skills in their students and direct them toward thinking stage not just memorization. They should lead students toward the base of learning which is thinking. Of course in the teaching process of teachers there are always some factors prevent the teacher in reach to favorable aims in teaching process. The main aim of the research is introduction to effective factors on applying teaching methods by elementary grade teachers of Gorgan township The statistical society of the research includes all permanently employed teachers, teachers employed on teaching fee basis and contractual teachers of elementary grade in Gorgan township mounting to 1300 persons. The sample volume has been considered based on the Morgan Formula through sampling random for 297 subjects(155 men and 142 women). Research plan was performed by description and measurement tool was chosen as researcher made questionnaire. By using SPSS software package, correlation coefficient for the marks of two exams was obtained as 0.613.
Frequency Distribution Tables, Percentage, Diagram and Spearman rank order Correlation were used for data analysis. The results of theories Exam showed that:
1- There is a meaningful correlation between personal particulars of the teachers and applying active teaching methods
2-There is a meaningful correlation between structural and administrative factors and applying active teaching methods.
3- there is a meaningful correlation between the economic, social and cultural factors of the teachers and applying active teaching methods.
4-There is a meaningful correlation between factors and evaluation methods and applying active teaching methods
