Abstract The aim of present study was to present a model of professional development of faculty members of Islamic Azad University. The research method was exploratory. The statistical population of the study included 2156 experts, thinkers, deans of universities and colleges, deputies, and heads of department and faculty members of different units of Islamic Azad universities in Fars province...

Background and Aim:One of the most important goals of higher education systems is to create creativity and innovation in students, and the curriculum sphere, as the heart of the educational system, can be effective in formulating and implementing this notion. The purpose of this study was to study the factors influencing the acceptance of curriculum innovations in the Iranian higher education s...

Abstract The aim of present study was to present a model of professional development of faculty members of Islamic Azad University. The research method was exploratory. The statistical population of the study included 2156 experts, thinkers, deans of universities and colleges, deputies, and heads of department and faculty members of different units of Islamic Azad universities in Fars province...

Background and Objective: Given the importance and status of faculty members in universities, the advancement of the duties and missions of the higher education system and rapid development of the technologies and challenges faced by educational institutions require proper measures for the continuous development and overall improvement of these systems, especially the improvement of the capacit...

in this study, the effects of oleothermal modification on physical and mechanical peroperties of fir wood (abeis sp.) blocks were examined. at first, some blocks of fir wood with 5 × 20 × 120 cm dimensions were prepared. the blocks were treated in soybean oil. the effects of 3 factors such as treatments temperature (180and 200 °c), holding time (12 and 15 h) and initial moisture content of wood...

Abstract Introduction: A faculty member in a medical university is infused with the responsibility to perform research. The majority of the faculties are inclined to conduct studies more in line with their specialty but less with regard to education, which is itself a major responsibility of them. Accordingly, this study examined the relationship between structural and managerial factors i...

the present study is an attempt to investigate the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving english abstract vocabulary recall. to achieve this goal, a multiple choice language proficiency test of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students whose age ranged between 17 to 22 and they were studying en...

Background and Objective: Philosophical mindset is one of the factors that can influence creativity of faculty members' teaching method. The purpose of this study was to predict faculty members' creative teaching based on their philosophical mindset. Materials and Methods: From the total of 374 faculty members of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, based on Cochran estimation and adjusti...

in this investigation the effect of external field on the electron density of nanostructures of cds, cdse, cdte, gaas and polymeric structure of three, four, five and six units of cds as a kind of nanosolar cells has been studied theoretically. as modeling this system in nanodimension, molecular structures has used. specific properties of molecular structures permit us to consider different sym...