Cultural Studies
N. Mousapour; L. Falahati; M. Mazinani
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Semiotics is the science of studying the sign systems and, in fact, an interpretive process for understanding the hidden truth behind the signs, mysteries, and signs and cultural symbols. In addition, semiotics tells us that structures can be meaningful. The sign system in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
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Semiotics is the science of studying the sign systems and, in fact, an interpretive process for understanding the hidden truth behind the signs, mysteries, and signs and cultural symbols. In addition, semiotics tells us that structures can be meaningful. The sign system in the Islamic Republic of Iran is very important because of the creation of a new Shiite identity. The present study examines the process of transition from political symbols to social symbols in the stamps between 1979- 2001 as a cultural instrument of the Islamic Republic of Iran through a combination of content analysis and semiotics. The findings of this study indicate that the process of changing the emblems on stamps between 1979- 2001 indicates that the Islamic Republic of Iran's legitimacy has shifted from rulers to society and from political to social.
Nematollah Mousapour1
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It goes without saying that the managerial experiences should be transmitted when a manager is replaced by another one. Yet, the transmission of managerial experiences in research and educational institutes is faced with problems and obstacles, recognizing which contributes to the development of policies ...
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It goes without saying that the managerial experiences should be transmitted when a manager is replaced by another one. Yet, the transmission of managerial experiences in research and educational institutes is faced with problems and obstacles, recognizing which contributes to the development of policies and plans in this sphere. These obstacles have been identified using the lived experiences in management at different levels of university system in a period of around two decades, in different conditions of performance. By different conditions, three different states for accepting and transferring management are meant: evident competition (contradiction process), evident friendship (cooperation process) and impartiality (separation process). Accepting and transferring managerial responsibilities under competitive conditions evoke feelings of victory and defeat which can act as an obstacle to transmitting managerial experiences. Under friendly conditions, a feeling of intimacy prevails which is accompanied by the transmission and application of managerial experiences. And under conditions of impartiality, a feeling of caution and conservatism emerges which associates the transmission and application of managerial experiences with other issues. An analysis of facts suggests that obstacles to the transmission of experience under competitive conditions are jealousy on the part of the previous managers and mistrust on the part of the new manager; under friendly conditions the obstacles include proposition from the previous manager and self-reliance on the part of the new manager; and under impartial conditions the main obstacle is lack of mutual understanding. However, the transmission of managerial experience is connected with other variables, to explain which the two variables of the status and the position of the manager are used here. Also, two important phenomena which play their part in all these conditions are “lack of organization of experiences”, rooted in the tradition of oral preservation of experiences, and “maintaining ambiguity”, which is a sign of capacity and competence and generates a kind self-confidence.
Nematollah Mousapour
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The main question of the present article is, how can the culture of self-sacrifice and martyrdom (isar and shahadah) be promoted through elementary school curriculum? The current educational programs of schools are based on different theories, among which the developmental theories are of greater importance. ...
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The main question of the present article is, how can the culture of self-sacrifice and martyrdom (isar and shahadah) be promoted through elementary school curriculum? The current educational programs of schools are based on different theories, among which the developmental theories are of greater importance. According to these theories, subjective issues cannot be taught in the childhood. However, the main claim of the article is that value issues, although subjective, can be taught effectively in the elementary school years through a cultural approach. This claim is founded on the imaginative capacity of the children and the capacity of myths and stories to popularize concepts in the childhood. Therefore, attempt is made to present some evidences and methods for promoting self-sacrifice, through elementary school curriculum, based on a theoretical foundation. With regard to curriculum, self-sacrifice can be addressed from two aspects: as an achievement, and as a process. As an achievement, self-sacrifice is an event which is already actualized in the outside world, and can be expected to be actualized in the future. As a process, self-sacrifice has some preliminaries, stages and an achievement. This process is a way of life which is a combination of accessible knowledge and attainable knowledge. Such an action is called culture, with characteristics which are influenced by the school curriculum and education.
Azita Salajegheh; Nematollah Mosapour
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Hijab is one of the issue in social life which respected in all different communities since past. In this study a comparison was made among the students of State University, Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University about the model of Hijab. The sample size was 180 students which 38. 9 % of ...
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Hijab is one of the issue in social life which respected in all different communities since past. In this study a comparison was made among the students of State University, Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University about the model of Hijab. The sample size was 180 students which 38. 9 % of students in State University, 38.3 % in Payame Noor University and 22. 8 % in Islamic Azad University were studying. The data gathered by a questionnaire and the data analyzed through statistical test. The results of the study indicated that there was significant relationship among the universities in terms of the model of Hijab among the students in different "situations" and "environments". The results showed that the students of Islamic Azad University had more inappropriate Hijab than the students of Payame Noor and State University in market and parties. The result also showed that the students of Payame Noor University had more inappropriate Hijab than the students of State University in market and parties. But the result showed that no significant relationship among three universities about the model of Hijab when the students are studying in universities. In public environments (without control and be unfamiliar). There is more inappropriate Hijab but in Universities it is not in this way. Because there is a control system in the universities to monitor students in order to have appropriate Hijab. The other reason for having appropriate Hijab in State University is that the students are expecting to obtain job than other students who study in Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University.
