Sociology
Y. Alibabaie; S. Z. Hashemi; M. Teimouri
Abstract
Considering the importance of cultural capital in the field of education ,the present research would study the teachers’ cultural capital based on the theoretical framework of PIERRE BOURDIEU .The sample includes 480 teachers elected according to a simple and well-proportioned classified sampling ...
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Considering the importance of cultural capital in the field of education ,the present research would study the teachers’ cultural capital based on the theoretical framework of PIERRE BOURDIEU .The sample includes 480 teachers elected according to a simple and well-proportioned classified sampling .The tool for collecting data is a questionnaire that its stability determined was 0 /71 using CRONBACH’s Coefficient Alpha .To the measurement of the questionnaire validity ,confirming factor analyzing techniques and the content validity. For testing the hypothesizes of the research appropriate statistic tests in the level of the standard multivariate and two- variate analysis including Regression analysis , factor analysis and correlations with application of SPSS and AMOS software’s are used. According to the descriptive findings, the social situation of the teachers in view of their cultural and economic capital volume is in an average and downward trend Based on Structural Equation Test, The social capital of teachers directly, Economic and socio-economic origins of their direct and indirect, and finally, Teachers symbolic capital only indirectly, explained teachers’ cultural capital formation.
Sociology
Zia Hashemi; Mohammad Rezaeie; Sepideh Akbarpouran
Abstract
The current tedious and exhausting conditions of schools make it necessary to adopt policies toward increasing happiness and esprit. Providing of a clear and common understanding of happiness is a prerequisite for the success of such policies. Given the current ambiguity and lack of such an understanding, ...
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The current tedious and exhausting conditions of schools make it necessary to adopt policies toward increasing happiness and esprit. Providing of a clear and common understanding of happiness is a prerequisite for the success of such policies. Given the current ambiguity and lack of such an understanding, this article concentrates on extracting “meaning/meanings of happiness in the semantic structure of the educational System”. For this purpose, we have used Laclau and Mouffe’s theoretical basis and frame the meaning structure of the education system as a “discourse” in which meaning of each signifier is only defined in relation with other signifiers and particularly master-signifiers. We gathered our information by analyzing existing organizational documents and also by utilizing semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that in the semantic system of the education system, there are one dominant and two temporary meanings for happiness. In the dominant meaning, happiness can both work toward perfection or becomes a barrier in front of it. Regarding temporary meanings, one of them is about motion and physical activities and the other is about physical characteristics of school. None of these meanings is completely consolidated. As a consequence, the ruling meaning structure could not stabilize any clear and unified meaning for happiness. These ambiguities at semantic level lead to confusion and conflicting performances at the policy-making level.
Seyed Zia'; Majid Fouladiyan; Zeinab Fatemi Amin
Abstract
Each society and culture, according to its condition and requirements, makes special circumscriptions, criterions and norms in choosing a spouse. In every culture one may have several alternatives of his/her own opposite sex as a spouse, but spouse choosing is never accidental. In every culture, besides ...
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Each society and culture, according to its condition and requirements, makes special circumscriptions, criterions and norms in choosing a spouse. In every culture one may have several alternatives of his/her own opposite sex as a spouse, but spouse choosing is never accidental. In every culture, besides the circumscriptions which is due to the personal values and desires, there are some circumscriptions which are imposed by the society. Till some decades ago, the family organization was responsible for spouse choosing in Iran, but today each person's role has become more important; although cultural and social conditions have some effect on it. Therefore, nowadays spouse choosing is analyzed as an important social action and many theories have been provided for understanding the patterns of the spouse choosing. In this study and in a theoretical level, two important theories (similar spouses and different spouses) are presented as two corrival theories and then according to similarities of these theories, the indicators of the study are made. After that, by using the survey research method throughout the country and the statistical population of five thousand people, we experimentally assess the indicators of the study and these two theories of the spouse choosing. Results show the domination of the similar spouses' theory in Iran. They also show that approximately 90% of people in the external traits, 89% in the psycho-emotional traits, 93% in the personal traits, 68% in the social level characteristics and 88% in the religious beliefs, follow the patterns of the similar spouses' theory.The analytical results also conclusively show that different groups in Iran choose persons who have more similarity with them in the external, psycho-emotional and personal traits as well as the social level and religious characteristics. Although it should be noted that among men and women, the strangeness and weakness of these patterns are different.
