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This research is conducted aiming to study the relationship of self-directed learning, information technology and communication, and educational motivation with entrepreneur curriculum in distance education. This research is practical, quantitative, and descriptive - correlational (non-experimental) study. Target population of this research included all 550 female students of smart secondary schools in Esfahan city in Academic year of 2016-2017. Using Morgan formula, 225 research samples were selected through clustered sampling method from regions 2, 3, and 5 of Education Administration of Esfahan city. Library and survey methods were used for data collection. The instruments included researcher made questionnaires about entrepreneur curriculum of distant education, educational motivation, self-directed learning, and ICT. The validity of questionnaires was confirmed by ten professors and experts in this field and its reliability was calculated through alpha Cronbach that was 0.73. For analyzing data, SPSS software, version 21, was used to present descriptive and inferential statistic. The results showed that self-directed learning, ICT, and educational motivation have positive significant relationship with entrepreneur curriculum of distance education. It also shows that all of three variables of self- directed learning, ICT, and educational motivation are important in preparing entrepreneur curriculum. Educational motivation have maximum importance with β= 0.43 and information technology has minimum importance with β= 0.23. 

Distance education pedagogy to be successful requires teachers with different levels of computer, information, and multimedia literacy. Teachers' computer literacy has caught considerable attention due to the great opportunities provided by modern technology for promoting language education. The present study explored computer, information, and multimedia literacy of 255 Iranian EFL teachers. To collect data, we developed and validated Computer, Information, and Multimedia Literacy Questionnaire for EFL Teachers (CIM-LQ for EFL Teachers), a five-point Likert scale questionnaire containing three sections to examine the participants' responses. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20.  The findings revealed that the level of EFL teachers' multimedia and information literacy ranged from low to moderate which necessitates improving teachers' training courses and preparing them for implementing technologies in real language teaching contexts. The findings have implications for both teacher education programs including both pre-service and in-service teacher training courses and EFL teachers' practice. 

Abstract Lack of effective leadership is not only seen in economic organizations but also in education departments and all other institutions. What sometimes results in issues for some organizations is people, such as incompatible leaders, who do not play their critical role of leadership effectively and efficiently. The present applied and descriptive-correlational study aims to investigate the relationship between incompatible leadership and job plateau, burnout, and stress in first- and second-grade high school teachers. The statistical population of the research included all first- and second-grade high school teachers (1972). Accordingly, 322 individuals were selected as the research sample using the simple random sampling method. Data collection tools were Schmidt Incompatible Leadership Questionnaire (2008), Milliman Occupational Plateau Questionnaire (1992), Maslach Occupational Burnout Questionnaire (1985), and Sargi Job Stress Questionnaire (2015). The reliability of the questionnaires was 0.81, 0.90, 0.84, and 0.76, respectively, using Cronbach's alpha; the content validity was also confirmed. Data were analyzed using univariate t, correlation coefficient, and stepwise regression. Findings showed incompatible leadership of managers and occupational burnout and stress in school teachers to be at a low level, while their plateau was at a high level. Moreover, a positive and significant relationship was observed between incompatible leadership and job plateau and burnout of teachers; however, there was no relationship between incompatible leadership and job stress. Among components of incompatible leadership, authoritarian leadership could predict job plateau, abusive supervision and authoritarian leadership could predict job burnout, and abusive supervision could predict job stress. Thus, it is recommended that school principals reduce the stress, plateau, and burnout of teachers, as well as identifying the components of incompatible leadership and avoiding them in schools.