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In the literature of school leadership, two perspectives often conflict. The first is a rational perspective that focuses on the truth-seeking and truth-accepting nature of humans, while the second is a political perspective based on the premise that different groups within a school have varied interests and desires, which they pursue through power struggles. This research aimed to examine these two perspectives in schools to determine which can explain the mechanisms of the school. To achieve this goal, an explanatory mixed-methods strategy was employed. In the first phase of the research, quantitative data were collected to compare and measure the effectiveness of school principals in regular and gifted schools in Kashan. For this purpose, one exemplary school and eight public (regular) schools were selected using stratified sampling. The quantitative data collection tool was Parsons' standard questionnaire for school management effectiveness. The results of the quantitative phase indicated that the management of exemplary schools was more effective than that of public schools. In the second phase, a phenomenological strategy was used to explore whether public school principals accepted that these findings could be utilized in educational policy-making. In this section, eight public school principals were selected and interviewed. The results showed that none of the public school principals, contrary to the assumptions of the rational perspective, accepted these findings, and they employed various political strategies to defend their performance. These findings suggest that the political perspective can explain many realities of school management.

The current research aimed to investigate and identify the methods of solving the shortage of teachers and the provision and professional development of teachers. The research method used was descriptive and qualitative content analysis. The statistical population included deputy heads of departments, principals and deputy heads of schools, and researchers in this field. Fourteen people were selected as a statistical sample by snowball sampling. A semi-structured interview method was used. Based on the research findings, five key codes, nine core codes, and 54 codes were identified. In the category of policies and interventions, respectively, revision of courses, removal of non-harmful subjects and titles by 13%; in the category of human resources, reduction of the number of support and administrative forces by 15%; in the category of community interaction and cooperation, upgrading the position of the teacher in society with 37.5% and in the category of recruitment strategies, hiring elite and efficient managers at all management levels with 23% and in the category of incentives and financial support for salary reform Teachers and coordinated payment system had the highest frequency with 20%. As a result, to solve the teacher shortage problem, attention should be paid to multidimensional solutions.

This study aims to represent how a primary school principal evolved into an effective educational leadership, focusing on their personal and professional background along with the distinctive features of the school and local community. A qualitative approach and narrative inquiry method were used. Initially, in-depth and semi-structured interviews lasting 12 hours were conducted with the principal. Data analysis was performed using Lichman’s model (2013). To validate the narratives, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with five teachers who had worked under the principal's management and were selected through purposive (criterion-based) sampling. Additionally, self-reflection notes were prepared during the research process. The principal's journey towards efficiency was divided into four episodes: the character formation period, facing discrimination, conflicts and grief, building professional identity, and role modeling. According to the data analysis results, themes of encountering discrimination, economic poverty, and the local community's perception of disadvantaged schools were continuously repeated in the principal's narratives. Based on the narratives, three strategies - managing interactions, continuous professional development, and vision setting - played a crucial role in the principal's evolution towards efficiency. According to the findings, it is recommended that principals of high-poverty schools address teachers' educational deficiencies in the form of suggestions and gradually increase delegation of authority and trust in their measures to ensure improved performance quality. In addition, the principal, by requiring teachers to daily note the challenges and issues faced by students and to identify major and common challenges, aimed to prioritize these challenges and take necessary actions.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the professional learning standards in Iranian secondary schools (case study: Kurdistan province). This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. The statistical population includes all schools in Kurdistan province, which consist of 101 schools. According to the Cochran formula, 12 schools were selected as the sample size through multi-stage cluster sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. This 47-item questionnaire was designed by researchers to measure professional learning standards in schools in three main areas: conditions for the success of the professional learning program, processes of transforming the professional learning program, and comprehensive and accurate content. According to the research results, the subscale of equity and justice in the conditions for the success of the professional learning program is in a desirable state, while the collaborative culture is in the worst state. The drivers of educational equity are in the best desirable state, and the educational plans are in the worst state in the domain of the processes of transforming the professional learning program. Regarding the area of comprehensive and accurate content in schools, the curriculum, planning, and teaching are reported to be in the best desirable state, while the professional expertise of teachers is in the worst state. Finally, the results indicate that the average status of professional learning in schools is at a moderate level.

Health literacy of students plays a key role in ensuring their health. The present study aims to structurally analyze students’ health literacy based on hidden curriculum, teaching effectiveness, and teachers’ health literacy through the mediation of academic performance. The research method is descriptive-correlational type of structural equation model. The statistical population includes all 12th grade students (N=6940) of female high schools of all 5 districts, who have passed health course as well as all of the health course teachers (N=131) who are teaching in these schools. Using Krejcie and Morgan Table and by applying proportional stratified random sampling, the sample size of students was 365 and the sample size of health teachers based on the schools of the selected students was 100. The data of the present study were collected using three questionnaires of health literacy, teaching effectiveness, hidden curriculum and the final scores of students. Validity and reliability of questionnaires were examined and confirmed to be higher than 0.7. The results of structural equations modelling by PLS software showed that health literacy of students based on hidden curriculum, teaching effectiveness and health literacy of teachers through the mediation of academic performance of 12th grade in female high schools of Tabriz is predictable (p<0.01).schools and teachers have the main role and responsibility of promoting health literacy in students, and providing appropriate curricula to promote health literacy will lead to the improvement of health behaviors in students.

The study aimed to design a quality assurance evaluation model for a sample of Iranian secondary schools. Considering the nature of the research questions, the researchers chose a plan based on relativistic ontology and constructivist epistemology The participants included all educational specialists, principals and teachers of West Azerbaijan that among them; 23 experts were selected purposefully by snowball sampling method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview protocol. Data analyzed through grounded theory three-steps coding process (open, axial and selective). The results revealed that quality evaluation model of secondary school education consists 248 open codes, 37 axial codes and finally 5 selective codes. Among axial codes 7 items belonged to causal factors, 7 categories are related to contexts and backgrounds, 12 categories are belonged to intervener factors, 6 categories are related to strategies, 6 categories are related to consequences and one category is considered as core phenomenon. Finding of the research reveal that education quality assurance evaluation is affected by facilities and equipment, objectives of secondary education, curriculum, teaching method, teaching-behavioral competence of teacher, organizational factors, educational content, needs and expectations of stakeholders and financial problems; it can lead to educational productivity and academic satisfaction

The purpose of this research is meta-analysis of the factors related to the philosophical mindset of students based on the researches published in the last 10 years. The population of this research is all the researches published in scientific journals. The sampling method was based on the Purposive sampling method. In this way, out of the total number of researches, which was 13, 3 of the researches were excluded due to reasons such as incompleteness of statistical information. In fact, studies that reported the necessary information and used correct statistical tests were selected, and studies that did not report the necessary information were excluded. The statistical sample is based on the researches that have been carried out on the factors related to the philosophical mindset of students, and their number is 10 researches (14 factors). In order to select studies suitable for meta-analysis and extract appropriate information, meta-analysis checklists were used. These checklists include researchers' names, research title, year of publication, place of implementation, statistical population and sample size, gender, educational level, research tools, reliability and significance level. CMA3 software was used to analyze the results. According to the research results, the effect size and Z calculated for 12 variables out of 14 variables are significant. Also, the largest effect size is related to t self-direction , creativity ,also the smallest effect size is related to mathematical self-efficacy and problem solving . Also, the effect size for all studies in the fixed and random model is at a high level.

The present research had a dual objective: first, to identify the components for organizational Development within the structure of the education system in Iran, and second, to propose a model for organizational transformation in the same context. To this end, a qualitative and interpretive approach was employed using grounded theory methodology. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview protocol. The research field included education specialists, from whom 22 individuals were invited for interviews through snowball sampling until theoretical saturation was reached. The transcripts of the interviews were analyzed after being transcribed into written text, using the three-stage systematic coding model of Strauss and Corbin (open, axial, and selective coding). The findings indicated that the main and effective components in the structural transformation of education encompassed the following 11 axial codes: management style, authority and division of tasks, formality, job satisfaction, professionalism, religious value system, justice, supervision and evaluation, management and planning, human resources, and educational budget. The results of the research showed that, considering the importance of transformation in the structure of the education system and the various problems and obstacles identified by education elites regarding structural transformation, attention should be paid to the aforementioned identified components and the proposed model of the research to facilitate change