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The purpose of this research was to study the peer-review process for articles in Iran's accredited scientific journals. The study considered the types of refereeing currently practised, the decision-making methods and criteria for acceptance of articles, the major decision makers, and the current norms in the peer-review process. The method used was a survey, and the data-collecting tool was a questionnaire. The statistical population of this research included 245 scientific journals. The results of the study show that, currently, the predominant type of refereeing for articles submitted to these journals is ‘double blind’ and the prevailing method of informing authors about the results of manuscript evaluation is ‘commenting on the manuscript after refereeing it and after consideration in an editorial board meeting.’ The findings also indicate that two criteria—‘Originality and creativity of the research’ and ‘Being within the journal's scope’—play the most important role in article acceptance. Of the five main parties cooperating in the peer-review process for these journals, the editorial board plays the most fundamental role.

Introduction: The main purpose of this research is investigating the attitude of educational managers toward Pluralistic Curriculum. Methodology: To achieve this goal, the research method combined with the exploratory approach is used. The research method was the grand theory in the qualitative section, and survey in the quantitative part. Based on purposeful sampling, 30 school principals who were expert in this area, selected and were interviewed using the in-depth interview method. The interview continued until the theoretical saturation point. In the quantitative part, according to the results obtained from the previous studies the target group interviews, a questionnaire prepared by the researcher and used. In the qualitative section, the acquisition of credibility, through believability, transferability and verifiability were achieved. In the coding processes to increase the trust two encoders were used. Three types of open, axial and selective coding were used in the method of data analysis in the qualitative section. The factor analysis and Friedman test were also used in the quantitative part. Findings: The result of the research revealed that from the viewpoint of educational managers, the pluralistic curriculum has five components, including racial and ethnic inequality, linguistic diversity, gender inequality, social inequality, and religious diversity. Conclusion: The dimensions of the pluralistic curriculum in comparison with the existing situation that, consisting of two components including racial and ethnic inequality and gender inequality, has five components, including racial and ethnic inequality, linguistic plurality, gender inequality, social inequality, and the Religious diversity.

Purpose: Nowadays, participation and involvement have attracted serious consideration in all aspects of life, schools of thought, and religions. This issue is more intensely emphasized in education and parental involvement in school curriculum due to their knowledge of the interests and needs of their kids. Methods: the comments and ideas of curriculum experts were collected and analyzed through Delphi technique in order to conduct the present study and determine the significance of parental involvement and its components in the design and implementation of curriculum. Sampling was done using snowball technique and its volume was determined through saturation law. Findings: The main findings and components of this research include the necessity of parental involvement as an essential source of information. Conclusion: parental involvement as an essential requirement of today’s education, recognizing strong and weak points of the plan, providing necessary context for the participation of involved individuals and components, empowering curricula, realizing Islamic teachings and social customs, involvement as a social necessity, more precise and effective recognition of social norms, recognizing natural situations and necessary equipment, creating optima conditions for training an enlightened generation, removing the defects of involvement-free education, and establishing more cooperation among administrators and recovers of educational services.