Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 ssistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba’i
2 MA in Educational Management, Department of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba’i University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze of the challenges and solutions
regarding conversion of Allameh Tabataba’i University student
dormitories into small learning communities. This piece of research has
been carried out by means of mixed research methods of exploration and
development of tools both qualitatively and quantitatively. Respondents
in the qualitative section include 25 faculty members, dormitory
administrators and dormitory students who have been interviewed using
the purposive sampling method and the snowball method. Moreover, in
the quantitative phase, the statistical population consists of the 3150
students living in dormitories at Allameh Tabataba’i University out of
whom 340 students were identified and studied using the stratified
random sampling method. In order to collect the quantitative data, two
researcher-developed questionnaires of challenges and solutions designed
at the qualitative phase were applied the reliability of which were put at
87% and 96% respectively through calculation of the Cronbach’s alpha.
Theoretical foundations, previous research as well as qualitative findings
of this study indicate that the challenges of changing student dormitories
into small learning communities and their corresponding solutions include
four axes: a) structural and management, b) cultural and social, c)
scientific-professional and d) intrapersonal. In the quantitative study, the results indicate that the respondents have confirmed all the challenges and
solutions identified in the qualitative study based on the above topics. In
addition, the results show that there is no significant difference between
respondents' views on the challenges and solutions associated with the
conversion of Allameh Tabataba’i University student dormitories to small
learning communities by dormitory, gender and educational level.
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