Exploring Barriers to Science Production from the Viewpoint of Shahid Beheshti University Faculty Members
Subject Areas : EducationA. نوروزی 1 , M. ابوالقاسمی 2 , M. GH 3
1 - دانشجوی دکتری توسعه آموزش عالی، دانشگاه مازندران
2 - استادیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی
3 - دانشیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی
Keywords: Science Production, barriers, Academic Staff, Shahid Beheshti University,
Abstract :
The aim of this research was to examine the barriers to science production from the viewpoint of Shahid Beheshti University staff in the academic year 1389-90. The research method was descriptive (survey) and statistical population) 546 professors (included all faculty members at Shahid Beheshti University. A sample of 226 professors was selected through stratified random sampling to participate in the study. Data in this study was collected using a researcher designed questionnaire with 29 items in four components) obstacles( with a reliability of 0.92/6 based on a five rated Likert scale. One-sample T-test and Friedman test results showed that obstacles including cultural-social, communication, educational and personal ones have great impact on the production of science from the faculty viewpoint. Among factors involve, rhetoric without action for attraction and keeping the elite, a lack of coherent and structured relationship between universities and research centers, mere transmission of knowledge rather than promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, predominance of quantity-oriented and lack of sufficient attention to the quality of research activities were located at the top barriers mentioned respectively.