Exploring Barriers to Science Production from the Viewpoint of Shahid Beheshti University Faculty Members

Subject Areas : Education

A. نوروزی ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری توسعه آموزش عالی، دانشگاه مازندران)
M. ابوالقاسمی ² (استادیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی)
M. GH ³ (دانشیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان‌شناسی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی)

Received: 2015-07-25 Accepted : 2015-07-25 Published : 2015-08-23

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.