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        1 - A Survey on the Influence of Museum Experience on Intercultural Competence with Structural Equation Approach (Case Study for Iranian and Afghan students))
        leila kalantari hassanali pourmand Reza Afhami
        Achieving social acceptance and respect for cultural diversity, requires recognition and awareness of attitudes and behavioral discrepancies among individuals in multicultural societies. The university atmosphere, as an important educational center that attracts persons More
        Achieving social acceptance and respect for cultural diversity, requires recognition and awareness of attitudes and behavioral discrepancies among individuals in multicultural societies. The university atmosphere, as an important educational center that attracts persons with different intellectual and cultural background, plays a significant role in presenting such awareness to the students. Furthermore, given the change in function and outlook of museums in recent century and their focus on social, educational issues, and public interest and needs, the impact of museums on raising such awareness is substantial. This article aims to evaluate the impact of museum experience on intercultural competence of Iranian-Afghan students in academic atmosphere. The conceptual framework is designed based on Deardorff Intercultural Competence Model. This developmental survey was done using questionnaire and holding an exhibition in form of museum experience among Iranian-Afghan students in Kharazmi University. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to analyze the data. Our findings show that raising awareness through museum experience has a considerable impact on intercultural competence. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Explaining the Physical Components of the Landscape of Historical Gardens among the Women Who Refer to Them (With the Approach of Improving the Quality of Landscape Healing) (Case study: Historical gardens of Shiraz)
        mozhdeh mokhtari mansour yeganeh Reza Afhami
            Historical gardens, as a healing landscape as a platform that influences the culture and the body, soul and mind of users, especially women, should provide a basis for peace of mind and culture of users with their surroundings. Provide a healing purpo More
            Historical gardens, as a healing landscape as a platform that influences the culture and the body, soul and mind of users, especially women, should provide a basis for peace of mind and culture of users with their surroundings. Provide a healing purpose. In this regard, in this article, the main purpose of evaluating the effects of the physical components of historic gardens on the healing quality of women's landscape. This article, according to the method, is descriptive-analytical and is applied based on the purpose. The method of data collection in this study is documentary and survey with a questionnaire and data analysis was performed using factor analysis and multivariate regression test in SPSS and structural equation modeling in Amos environment. The statistical population included women referring to the historical gardens of Eram, Delgosha, Takht, Khalili, Jahannama, Narenjestan Ghavam, Karim Khan citadel, Bagh-e Nazar, Haft Tanan and Jannat, with a sample size of 180 people. Findings from confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling also showed that 73.4% of the changes in the quality of landscape healing of women are affected by factor loads related to the physical components of historic gardens, according to which the quality of landscape healing In historical gardens, solutions such as culture building; Prevent the creation of abandoned spaces in study gardens; Not to build long routes in such a way that no other route interferes with it; Allocating special spaces to women in study gardens; Allocation of spaces is provided only for the use of women and …  Manuscript profile