Identifying and Prioritizing the Possibilities in Developing the Cognitive Approach of Primary Education

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atena  masnabadi ¹ (Ph.D. student in Education Philosophy, Azad University, Lamed Branch.Iran)
S.Ahmad  Hashemi ² (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Lamerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lamerd, Iran)
Abbas  Gholtash ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Marvdasht Unit, Islamic Azad University of Marvdasht, Marvdasht, Iran)
Alireza  Chenari ⁴ (Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Roodehen, Roodehen, Iran)

Received: 2022-09-08 Accepted : 2022-09-15 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Primary Schools, Educational System, primary education, cognitive approach development,

Abstract :

Abstract The main purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the possibilities of developing a cognitive approach in primary education. This research has been done in terms of applied purpose and in terms the experimental method. The statistical population consists of school principals in Tehran province. The statistical population was about 3384 people, the sample size according to the Morgan table is 367 people and a multi-stage cluster sampling method was used. After collecting the questionnaires, 348 questionnaires were collected. In general, SPSS22 and LISREL software was used for data analysis. In order to analyze the data and in order to develop the cognitive approach in elementary education, the results showed that the highest average rank (4.88) belongs to emotional intelligence, which means that the most important factor in development It is the cognitive approach. We also used GOF in order to develop the cognitive approach in elementary education after the goodness index of the model, indicating a very strong overall fit of the overall research model. Also, the appropriateness of the pattern of development of the cognitive approach in primary education showed that based on the research done and the existing theoretical foundations, the suitability of the found pattern is approved.