Identify and rank the dimensions and components of systemic thinking of education managers
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Shabnam Malekshahi
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(PhD Student in Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran
Official Secretary of Education, Lecturer at Payame Noor Alborz University)
ramezan jahanian
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(Identify and rank the dimensions and components of systemic thinking of education managers)
Mahtab Salimi
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(Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran)
Zahra Lebady
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(Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran)
Keywords: Systematic Thinking, dimensions and components, Education directors,
Abstract :
Introduction: The purpose of study was to identify and rank the dimensions and components of systemic thinking of education managers.research methodology: This research was mixed in terms of purpose, application and data type and the research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population, in the qualitative part, 20 academic specialists and educational experts, by purposeful sampling method, based on the principle of saturation, and in the quantitative part, 4115 managers and deputies of the General Administration and the four districts of education and schools of Alborz province Formed. The sample size with Cochran's formula, 351 people, were selected by simple random sampling method. Academic, educational management specialists and confirmatory factor analysis were performed and their reliability was determined to be 0.984 using Cronbach's alpha.Data analysis was used to determine and prioritize dimensions and components using structural equations, heuristic and confirmatory factor analysis, second-order confirmatory factor analysis, and SPSS and AMOS software.Findings: The results showed that the dimensions and components of systems thinking of education managers had 5 dimensions of personality traits, managerial knowledge, leadership, human resource management, skills and ability of philosophical thinking and 93 components.Conclusion: It seems that the proposed dimensions and components have the necessary qualitative and quantitative validity theoretically and can be used as a framework and basis for systemic thinking of the country's education managers.
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