An investigation of the effective factors in increasing the quality of instruction in technical schools workshops from the view point of students and teachers

Abstract

The current survey investigates the effective factors on increasing educational quality (educational, research, welfare, environmental and management factors) in technical high school workshops from the viewpoint of teachers and students in the academic year of 2009-2010. The research method was descriptive survey and the statistical sample consisted of 244 people who were selected out of 3508 statistical population, using random clustered sampling and considering the number of population. The research instrument was a researcher made questionnaire using 5-scale Lickert with 47 statements. Validity of the questionnaire was verified by specialists and also a number of participants. The reliability of the questionnaire proved to be 0.97 using Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. Both descriptive (percentage, distribution, standard deviation and mean) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, Hotelling t2 distribution, F test and LSD test) were used for analyzing the data. Analysis of the data indicated that all of the factors; educational, environmental, research, management and welfare playa more than average role in the promotion of educational quality. In addition, there was a significant difference among students’ viewpoints regarding the place of their technical high school and field of study. No meaningful difference was seen among the viewpoints of students and teachers regarding other dimensions