Investigating the Consequences of Alignment School with the Approach of the Fundamental Transformation Document

Abstract

Purpose: Alignment school can play an effective role in the effectiveness of the education system and the growth and development of society. As a result, the aim of present study was investigate the consequences of alignment school with the approach of fundamental transformation document.Methodology: The present study was a combination (qualitative and quantitative). The community in the qualitative section was principals, officials and experts in education and leading schools such as Saleh, Pajuhesh and Sabz in Tehran city, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation 20 people were selected by purposive sampling method as a sample. The community in the quantitative section was principals and deputies of high schools in Tehran city in the academic years 2020-21, which according to the Cochran's formula 291 people were selected by multistep cluster sampling method as a sample. The research instrument in the qualitative section was a semi-structured interview, which its validity was confirmed by the triangulation method and its reliability was obtained by the agreement coefficient method between the two coders 0.86. Also, the research instrument in the quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire, which its content validity was confirmed by experts opinion and its reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method 0.97. Data were analyzed by methods of coding in MAXQDA software and exploratory factor analysis in SPSS software.Findings: The results of coding showed that the consequences of alignment school with the approach of fundamental transformation document had 31 indicators in two dimensions of empowering school (with three components of effective education, efficient culture and monitoring system) and self-directed learning (with two components of awareness and learning strategies). Also, the results of exploratory factor analysis indicated a factor load higher than 0.40 for all items and the existence of mentioned two dimensions and five components. In addition, the model had a good fit and all items have significant effect on related components (P<0.05).Conclusion: According to the obtained results, in order to improve the condition of schools and to promote the alignment schools, it is possible to take action by improving the empowering school and self-directed learning according to the identified components for them.