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Ramezanzadeh, Akram; Zareian, Gholamreza; Adel, Seyyed Mohammad Reza; Ramezanzadeh, Ramin – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
This study probed the conceptualization of (in)authenticity in teaching and the way it could be enacted in pedagogical practices. The participants were a purposive sample of 20 Iranian university teachers. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, field notes, and observation. The collected data were analyzed through the lens of hermeneutic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Interviews, Field Studies
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Tajik, Leila; Pakzad, Kazem – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Researchers in the present study planned a reflective teacher education course and documented the contribution of such a course to improving teachers' reflectivity. Five English teachers took part in the reflective teacher education course designed by the researchers. To record how the course could help improve reflective teaching, researchers…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Mobaraki, Mohsen; Nazarloo, Saber Atash; Toosheh, Elaheh – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
In the educational system of Iran, in which English is a foreign language, the duration of primary school is six years. After that, these English as a foreign language students enter high school and start to learn English during an additional six-year period. In years seven and eight, English textbooks are embossed in alphabetic English braille;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Braille, Second Language Learning
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Attari, Mohammad Ali; Asgary, Sedigheh; Shahrokhi, Shahnaz; Naderi, Gholam Ali; Shariatirad, Schwann – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2012
The prevalence of drug abuse has been reported to be up to 17.0% in Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of two frequently abused substances--cannabis and opium--in samples of the young population in Isfahan, Iran. In a survey done from January 2005 to December 2006, 537 individuals aged 13-20 years were recruited using a…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Physical Examinations, Incidence, Drug Abuse
Atai, Mahmood Reza; Shoja, Leila – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
Even though English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) courses constitute a significant part of the Iranian university curriculum, curriculum developers have generally developed the programs based on intuition. This study assessed the present and target situation academic language needs of undergraduate students of computer engineering. To this…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2006
In their study in 1990, Clark and Isaacs identified five properties and seven defining features that distinguished between English ostensible and genuine invitations. To see if Persian ostensible and genuine invitations could be distinguished by the same features and properties, the present study was carried out. 45 field workers observed and…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Undergraduate Students, Data Analysis, Friendship