Environmental variables, with emphasis on improving the quality of learning in educational spaces

Physical factors of schools are one of important subjects in improving the quality of students' education and learning. Inappropriate environmental conditions in schools and lack of coordination with the surrounding environment, causes more attention to environmental comfort. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the environmental standards of comfort and presenting strategies for improving the quality of schools framework based on students' learning. The survey research method was used and the studied population are two groups. The first group is expert architectures and psychologist of Tehran Universities; and the second group is chosen from art high schools teachers in Zahedan city in the academic year of 2015-2016. Expert group who were interviewed, including 12 people (By Delfi1 Method) and the second group consisted of 310 subjects. The researchers extracted effective variables through library investigations and interviews with professors and professionals. In the next stage, the obtained variables were analyzed and after confirming the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, it was used to assess the sample’s point of view. The SPSS analysis shows that main factors respectively as: usage of natural light, , reduce noise pollution, temperature control, appropriate windows and air are the most important factors affecting the environmental comfort in learning spaces and they affects the quality of students' learning. In previous researches researchers mainly consider the effect of light, temperature, noise and air condition. In some cases they consider the effect of one of the factors on learning; and it was the criteria for evaluating the students’ score. But in this research the researchers evaluate the effects of five environmental factor on learning.  Finally, the research findings have been formulated as the design principles of schools in order to enhance users’ learning

Standardization, validation and reliability scale evaluation of happiness among students

Background and Objectives: Happiness is the highest level of positive emotion. Happiness is neurologically activated by a rapid decrease in nerve firing rate. Getting rid of physical pain, getting rid of worries, solving difficult problems, and winning an anxiety-provoking competition are examples of a pattern of reduced neurological arousal of happiness. Avoiding stressors and avoiding accelerating change is not possible. In such a situation, people can prepare themselves to effectively deal with stressful life situations that have already provided the possibility of well-being, mental and physical health. Therefore, recognizing the factors that lead to the well-being and mental health of individuals is of particular importance. Since the main purpose of mental well-being is to help all people achieve a fuller, happier life and to prevent mood, emotional and behavioral disorders, prevention of mental illness in order to create a healthy society is one of the main tasks of educational systems. Happiness is one of the most important and influential variables in human life. Happiness is a kind of meaning of life or one of its givers. The effect of happiness on life satisfaction is significant. The purpose of this study is to rebuild, validate, and standardize of the Argyle, Martin, and Crass land’s Oxford happiness scale (OHI). The scale consists of 29 items in terms of five areas of life satisfaction, self-esteem, well-being, mind satisfaction, and positive mood that have been made available to the participants. Methods: The research method is descriptive-survey based on R factor analysis. The statistical population of the study was 200 students of architecture in four universities in Tehran, selected by simple random sampling method. Findings: The results of this study indicate that in the Oxford happiness scale, argyle has five factors; self-respect, life satisfaction, mind satisfaction, well-being and positive mood, while in this study, the factors of hope, life satisfaction, well-being, positive mood and aesthetic sense have come to light and there are two differences: “the aesthetic sense” that is unique to the field of architecture and “the hope” is specific to for Iranian. Conclusion: Finally, a comparative study of research in Oxford questionnaire between 1999 and 2007 was conducted with a 95% and 96% fitness index ratio in 2019.   ===================================================================================== COPYRIGHTS  ©2020 The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.  ====================================================================================

Promoting Process of Technical and Vocational Education in Iran

Background and Objective:Vocational technical education plays an important role in developing productive employment, improving the business environment, making the best use of opportunities and increasing efficiency in the community economy. Therefore, after acquiring specialized knowledge and skills in various fields, people can work in suitable jobs and as an entrepreneur meet the main needs of the country in the priority of expanding training and technical skills. One of the most important parts of any country's education system is the program of the vocational technical education system. Paying attention to it is one of the basic policies of the countries for training efficient human resources at the pre-university level. On the other hand, the important role of technical and vocational education in achieving economic, social and individual goals is not far from the scope of research. Since the late establishment of training organizations of interns and expert specialists in the country's technical and vocational fields, it has become necessary to indicative this issue as the main need of the developing society of Iran. Therefore, by assessing the need for professional technical community in the country, and to provide efficient manpower, the present situation has been addressed. Taking into account the factors consistent with strategic goals and international engagements (such as ISESCO & UNEVOC in the United Nations), it is necessary to develop to improve the current situation. Methods: The methodology of this research is to investigate the professional technical education ability in Iran and to collect documents related to the goals and activities of strategy originators and implementers; to explain the amount of attention and sensitivity of the researches conducted during recent years. The research tool has analyzed in development of vocational education. Findings:The research achievement is a suitable way to improve the process of professional technical education in Iran. The most important factors of efficiency include attention to the Attraction and employment status by 21%, the necessity to change the education system by 13% and finaly; the teaching-learning process by 8.5%, were alongside with other factors. Conclusion: A review of the research process related to technical and vocational training during the years 2009 to 2017 in recent years shows that the research priorities based on the current conditions of the technical and vocational community, respectively, are: providing solutions, input and output factors, comparative studies, the need to review and transform the modeling with global goals, review the employment status and student recruitment, students' personality traits, provide a standard model of performance appraisal, educational environment, review of technical and professional books, trends Students, internal variables affecting performance, examining students' tendency to technical-vocational education and finally barriers to the development of technical-vocational education.   ===================================================================================== COPYRIGHTS  ©2019 The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.  ====================================================================================

Integrity in Training the Concepts of Technical Courses in Architecture Field

The Modern Architectural Monuments needs solidity (resistibility or Stability); fortunately (firmness or Durability); value ability (beatify or Permanency) for their sustainability. In all of five Architectural creation components; as: Form and mien, Technology and construction, environment and Function, Concept and aim; just the missed chain link in Architecture training program is the Unity and Integrity action component that would be solve real design by having the solidity, sufficiency, modality, vernacularism, with aesthetic direction requirements. In the other hand, Using the Conceptual, Formal, Skills, Technical and flexibility in Architectural design isn’t sufficient for an Architecture Monument. Thus we must use all of mention that has discussed at above in the integral and unique management manner stage that would be guide and supervised. In this paper by site work questions and traditional manner investigation, has tried to show the effect of role of unique and compatible training as the Main component of permanent Architecture. By this investigation would be lead us to all of these themes: Technique, Mien, Sufficiency and Theorize that must be contemporaneous with Unity and Compatibility for new creation of modern Architecture in this epoch