An Investigation on Education Planning and Its Impact on National and Regional Development

Education, especially at the basic level, is strongly and significantly considered as a substantially king-size key to the attainment of national and, in its broad sense, regional development. It empowers people, strengthens nations and promotes economic growth, national productivity and innovation, and also values of democracy and social cohesion. Investment in education benefits not only the individual and society but also the world as a whole. It has a direct and proven impact on the goals related reproductive health and also environmental sustainability. Broad-based education of good quality is among the most powerful instruments known to reduce poverty and inequality. With proven benefits for personal health, it also strengthens nations’ economic health by laying the foundation for sustained economic growth. For individuals and nations, it is key to creating, applying and spreading knowledge __ and thus to the development of dynamic, globally competitive economies. And it is fundamental for the construction of democratic societies. Keywords: education, national and regional development, economy, societ

Analysis on the Role of Education in Economic Development

Education  in every sense  is one of the  fundamental  factors of development. No country can achieve sustainable  economic development without substantial  investment  in  human capital. Education enriches people’s understanding of themselves and world. It improves the quality of  their  lives  and leads  to  broad social  benefits  to  individuals  and society. Education  raises people’s  productivity  and creativity  and promotes  entrepreneurship and technological advances. In addition it plays a very crucial role in securing economic and social progress and improving income distribution. Keywords: Human  Development,  Economic  Growth,  Poverty,  Labor  Productivity, Education, Technology, Trade, Health

Investigating the Relationship between Personality Type and Writing Performance of Iranian EFL Learners

The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between personality type, measured by MBTI questionnaire and writing performance in three different genres: argumentative, descriptive and narrative. A Total number of 60 high–intermediate participants from both genders took part in this study at Pooya Jamae Institute in Tabriz. The Aims of this study were to explore the relationship between personality type and different genres of writing: argumentative, descriptive and narrative. Some Parts of the data were collected by MBTI questionnaire to determine the participants’ personality type. Another part of the data which was the participants’ writing performance was gathered by three different writings administered twice each. The collected data went through proper statistical tests and the results of statistical analysis revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between personality type and argumentative writing performance. Also significant relationship was shown between personality type and descriptive writing performance. But there wasn’t any statistically significant relationship between personality type and narrative writing. Finally the data analysis indicated that gender is not a significant factor in writing performance. Keywords: personality, individual differences, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), second language acquisition