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:: Volume 12, Issue 4 (12-2023) ::
MEO 2023, 12(4): 221-242 Back to browse issues page
Measuring the Social Accountability of Elementary Schools in Urmia
Salim Balouch * , Mohammad Hassani , Behnaz Mohajeran
Urmia University
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The aim of this research was to to Measuring social accountability of elementary schools in Urmia. The study is a cross-sectional survey based on the applied purpose and from the perspective of data collection. The statistical population of the study was all 2329 elementary school teachers in Urmia who were selected as a statistical sample using one-stage cluster sampling and Morgan table. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. For the content validity of the questionnaire, the opinions of professors in the field of educational sciences were used and the validity of the questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.95. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling using SPSS28 and PLS3 software were used to analyze the data.The results showed that the social accountability of elementary schools has six components: the consequences of social accountability, the culture of society and schools, moral school and citizenship awareness, the school's attention to the needs of society and the demands of the people, the rules of social accountability of schools and the welfare of society and teachers. May these components be at a desirable level in elementary schools in Urmia. The ranking of social accountability components of elementary schools in Urmia is different and the component of social accountability consequences has the highest rank and the component of welfare status of society and teachers has the lowest rank.
 
Article number: 9
Keywords: Social Accountability, Elementary Schools, Urmia
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: managing education in education
Received: 2023/08/20 | Accepted: 2023/12/6 | Published: 2024/03/13
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