Investigating the Impact of the Healthy School Model with an Educational Management Knowledge Approach on the Learning Style of Secondary School Students in Noor County
Keywords:
Healthy school, educational management knowledge, learning styleAbstract
The primary objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of the healthy school model with an educational management knowledge approach on the learning style of secondary school students in Noor County. This study was fundamental-applied in purpose and employed an exploratory mixed-methods design (qualitative–quantitative). In the qualitative section, the grounded theory method was applied, while in the quantitative section, a descriptive-survey method was used. The statistical population in the qualitative phase included senior managers and education experts in Noor County, totaling 20 individuals. In the quantitative phase, the population consisted of 3,291 students from the second level of general, work-study, and technical-vocational secondary schools. In the qualitative phase, purposeful non-random sampling was employed, and based on the saturation rule, 10 participants were selected. In the quantitative phase, using Cochran’s formula, a stratified random sample of 344 students was chosen. For data collection, a semi-structured interview was used in the qualitative section, and in the quantitative section, a researcher-developed questionnaire on the healthy school model with an educational management knowledge approach (66 items) and the learning style questionnaire by Towler and Dipboye (2003) with 54 items were utilized. In the qualitative section, validity was ensured through expert judgment, and reliability was assessed via test-retest and intra-subject agreement. In the quantitative section, face, content, and construct validity were confirmed, and instrument reliability was evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and composite reliability, both of which demonstrated the instruments’ validity and reliability. For data analysis, theoretical coding (open, axial, and selective) was used in the qualitative phase, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied in the quantitative phase. The findings indicated that the impact of the healthy school model with an educational management knowledge approach on the learning style of secondary school students in Noor County was statistically significant, and the proposed model showed a good fit.
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