Investigating the observance of educational justice in Iranian universities: From students’ viewpoints
نویسندگان
1 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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3 Department of Educational Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
4 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Educational justice is one of the fundamental dimensions of social justice, and theprogress of each society depends on its realization. Since students are engaged in the educationalprocess, recognizing their viewpoints can provide useful guidance to correct existing problems. Thepurpose of this study is to investigate the observance of educational justice from the viewpoint ofmedical students in southeastern Iran.METHODOLOGY: This cross‑sectional study was carried out on 200 students of Zahedan Universityof Medical Sciences, southeastern Iran, in 2017 by stratified sampling. The tool for measuringorganizational justice was a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed bycontent validity method, and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha (0.8). Descriptivestatistics (frequency and percentage), Chi‑square test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) test wereused to analyze data.RESULTS: The mean age of students was 21.7 ± 2.91 years. Fifty percent of students assessedthe educational justice as good to excellent, and based on a general score, educational justice wasobserved in 73.2% of cases. The one‑way ANOVA showed a significant difference between the scoresof educational justice from the viewpoints of students in different faculties of Zahedan University ofMedical Sciences (P < 0.001).CONCLUSION: According to the results, students’ needs for achieving educational justice havebeen identified in this study. This study can provide useful guidance to correct existing problems andhelp policymakers in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences to achieve a full educational justice.
