Electronic Non Formal Education: A Case Study of Tehran Municipality

Abstract

<span>Considering the emergence of brand-new educational needs, non-formal education <span>as a prerequisite of a knowledge-based society is increasingly going popular among <span>nations in view of its continual nature. However, life-long learning as a key concept <span>of the modern education system stands clearly at odds with traditional learning in <span>every way of philosophy, objectives, strategies and policy-making. This research <span>aims to compare the efficiency of electronic non formal education with that of other <span>types of education for Tehran Municipality employees in 2009.<br /><span>This quasi-experimental study is an instrumental-developmental research based on <span>a pre-test/post-test plan for two groups. The sample of this research consists of (N= <span>114) voluntary people from the permanent employees of municipality. The nonelectronic learning group was provided with a pamphlet on verbal communication <span>and four sessions and the other group trained electronically. The data-gathering <span>instrument was a researcher`s questionnaire. The data gathered was analyzed <span>through both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques using SPSS V.11 <span>software. Findings suggest that both electronic and non-electronic methods have <span>been effective in learning but electronic education would be more effective in <span>citizenship and non formal education. Therefore, the electronic (web-based) method <span>is recommended as an effective method, for designing and delivering some topics of<br /><span>non formal education programs for citizenships.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span>