Assessing the effects of the two educational intervention methods (lecture & Goldfish bowl) on Students’ attitude & knowledge regarding communication skills in 2015.

Farzad Bokaie Jazi¹ Ahmad Homayon² Shiva Hosseini Foladi³

1) Free Institute of Higher Education of Borhan,Isfahan,Iran
2) Free Institute of Higher Education of Borhan,Isfahan,Iran
3) Medical University of Isfahan(MUI),Isfahan,Iran

IOI Code : XYAC-ZCBHZ
Publication : 3rd.International Conference on Modern Research’s in Management,Economics & Accounting(3meaconf.com)
Abstract :
    Students or staffs should try promoting their knowledge in communication skill. So The main aim of this study is Assessing the effects of the educational intervention (lecture & Goldfish bowl) on Students’ attitude & knowledge regarding communication skills in Free Institute of Higher Education of Borhan on 2015.This is an semi experimental interventional research. The samples include total 20 students of MBA management in 2015. They selected with Census sampling. The educational program were done in two groups. (10 students) and educated by lecture and Goldfish bowl Model about communication skills. To collect data use triploid questionnaire including demographic information, knowledge & attitude by the research units in the two pre-test & post test (4 week after education ) completed , has been used. The data were analyzed by SPSS17 computer software. For analysis of data use statistical test includes: Mann-whiney u and chi-square and Wilcox on-signed rank. The results of research showed that knowledge of this Students before & after training in two groups (lecture & Goldfish bowl) significant differences existed (p<0/05 ) and after education, the result showed positive correlation between increase attitude & knowledge in group discussion & lecture. The result of this study showed that both methods increase the level of attitude & knowledge of communication skills (p<0/05). Discussion group method is a way for activate student and increase of deep thinking skills, and can stabilize learning in mind. In this research, the level of learning in MBA students after group discussion is significantly more effective than lecture method. Therefore this way advice to teachers and planning education must be done more research about this method. Keyword: education methods, lecture, Goldfish bowl Model, communication skills, Students

Keywords : education methods lecture goldfish bowl model communication skills students