فرشته نظریان

In the present study, which was conducted with the aim of identifying and evaluating the contexts of compliance with the best interests of children in elementary schools in Tehran, a combined approach including both qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The research community investigated in the first stage included all the documents related to the field of children's rights and children's best interests in schools, which include national and international authoritative documents and reports, as well as recent Persian researches from ۱۳۸۰ until now and the latest English researches from ۲۰۰۰ until now. Among these, ۵ documents that were related to the principle of the best interests of children in schools were selected as the research samples. During the first stage, these ۵ documents were thematically analyzed and as a result of this analysis, ۱۴ main themes (including adequate physical care, safe physical environment, favorable emotional atmosphere, etc.) and ۴۰ sub-themes related to children's best interests were obtained for the three levels of home, community and school. The research sample in the second stage consisted of ۳۶ people from the teaching staff of schools, including teachers, assistants and managers, who were working in ۳ districts of Tehran in the academic year of ۱۴۰۱-۱۴۰۲ at the elementary school level. During the second stage, the qualitative approach was conducted and the research sample was interviewed and the information collected from their interviews was analyzed thematically. According to the results of the interview analysis, there are ۴ main themes that include the limitation of attention to the benefits and best interests of children, the confrontation of the best interests of children with other factors, the participation of stakeholders in decision-making and foresight in the best interests of children, along with ۱۶ sub-themes about the state of provision Children's best interests were achieved in schools.In the third stage, a quantitative approach was used. The research sample in the third stage was ۵۲۶ students of the second year of primary education in public and non-government schools for girls and boys from ۳ districts of Tehran, who were given two questionnaires, and a total of ۱۰۵۲ questionnaires from them, were received. The data collected from the questionnaires were statistically analyzed and the results showed that there is a significant difference between the importance students attach to their best interests and the school's attention to their best interests. Also, this difference between public and non-government schools, boy and girl students and ۳ investigated districts was not significant and they had similar opinions. In general, to the extent that students' best interests were important to them, the school did not pay attention to their best interests.