Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki

Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki
File:Dr Shabani Varaki.jpg File:Dr Shabani Varaki.jpg
Born	(1966-06-13) June 13, 1966 Savadkooh
🏡 Residence	Mashhad
🏳️ Nationality	Iranian
💼 Occupation
Known for	Theory of Para-quantitative educational research methodology
🌐 Website	www.bshabani.profcms.um.ac.ir

Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki (in Persian; بختیار شعبانی ورکی) is a Professor of Philosophy of Education at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. He developed the Theory of Para-quantitative in educational research methodology inspired by Václav Polák's operation logic system. His research interests are in philosophy of education, educational research, methodology and neuro-phenomenology of education. He is the coordinator of the Philosophy of Education Division and has served as editor of the journal Foundations of Education since 2003.

Education

Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, a Master of Arts degree and a PhD in Philosophy of Education from Tarbiat Modares University, and did his post-doctoral research at the College of Education at Michigan State University

Work

Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki has been a professor in the Department of Education at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad since 1997. In 1999, he founded the journal Foundations of Education and he serves as consulting editor of the Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (EEPAT). He helped to establish the Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education in 1998, and he was one of the founders, and since 2012, a director of the Philosophy of Education Society of Iran (PESI). He was also the chair of the Department of Education, Deputy Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and vice president for research and technology at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

Invited speaker

• Glocalization of Higher Education: Rethinking in universalism vs. Particularism (Faculty of Education, University of Warsaw, March 19, 2015)
• Divergent Paradigm and Pushmi-Pullyu research method: Does mixing method make sense? (Faculty of Education, University of Warsaw, March 23, 2015)

Publications

Books in Persian

1. Shabani Varaki, B. (2006). The Logic of Educational and Social Research: a New Orientation. Mashhad: Behnashr.

Selected Papers

1. Shabani Varaki, B., Floden, R. E., & Javidi Kalatehjafarabadi, T. (2015). Para-quantitative Methodology: Reclaiming experimentalism in educational research. Open Review of Educational Research, 2(1), 26–41. http://doi.org/10.1080/23265507.2014.986189
2. Varaki, B. S., & Earl, L. (2006). Math Modeling in Educational Research: An Approach to Methodological Fallacies. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 31(2). http://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2006v31n2.3
3. Varaki, B. S. (2006). A Reflection on Three Web-Based Teaching Critical Thinking: Toward A Compromise Approach. Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Dergisi, 001–015. http://doi.org/10.1501/Egifak_0000000133
4. Varaki, B. S., & Earl, L. (2005). Epistemic fallacy in educational research. Masalah Pendidikan, 28, 279–288.
5. Varaki, B. S. (2003). Epistemological beliefs and leadership style among school principals. International Education Journal, 4(3), 224–231.

Conference Papers

1. De-Schooling Society Vs. Re-Schooling Society: An Approach to School Improvement in Iran. (2009). Presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Vancouver, BC. Canada.
2. From teaching to learning in higher education: towards an alternative approach. (2008). Presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Gothenburg, Sweden.
3. Pragmatic view vs. paradigmatic view in educational research methodology: Acritical approach to mixed method. (2007). Presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, University of Ghent, Belgium.
4. Approximate reasoning and rule based knowledge: toward a compromise in educational research. (2006). Presented at the Social sciences methodology conference, University of Sydney, Australia.
5. The Impact of Religious Education on Epistemological Beliefs: Comparative Study of the Japanese & Iranian Students Epistemological Beliefs. (2006). Presented at the International conference on Education, Isfahan, Iran.
6. A critical view to the web-based design for teaching critical thinking. (2005). Presented at the 34th annual the philosophy of education society of Australia conference, Hong Kong.
7. Comparing critical thinking of nursing students studying in different years of the baccalaureate program. (2004). Presented at the Edinburgh international conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.
8. Methodological theory and educational research: a critical approach. (2004). Presented at the European conference on educational research (ECER), Crete, Greece.
9. Qualitative method and paramathematics: toward a compromise in educational research. (2004). Presented at the International network of philosophers of education: 9th biennial conference, Madrid, Spain.
10. Constructivism and e-learning: complexity, possibilities and limitations. (2003). Presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, London, UK.

Workshops

1. Models of Teaching, Approved by Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education (IRPHE), Participants were Faculty members of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Birjand University.
2. Research methodology, Approved by Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education (IRPHE), Participants were Faculty members of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, University of Birjand and Gonabad University.

External links

• Homepage on Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
• ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
• Homepage on ResearchGate
• Homepage on Academia.edu

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