the role of effective social factors in shaping racial and national identity ofteachers

the present article employs sociological, socio-psychological and anthropological theories design a theoretical framework and model with due regard to theoretical viewpoints and experimental resources and proposes hypotheses on the basis of them. the integrative research method includes a survey and historical study. the population includes 404 teachers related to 6 tribal groups: curd, fars, turk, arab, lor, and balouch residing in karaj. the results show similarities among tribal and national identities. tribal groups differ significantly in terms of formation national and tribal identity. also, the results indicate that national identity tendency is stronger than the tribal one; however, it doesn’t mean that tribal identity is weak among tribal groups. the results show that extended variables of relations, use of mass media, age and cultural capital directly and positively affect the formation tribal and national identity. as relative deprivation feeling increased in subject formation of tribal and national identity decreased. all in all, the above five variables account for about 25% of changes in national identity tendency among the subjects.