Social Sciences
Afsaneh Saber garakani; Mahnaz Parmoz; fariba hanifi
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Objective: Curriculum quality plays an important role in academic success and performance. As a result, the aim of this study was investigating the status of evaluation components of curriculum quality in the elementary schools in Tehran city.Method: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in ...
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Objective: Curriculum quality plays an important role in academic success and performance. As a result, the aim of this study was investigating the status of evaluation components of curriculum quality in the elementary schools in Tehran city.Method: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). The population of the qualitative section was the curriculum experts and professors of Tehran city, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 12 people of them were selected by purposive sampling method. The population of the quantitative section was male and female teachers of public elementary schools of Tehran city in the 2021-2022 academic years with number 23593 people, which according to the Krejcie and Morgan table number of 377 people of them were selected by cluster sampling method. The research tools were semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires, which validity of the interviews was confirmed by triangulation method and its reliability was calculated by the coefficient of agreement between two coders 0.83, and the face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the opinion of experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method 0.85. Data were analyzed with open, axial and selective coding methods in MAXQDA software and one-sample t-test in SPSS software.Results: The findings showed that evaluation of curriculum quality in the elementary schools has 108 indicators in 23 components and 6 dimensions were included systematic approach of evaluation of curriculum quality (with 4 components of strategic thinking, generalizability of goals, receiving corrective feedback and facilitating the teaching and learning process), qualitative evaluation of activities ( with 3 components of evaluation of motivational activities, evaluation of practical activities and evaluation of curriculum activities), quality of modern facilities and technologies (with 3 components of cultural and sports facilities, educational facilities and welfare facilities), quality of structural factors (with 4 components of lack of resources and inappropriate distribution, weak foresight, individual and organizational communication and lack of work discipline), quality assessment of curriculum principles (with 4 components of flexibility,
Social Sciences
Elnaz Yousefi Tazeh Kand Qeshlag; Shahram Ranjdoust; mohamad azimi
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Objective: Revolutionary education in Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse with unique characteristics. Since Farhangian University can play a significant role in promoting and encouraging revolutionary Islamic education by training efficient human resources ...
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Objective: Revolutionary education in Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse with unique characteristics. Since Farhangian University can play a significant role in promoting and encouraging revolutionary Islamic education by training efficient human resources and revolutionary teachers, this research aims to compile the characteristics of the target element of the revolutionary education curriculum in Farhangian University and Design to use forward-looking approaches to design and determine features.Method: The research method is combined (content analysis-qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative stage, the research environment was the professors of Farhangian University, among whom 13 people were selected by purposeful, judgmental and non-random sampling. In the quantitative stage, all the professors of Farhangian University were the statistical population, and the questionnaire was distributed among all the professors. And finally, 234 questionnaires were collected and used in the analysis. Data collection tools included semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. To analyze the data in a semi-structured interview using thematic analysis method using MAXQDA10 software and to validate the presented model using the structural equation model method using SPSS software and AMOS software.Results: The findings indicate that in the presented model, the characteristics of the goal element of the revolutionary education and training curriculum of Farhangian University with a forward-looking approach can be presented in three emotional, cognitive and skill/functional dimensions and thirteen components. The conclusion from the findings of the research is that the central component of the goal element is a visible change in the behavior and attitude of learners, and it is expected that in the future, the characteristics of the goal element will be based on the physical and mental improvement of people. and try to see a visible change in their behavior.Conclusion: The results can help experts, officials, managers and planners in designing and implementing programs to improve the curriculum goals of the educational system.
Psychology
Hamideh Mirshamsi; Naser Mohammadi Ahmad Abadi; Afsaneh Alizadeh Asli
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Objective: Identifying play-based curriculum elements in the preschool period helps to improve these programs. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory.Method: The present study ...
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Objective: Identifying play-based curriculum elements in the preschool period helps to improve these programs. As a result, the aim of this study was to identifying the dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory.Method: The present study in terms of purpose was applied research and in terms of the implementation method was a qualitative research. The research population was expert faculty members familiar with the research field, who were selected by purposeful and snowball sampling methods until reaching theoretical saturation, i.e. 6 people. The tool of this study was a semi-structured interview with experts, which its validity was estimated based on the selection of a purposeful sample and information richness, and its reliability was estimated with using the Holsti coefficient method 0.71. The data of the present study were analyzed by thematic analysis method in Maxqda software.Results: According to the findings of the present research, the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory has 68 components in 9 dimensions of curriculum desirable goals, curriculum suitable content, suitable teaching materials, suitable learning activities, suitable time, suitable space and time design, suitable learning strategy, suitable grouping and suitable evaluation methods were suitable. Therefore, the pattern of dimensions and components of the play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory was drawn.Conclusion: One of the fields of curriculum improvement in the preschool period is the promotion of play-based curriculum, which for this purpose can be used the identified dimensions and components of play-based curriculum in the preschool period based on the Montessori theory in this study.
Efat Aslani; Reza Vala; Fattah Nazem
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide a model of entrepreneurship-based curriculum in secondary school.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and integrated (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation method. The research population in the qualitative section ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide a model of entrepreneurship-based curriculum in secondary school.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and integrated (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation method. The research population in the qualitative section included experts in the field of entrepreneurship in Alborz province in the academic year 2020-2021, in which 14 people were selected based on theoretical saturation method and purposive sampling. The statistical population of the quantitative section also included all secondary school teachers of Alborz planning and entrepreneurship course in the academic year 2020-21 (266 people). The sample size was determined based on Morgan and Georgian table and 154 people were selected by simple random sampling method. The research tool in the qualitative part was semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the findings of the qualitative part. To validate the qualitative data, a recoding strategy and reliability were obtained with a coding agreement coefficient of 0.86. For quantitative findings, face validity and reliability were obtained by Cronbach's alpha method of 0.82. For data analysis, in the qualitative part, the content analysis method was used with Maxquda18 software and in the quantitative part with exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling with Smart Pls3 software.Findings: The findings of the qualitative section showed that there are 56 sub-themes and 5 main themes (entrepreneurial knowledge, entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial ability) for the entrepreneurship curriculum. The results of exploratory factor analysis also showed that the first factor, ie the creation of entrepreneurial knowledge explains 6.54 of the total variance, the second factor (entrepreneurial attitude) 7.65%, the third factor (entrepreneurial skills) 12.76% and the fourth factor (entrepreneurial ability) 14.65% explained the total variance of entrepreneurship. The results of structural equation modeling also showed that all identified factors have a significant effect. The GOF criterion also showed that the overall fit of the model was at a desirable level.Conclusion: It can be concluded that a good curriculum should pay attention to the factors of knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities, and curriculum planners should pay more attention to "creating entrepreneurial ability" and "entrepreneurial skills" in designing the entrepreneurship textbook.
Social Sciences
zahra Sadeghloo; Ladan Salimi; Vahid Fallah
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Purpose: Considering the growing use of digital and non-digital games, the purpose of this study was designing a curriculum pattern of education based on non-digital game with a high-scope approach for student teachers.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was applied, in terms of time was ...
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Purpose: Considering the growing use of digital and non-digital games, the purpose of this study was designing a curriculum pattern of education based on non-digital game with a high-scope approach for student teachers.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was applied, in terms of time was cross-sectional and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The study population was the experts and specialists of curriculum and educational games, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 14 people of them with the purposive sampling method were selected as a sample. Data were collected by semi-structured interview and analyzed by coding analysis method in MAXQDA software.Findings: The findings showed that the curriculum pattern of education based on non-digital game with a high-scope approach for student teachers had 79 concepts, 24 subcategories and 11 categories. In this pattern, for curriculum goals were identified 28 concepts, 9 subcategories and 4 categories including child's mental development (with 2 subcategories of improving cognitive skills and mental development), improving child's social and emotional skills (with 2 subcategories of emotional skills and personality and social skills), Improving motivation and readiness (with 2 subcategories of child preparation and child activity) and child's spiritual and cultural development (with 3 subcategories of spiritual growth, cultural growth and general growth and development), for curriculum content were identified 23 concepts, 6 subcategories and 3 categories including cognitive education (with 2 subcategories of academic education and mental skills), social and artistic subjects (with 2 subcategories of social skills and artistic education) and general education and development (with 2 subcategories of general subjects and physical growth), for curriculum teaching and learning methods were identified 18 concepts 5 subcategories and 2 categories including group and active methods (with 3 subcategories of education through games, group education and active methods) and individual and direct methods (with 2 subcategories of artistic method and cognitive method) and for curriculum evaluation were identified 10 concepts, 4 subcategories and 2 categories including passive methods (with 2 subcategories of observation and written methods) and active methods (with 2 subcategories of functional methods and group methods).Conclusion: The results of this study about the curriculum pattern of education based on non-digital game with a high-scope approach for student teachers can be used by curriculum experts and planners of Farhangian University to improve the game-based curriculum.
Psychology
Ziba Nik Mohammadi; Nahid shafiei; Alireza Araghieh
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Purpose: Curriculum plays an important role in the success of educational systems. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the dimensions and components of the heutagogical curriculum of the secondary high school.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was ...
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Purpose: Curriculum plays an important role in the success of educational systems. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the dimensions and components of the heutagogical curriculum of the secondary high school.Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative from type of exploratory. The population of this research was articles related to the research field in the years 2019 to 2023 and experts familiar with the research field and having PhD degrees in the fields of curriculum planning and educational psychology, which numbered of 9 articles and 6 experts were selected according to the principle of theoretical saturation and with targeted and snowball sampling methods. The data was collected by taking notes from articles and semi-structured interviews with experts, which whose content validity was calculated by 5 experts 0.995 and its reliability was calculated by Cohen's kappa coefficient 0.979, and to analyze the data were used from thematic analysis.Findings: The findings from taking notes from articles and semi-structured interviews with experts showed that for the heutagogical curriculum of the secondary high school in the comprehensive theme of the flexibility were identified 8 basic themes in 3 organizing themes including the flexibility in goals, flexibility in programs and flexibility in management, in the comprehensive theme of the goal were identified 8 basic themes in 2 organizing themes including the heutagogical goal setting platform and comprehensiveness in goal setting, in the comprehensive theme of the content were identified 16 basic themes in 4 organizing themes including the extent of, content production, applied content and skill content, in the comprehensive theme of the learner were identified 15 basic themes in the 4 organizing themes including the self-determining recipient, creative cooperative, learner agency and internal motivation, in the comprehensive theme of the facilitation were identified 24 basic themes in 5 organizing themes including the heutagogical class, heutagogical teachers skills, authentic teaching, creating opportunities for students and teaching of heutagogical skills, in the comprehensive theme of educational technology were identified 12 basic themes in 3 organizing themes including the technological class, technological educational tools and social networks, in the comprehensive theme of thinking were identified 8 basic themes in 3 organizing themes including the systemic thinking, critical thinking and group thinking and in the comprehensive theme of evaluation were identified 19 basic themes in 4 organizing themes including the heutagogical assessment, teacher's role in assessment, student's role in assessment and choice in assessment.Conclusion: According to the identified themes from taking notes from articles and semi-structured interviews with experts for the heutagogical curriculum of the secondary high school, to improve the heutagogical curriculum must prepare the ground for the realization of the identified themes.
Social Sciences
Abbas Razaghi; Mostafa Ghaderi; Kambiz Poushaneh; Alireza Assareh
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Purpose: Today, due to the growth of information and communication technology, the importance of using online curriculum has increased. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identifying the elements and indicators and validation of the comprehensive online curriculum pattern.Methodology: This was ...
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Purpose: Today, due to the growth of information and communication technology, the importance of using online curriculum has increased. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identifying the elements and indicators and validation of the comprehensive online curriculum pattern.Methodology: This was an applied study from type of qualitative that was done with the synthesis research method. In the current research, among the researches related to the research area number of 75 cases were selected with a purposeful method and taking notes on them was done in order to achieve a suitable summary about the comprehensive online curriculum pattern. Also, 32 experts were used to check the validation of the mentioned model, which they commented on the importance of each of the 31 questions about the validity of the comprehensive online curriculum pattern. Finally, the data were analyzed by synthesis research and fuzzy Delphi methods.Findings: The findings of synthesis research showed that for the online curriculum was identified 174 indicators in 13 elements including goals (with 10 indicators), student (with 12 indicators), teacher (with 14 indicators), content (with 15 indicators), support (with 12 indicators), grouping (with 17 indicators), presence (with 11 indicators), technology (with 11 indicators), time (with 11 indicators), learning environment (with 12 indicators), interaction (with 23 indicators), materials and resources (with 8 indicators) and evaluation (with 18 indicators). The findings of the fuzzy Delphi in the second round showed that out of 31 questions about the validation of the comprehensive online curriculum pattern the said model had adequate validity.Conclusion: The comprehensive and valid online curriculum pattern of this study can be used by experts and curriculum planners to improve online education.
Fatemeh Zahiri; Maryam Safari; Hosniyeh Godarzi; Aliasghar Bayani
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Purpose: There are many and diverse curricula in the educational organization, and this research was conducted with the aim of designing a curriculum pattern based on the components of aesthetics and art in the period of secondary school.Methodology: The current research in terms of purpose was applied ...
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Purpose: There are many and diverse curricula in the educational organization, and this research was conducted with the aim of designing a curriculum pattern based on the components of aesthetics and art in the period of secondary school.Methodology: The current research in terms of purpose was applied and
seyedeh batoul hoseini; Alireza Sadeghi; Ali Akbar Khosravi Babadi; Mehdi Davaei
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Purpose: The extracurricular curriculum can play an effective role in improving the curriculum. As a result, the aim of this study was to synthesis of the extracurricular curriculum components.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was fundamental and in terms of the implementation method was qualitative ...
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Purpose: The extracurricular curriculum can play an effective role in improving the curriculum. As a result, the aim of this study was to synthesis of the extracurricular curriculum components.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was fundamental and in terms of the implementation method was qualitative from type of synthesis. The research population was 200 articles related to the extracurricular curriculum of 2000-2020, which 113 case of them were selected after the initial review with the purposeful sampling method. The research tool was note-taking of articles related to extracurricular curriculum. The data obtained from note-taking were analyzed by content analysis method.Findings: The findings showed that were identified 53 components for the extracurri
Abdul Wahid Mantegh; Ali Asghar Machinchi; Mokhtar Ranjbar
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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the purpose of providing a quality model of the curriculum in the secondary (first) period of Shiraz city with an emphasis on the virtual approach.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and integrated (qualitative-quantitative) ...
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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the purpose of providing a quality model of the curriculum in the secondary (first) period of Shiraz city with an emphasis on the virtual approach.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and integrated (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation method. In the qualitative part, the participants in the Delphi panel were 20 university experts in the field of curriculum planning in Shiraz, who were selected purposefully. The statistical community in the quantitative part, there were 2953 teachers in the 1st and 2nd districts of Shiraz in the academic year of 2020-21, and based on Cochran's formula, 350 were selected as the sample size by random sampling. The research tools in the qualitative part were interviews and background literature review, and in the quantitative part, the researcher made a questionnaire. Validity of the findings was done with formal validity and reliability using Cronbach's alpha method, which was 0.88. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, Delphi coding and analysis method and in the quantitative part descriptive statistics (percentage, average and standard deviation) with Spss23 software and inferential (structural equations-confirmatory factor analysis) with Lisrel 8.8 software were used. became.Findings: Qualitative findings showed that 6 dimensions (purpose, content, method, planning, evaluation and technology), 19 components and 57 indicators were identified for the curriculum quality model in the first secondary school. Also, the results of the factor analysis showed that the content dimension with factor load (t=20.21 and 0.88), goal (t=18.32 and 0.83), technology (t=0.78 and 11.17), evaluation (75 t=0.72 and 16.72), method (t=0.71 and 15.62) and planning (t=0.68 and 13.92) had the greatest effect on curriculum quality, respectively.Conclusion: Curriculum planners can pay serious attention to the 6 dimensions identified in this research in order to increase the quality of the first secondary curriculum and focus on the content dimension and its compatibility with virtual methods in particular.
Mahnaz Parmoz; Afsaneh Saber garakani; fariba hanifi
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Purpose: Curriculum quality plays an important role in academic success and performance. As a result, the aim of this study was investigating the status of evaluation components of curriculum quality in the elementary schools in Tehran city.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and ...
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Purpose: Curriculum quality plays an important role in academic success and performance. As a result, the aim of this study was investigating the status of evaluation components of curriculum quality in the elementary schools in Tehran city.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). The population of the qualitative section was the curriculum experts and professors of Tehran city, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 12 people of them were selected by purposive sampling method. The population of the quantitative section was male and female teachers of public elementary schools of Tehran city in the 2021-2022 academic years with number 23593 people, which according to the Krejcie and Morgan table number of 377 people of them were selected by cluster sampling method. The research tools were semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires, which validity of the interviews was confirmed by triangulation method and its reliability was calculated by the coefficient of agreement between two coders 0.83, and the face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the opinion of experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method 0.85. Data were analyzed with open, axial and selective coding methods in MAXQDA software and one-sample t-test in SPSS software.Findings: The findings showed that evaluation of curriculum quality in the elementary schools has 108 indicators in 23 components and 6 dimensions were included systematic approach of evaluation of curriculum quality (with 4 components of strategic thinking, generalizability of goals, receiving corrective feedback and facilitating the teaching and learning process), qualitative evaluation of activities ( with 3 components of evaluation of motivational activities, evaluation of practical activities and evaluation of curriculum activities), quality of modern facilities and technologies (with 3 components of cultural and sports facilities, educational facilities and welfare facilities), quality of structural factors (with 4 components of lack of resources and inappropriate distribution, weak foresight, individual and organizational communication and lack of work discipline), quality assessment of curriculum principles (with 4 components of flexibility, curriculum sequence, curriculum usefulness and curriculum comprehensiveness) and quality assessment of curriculum strategic management (with 5 components of improving the appearance of the curriculum, improving the content of the curriculum, coherence of the curriculum, drawing the vision and growth of national-religious identity). Also, the components of strategic thinking, generalizability of goals, facilitating the teaching and learning process, evaluation of motivational activities, evaluation of practical activities and evaluation of curriculum activities, cultural and sports facilities, educational facilities, welfare facilities, lack of resources and inappropriate distribution, weak foresight, individual and organizational communication, flexibility, curriculum sequence, curriculum usefulness, improving the appearance of the curriculum, improving the content of the curriculum, coherence of the curriculum, drawing the vision and growth of national-religious identity were in favorable situation, but the components of receiving corrective feedback, lack of work discipline and curriculum comprehensiveness were in an unfavorable situation (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study have many practical implications for education specialists and planners, and they based on the results of this study, can take an effective step towards improving the evaluation components of curriculum quality, especially the three components of receiving corrective feedback, lack of work discipline and curriculum comprehensiveness.
Social Sciences
Masoumeh Najafi; Soudabeh AzadolMolki; Ashraf Alsadat Hosseini Mirsafi
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Purpose: Considering the importance of information literacy in today's era and the need to include it in the curriculum of students, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing a model and validating of information literacy in the curriculum of senior school students.Methodology: This ...
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Purpose: Considering the importance of information literacy in today's era and the need to include it in the curriculum of students, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing a model and validating of information literacy in the curriculum of senior school students.Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). The research population in the qualitative section was the experts of curriculum and information literacy education of Tehran city in the 2023 year, which number of 16 people of experts (according to the principle of theoretical saturation) were selected as a sample with using the purposeful sampling method. The research population in the quantitative section was the senior school students of Tehran city in the 2022-2023 academic years, which number of 400 people of them were selected as a sample with using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research tools were semi-structured interviews by experts and completion of researcher-made questionnaires by students, which whose psychometric indicators were confirmed. The data were analyzed by coding methods and exploratory factor analysis.Findings: Based on the findings of coding interviews for information literacy in the curriculum of students were identified 40 components in 7 dimensions including information access and retrieval, information evaluation, information organization and combination, information ethical considerations, information communication and sharing, cognitive factors of information literacy learning and motivational factors of information literacy learning. Also, the results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that 13 components could explain 81% and all 40 components could explain 100% of the variance of information literacy in the curriculum of students, the factor loading of all 40 components was above 0.70 and information literacy in the curriculum of students on the 7 dimensions and each dimension on its components had a direct and significant effect (P<0.001). Therefore, the designed model of information literacy in the curriculum of students was valid.Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, in order to improve information literacy in the curriculum of students it is possible to provide the basis for realizing the identified dimensions and components.
Amin Rezaee; Zohreh Saadatmand; Jahanbakhsh Rahmani
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Purpose: One of the main concerns of the current society, which is the foundation for the formation of a healthy and developed society, is the issue of citizenship and education of global citizens. The aim of this study was to develop and identify the components of the content of the curriculum of the ...
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Purpose: One of the main concerns of the current society, which is the foundation for the formation of a healthy and developed society, is the issue of citizenship and education of global citizens. The aim of this study was to develop and identify the components of the content of the curriculum of the elementary course of global citizenship.
Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of implementation method. The statistical population of the present study was 833 articles of all domestic and foreign articles and documents related to the discussion of global citizenship in the period 2010 to 2021. For this purpose, 65 internal and external documents and articles were purposefully reviewed. Library method was used to collect information, and checklist and receipt tools were used. The validity of the study was reviewed and confirmed by experts and the reliability was calculated to be 0.632. This research was conducted by content analysis method in MAXQDA 2018 software.
Findings: Findings showed that regarding the components of curriculum content with a global citizen approach, 31 basic themes, 7 organizing themes and 3 comprehensive themes were identified. Inclusive and organizing themes included knowledge components (global literacy and global concepts), value and attitude components (global perspective, global responsibility and flexibility), and skill components (social skills and cognitive skills).
Conclusion: Considering the comprehensive and organizing themes, it is necessary to pay attention to the global citizen, and education should revise the content of primary school textbooks in order to raise children in order to achieve citizenship content
Arash Khodabakhsh; Hossein Ali Taghipour; Mehran Mokhtari Baye Kalaei
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Purpose: In our country, most universities are in the first generation and a limited number of them are in the second generation, and the third and fourth generations of universities in Iran have not been seriously considered yet. Accordingly, many graduates do not succeed in the market due to lack of ...
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Purpose: In our country, most universities are in the first generation and a limited number of them are in the second generation, and the third and fourth generations of universities in Iran have not been seriously considered yet. Accordingly, many graduates do not succeed in the market due to lack of entrepreneurial skills. Therefore, it is essential that the university, as the source of all changes in society, be at the forefront of the entrepreneurial process, and in order to change educational and research patterns and change students' skills and abilities, they must change their education strategy and train entrepreneurial and creative people. In fact, third and fourth generation universities are education-oriented, research-oriented and knowledge-based universities that seek to create value and wealth by developing effective knowledge and entrepreneurship. Curricula, as the heart of higher education, must be aligned with the indicators of this generation of academics in order to pave the way for progress in line with these indicators. The fourth generation universities provide the ground for the realization of up-to-date progress and in accordance with the requirements that are commensurate with the development of changing knowledge and technology. The present study was conducted with the aim of providing a curriculum model for fourth generation universities in Iran.Methodology: The research method was fundamental in terms of purpose and mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation method. The qualitative community consisted of experts and professors of Iranian university educational planning in the academic year 2020-21, according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 17 of them were selected as a sample by snowball and targeted sampling methods. The quantitative population consisted of all students of higher education centers throughout Iran in the academic year 1399-400, according to the Cochran's formula, 384 of them were selected as a sample by multi-stage cluster sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information in the qualitative section and a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the quantitative section, and their psychometric indices were confirmed. Data were analyzed by coding methods in MAXQDA software and heuristic factor analysis and structural equation modeling in SPSS and LISREL software.Findings: The findings of the qualitative section showed that 51 indicators in the form of 7 categories of educational approach based on peer education, action-based education, facilitating simulated opportunities, attention to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, activities based on exploratory learning and new methods Teaching was identified. The findings of the quantitative section showed that 17 items were removed due to a factor load of less than 0.30 and the initial questionnaire was reduced from 51 items to 34 items. , According to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, activities based on exploratory learning and new teaching methods, all of which have a factor load of more than 0.70, the mean variance of all of them is higher than 0.60 and the reliability of all of them is higher than It was 0.80 that their factor loading was confirmed due to being higher than 0.30, their mean extracted variance was confirmed due to being higher than 0.50 and their reliability was confirmed due to being higher than 0.70. Other results showed that the curriculum for fourth generation universities on all seven categories of peer-to-peer educational approach, action-based education, simulated opportunities, attention to group learning methods, self-directed and self-directed learning, exploratory learning-based activities and new methods. Teaching had a direct and significant effect (P <0.05).Conclusion: Considering the identification of seven categories and the direct and significant effect of the current research curriculum on the seven categories, planning to improve the curriculum for fourth generation universities through the seven categories mentioned above is necessary.
Social Sciences
Fatemeh Aghakhani; Afsaneh Saber Garakani; Alaedin Etemad Ahari
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Purpose: Vitality plays an important and effective role in improving and promoting psychological and academic variables in students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to presenting a curriculum model based on the vitality in primary school students.Methodology: The present research in terms of purpose ...
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Purpose: Vitality plays an important and effective role in improving and promoting psychological and academic variables in students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to presenting a curriculum model based on the vitality in primary school students.Methodology: The present research in terms of purpose and implementation method was applied and descriptive from type of quantitative, respectively. The research population was primary school teachers of Tehran city in the academic years of 2019-20 with number 11526 people who 374 people of them were selected as a sample based on the Krejcie and Morgan table with the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The samples responded to the researcher-made questionnaire of curriculum based on the vitality in primary school students (100 questions) which whose psychometric indicators were acceptable. Data were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS and Smart PLS software.Findings: The findings showed that curriculum based on the vitality in primary school students in the main category i.e. curriculum based on the vitality were included of positive motivation and belief, social relations and academic engagement, in the category of causal conditions were included of educational goals, textbook text, educational methods and curriculum evaluation, in the category of contextual conditions were included of intra-classroom conditions and school conditions, in the category of intervening conditions were included of educational policy-making, environment and culture, in the category of strategies were included of decentralization and infrastructure and in the category of consequences were included of engagement and behavior. Also, the factor load of the main category, causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences was estimated higher than 0.50, their average variance extracted was estimated higher than 0.70, and their reliability with using Cronbach's alpha and combined methods was estimated higher than 0.80. In addition, the curriculum model based on the vitality in primary school students had a good fit and in this model the causal conditions on the main category, main category, contextual conditions and intervening conditions on the strategies, and strategies on the consequences had a direct significant effect (P<0.001).Conclusion: According to the results of this research, the designed curriculum model based on the vitality in primary school students can help planners and experts in designing and implementing programs to improve vitality in students.
Shahram Shahbazi; Jahanbakhsh Rahmani; Mostafa Ghaderi; Reza Esmaili
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to design and validate the curriculum of intercultural competencies of student teachers at Farhangian University. The research method was a qualitative research type, and the foundation data analysis was used to conduct it.Methodolgy: The statistical population ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to design and validate the curriculum of intercultural competencies of student teachers at Farhangian University. The research method was a qualitative research type, and the foundation data analysis was used to conduct it.Methodolgy: The statistical population included experts and experts in the field of intercultural competences, who were selected as participants in the research using the purposeful sampling method. The required data was obtained using semi-structured interviews. In order to obtain the reliability and validity of the data, two methods of reviewing the participants and also reviewing the experts who were not participating in the research were used. The reliability of the model was evaluated using the Kappa index. The value of Kappa index equal to 0.629 was calculated and it was placed at the level of valid agreement. Interviews and coding were analyzed using Maxqda software.Findings: The results showed that 167 primary codes in the form of 19 categories of intercultural psychological effect in education and training, creating a positive attitude towards other cultures, paying attention to intercultural education and training, paying attention to subcultures in intercultural , recognition of differences between cultures, teachers' knowledge of intercultural issues, skills in creating communication, mental skills in creating communication, behavioral skills in creating communication, the role of communication and interaction in intercultural, the role of upstream documents in intercultural, the role of Culture in class tensions, the role of governance regarding interculturality, the role of religion in interculturality, the role of the school as a cultural link, the role of the teacher in interculturality, the role of the education system in interculturality, society's view of interculturality, coordination in skills Mental and behavioral are categorized.Conclusion: For this reason, a suitable mechanism is needed in order to bring cultures closer and create understanding and interaction between them in the direction of coexistence. Cultural education is one of the right ways to face today's changing world.
Zahra Hadidchi; Faezeh Nateghi; Mohammad Seifi
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Purpose: The aim of this researcher was to investigate the current status of mental health education in the curricula of the first secondary school. Methodology: Research method in terms of purpose, applied; In terms of data type, the quality was exploratory and in terms of data collection time was descriptive. ...
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Purpose: The aim of this researcher was to investigate the current status of mental health education in the curricula of the first secondary school. Methodology: Research method in terms of purpose, applied; In terms of data type, the quality was exploratory and in terms of data collection time was descriptive. In this study, data collection by library method and content analysis method to examine the current status of textbook content in heavenly gifts, experimental sciences and thinking and lifestyle in four dimensions of mental health, namely physical and behavioral health, anxiety and personal mood, action Social exercise, depression and despair were used. Results: The results showed that the curriculum of the first secondary school was not in a good condition in terms of mental health education in the studied subjects. Conclusion: Mental health is equal to physical, mental, social, contentment and happy living in which students are able to develop their abilities, face daily psychological pressures and overcome them.
Zahra Nafar; Fatemeh-Sadat Fatemi; Faezeh Nafar
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Purpose The aim of this study was to identify moral concepts in students in the fifth and sixth grade textbooks of elementary school.Methodology: Content analysis was used in two steps to achieve the objectives of the research. In the first step, qualitatively, the method of analyzing conventional or ...
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Purpose The aim of this study was to identify moral concepts in students in the fifth and sixth grade textbooks of elementary school.Methodology: Content analysis was used in two steps to achieve the objectives of the research. In the first step, qualitatively, the method of analyzing conventional or inductive content was used to identify categories. In the second step, after accessing the categories, the categories were reviewed quantitatively, systematically and objectively. The statistical population of this study, all Persian books (reading), social studies, gifts of heaven and experimental sciences in the academic year 1398-1399, fifth and sixth grades of elementary school, which included 8 volumes of books, sampling in this research was done theoretically and the criterion of classification, existence Moral content was considered in the structure of textbook lessons.Findings: Unfortunately, the alignment of ethical concepts in textbooks has not been addressed and of the 12 ethical concepts, only "thinking", "good behavior", "cooperation" has been considered.Conclusion: Other concepts are inefficient in terms of the number of repetitions and variations in alignment at different bases.
Sirous Mansouri; Meimanat Abedini Beltrek; Seyed Yousef Panjehband; Esmail Baensaf
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The purpose of this article is to review and meta-analyze research related to national identity and curriculum. Considering that strengthening national identity in students is one of the important educational goals, many researches have investigated this; Therefore, the present article aims to analyze ...
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The purpose of this article is to review and meta-analyze research related to national identity and curriculum. Considering that strengthening national identity in students is one of the important educational goals, many researches have investigated this; Therefore, the present article aims to analyze and evaluate the most important research in this field with a descriptive meta-analysis method. The results of this research have been published in educational journals and media, and most of the methods used in this research are of the content analysis type, and textbooks have been used as the population and statistical sample of the research. The results of the meta-analysis showed that the educational system and curriculum are not effective in shaping national identity in students. However, the solutions provided in the mentioned researches are weak and most of the researches have presented the results of not paying balanced attention to "or not paying enough attention to the components of national identity in the curriculum". Finally, it seems that the researches in this field need "the components of national identity in the curriculum to be revised from the methodological dimension as well as the processing of the issues."
