Analyzing the Curriculum Elements of Entrepreneurial Teaching in the field of Humanities Sciences in Iran's Higher Education

Yarali, Kamalaldin; Tajari, Tayebeh; Safari, Maryam

doi:10.22034/ijes.2024.2016213.1502

Document Type : Research Article (Quantitative)

Authors

¹ Department of Entrepreneurship, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.

² Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Department of Educational Management, Azadshahr Branch, Azad Islamic University, Azadshahr, Iran.

10.22034/ijes.2024.2016213.1502

Abstract

Purpose: Paying attention to entrepreneurial teaching is very important in curriculum elements, and accordingly, the purpose of this study was to analyzing the curriculum elements of entrepreneurial teaching in the field of humanities sciences in Iran's higher education.
Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of execution method was qualitative. The population of this study includes six groups of business startups and establishment of knowledge-based companies, cooperation with entrepreneurial intermediary institutions, entrepreneurship education and teaching, authoring articles, books and guidance or counseling of dissertations and thesis in the field of entrepreneurship, specialist of curriculum and managers of planning higher education in Iranian universities in the academic years of 2020-21. The samples were selected according to the principle of theoretical saturation and with the purposeful sampling method, which their number was 25 people. The tool of the current research was a semi-structured interview which whose validity and reliability were checked and confirmed. The data were analyzed by the coding method based on the grounded theory in MAXQDA software.
Findings: The findings of the present research showed that the curriculum elements of entrepreneurial teaching in the field of humanities sciences in Iran's higher education had 216 concepts in 47 components and 6 categories. The category of causal conditions includes 8 components and 33 concepts, the category of background conditions includes 8 components and 36 concepts, the category of intervening conditions includes 9 components and 28 concepts, the core category includes 5 components and 39 concepts, the category of strategies includes 12 components and 54 concepts, and the category of consequences includes 5 components and 26 concepts.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, experts and planners curriculum can take an effective step towards improving the curriculum elements of entrepreneurial teaching in the field of humanities sciences of higher education.

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Main Subjects

Psychology

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Analyzing the Curriculum Elements of Entrepreneurial Teaching in the field of Humanities Sciences in Iran's Higher Education

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Volume 9, Issue 2July 2023Pages 445-454

Volume 9, Issue 2
July 2023
Pages 445-454