Social Sciences
Elnaz Yousefi Tazeh Kand Qeshlag; Shahram Ranjdoust; Mohamad Azimi
Abstract
Purpose: Revolutionary education of Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse and Farhangian University seeks to educated efficient human resources and revolutionary teachers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identifying the characteristics of ...
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Purpose: Revolutionary education of Iran is a part of society and a representative of a complex social system and discourse and Farhangian University seeks to educated efficient human resources and revolutionary teachers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identifying the characteristics of revolutionary education curriculum goals in Farhangian University with a foresight approach.
Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was combined (qualitative and quantitative). The research population in the qualitative section was the professors of Farhangian University in West Azerbaijan province, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 13 people of them were selected as a sample with the available non-random sampling method. The research population in the quantitative section was the professors of Farhangian University in West Azerbaijan province, which number of 234 people of them were selected as a sample with the total sampling method. The research tool in the qualitative section was a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire, which whose psychometric indicators were confirmed. The data of the qualitative section were analyzed with thematic analysis method in MAXQDA version 10 software and the data of the quantitative section were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS version 26 and AMOS version 21 software.
Findings: The results of the qualitative section of this study showed that the characteristics of revolutionary education curriculum goals in Farhangian University with a foresight approach have thirteen sub-themes in three main themes were included emotional goals (with four sub-themes of driving excellence and progress, aware and knowledgeable to the revolution and revolutionary education, beliefs transfer and Islamic ethics virtues), cognitive goals (with four sub-themes of recognizing the values and ideals of the revolution, fostering Islamic beliefs, reviving Islamic civilization and familiarity with the concept of justice) and skill/performance goals (with five sub-themes of creating a visible change in student behavior, launching the dialogue of civilizations, strengthening people's tendency towards independence, strengthening the skill of participating in group discussions and familiarizing with the strategies of searching scientific texts. The results of the quantitative section of this study showed that the factor load and average variance extracted of all factors were higher than 0.50 and the Cronbach's reliability of all of them was higher than 0.80. Also, the model of the characteristics of revolutionary education curriculum goals in Farhangian University with a foresight approach had a good fit, and in this model and according to the path coefficients all thirteen factors had a direct and significant effect on the goals (P<0.01).
Conclusion: The identified characteristics for the revolutionary education curriculum goals in Farhangian University with a foresight approach can help experts, officials, managers and planners in designing and implementing programs to improve the curriculum goals of the educational system.
