Missions of Future Curricula for Realizing the Visions of Iranian Higher Education on the horizon, 2025

Hamid ABDI; Seyed Ebrahim MİRSHAH JA’FARI; Mohammad Reza NIL; Saeid RAJAEIPOUR

Makale detayları

Missions of Future Curricula for Realizing the Visions of Iranian Higher Education on the horizon, 2025

Yazarlar:

Hamid ABDI | Seyed Ebrahim MİRSHAH JA’FARI | Mohammad Reza NIL | Saeid RAJAEIPOUR

Yayıncı:

Anı Yayıncılık

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 2018 Vol.18 Issue 77, pp.145-162

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000706405

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2528-8911

pISSN:

1302-597X

Özet:

 


Problem
Statement: To Iranian
policy makers, higher education plays a key role in realizing the country’s
development visions. This has led to the mapping of visions of higher education
in upstream resources. In this regard, curriculum is an essential tool for higher education
to fulfil its functions optimally. However, despite its significance, the clarification of the missions of
future curricula is almost entirely neglected in Iran as the subject of
research. Purpose
of Study: This study
aimed to clarify the missions of future curricula of Iranian higher
education based on 

the visions of the country’s higher education on
the horizon of 2025 (Iran’s 20-Year Vision Plan). Research Methods: The present research was developmental in terms of purpose, and was
conducted through a combined exploratory method in the academic year 2014-15.
The qualitative method was used to analyse the qualitative content of the
upstream resources (e.g., artefacts and policy
documents) as well as interviews with 14 experts from higher
education. In addition, the quantitative method was used to collect data from
338 faculty members and PhD students. In this research, the data obtained from
qualitative content analysis of the interviews was used to build the
questionnaire. Findings: Findings indicated that the emphasis on research and
technological functions, alongside that of education and service, pursues the
goal of translating the knowledge acquired in the country into product. The
results also revealed that, the approach to future curricula is
society-oriented, and the accountability to the society should be at the centre
of strategies of curriculum development. Implications for Research and Practice: The present study emphasized making Iranian universities more mission-oriented
and aligned with the realization of higher education perspectives as well as the
realization of sustainable development through following the established
missions for the curriculum.






 

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Makale detayları

Missions of Future Curricula for Realizing the Visions of Iranian Higher Education on the horizon, 2025

Yazarlar: Hamid ABDI | Seyed Ebrahim MİRSHAH JA’FARI | Mohammad Reza NIL | Saeid RAJAEIPOUR

Yayıncı: Anı Yayıncılık

Dergi: Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 2018 Vol.18 Issue 77, pp.145-162

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000706405

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 2528-8911

pISSN: 1302-597X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hamid ABDI | Seyed Ebrahim MİRSHAH JA’FARI | Mohammad Reza NIL | Saeid RAJAEIPOUR

Yayıncı:

Anı Yayıncılık

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 2018 Vol.18 Issue 77, pp.145-162

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000706405

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2528-8911

pISSN:

1302-597X