Preschool curriculum assessment under the supervision of education organization from the viewpoints of principals and educators of Isfahan

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

زهره  سعادتمند ¹ ()
محمد جواد  لیاقت دار ² ()
زهرا  صادقیان ³ ()

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2012-12-21

Keywords: citizenship culture), preschool, Curriculum, Language Skills, Assessment (art and creativity,

Abstract :

This study was conducted with the aim of Preschool curriculum assessment under the supervision of education organization from the viewpoints of principals and educators of Isfahan in the academic year of 2009. The research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population was consisted of all principals (40) and educators (506) of Isfahan preschools. 140 educators and 37 principals were selected through cluster sampling and census method, respectively. A researcher-made questionnaire with 6 basic questions and 36 speeches based on Likert scale was used for data collection. The questionnaire reliability coefficient was 0.92 based on Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics (percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t-univariate test, Friedman test and ANOVA). The results showed the curriculum needs for health and safety (mean = 4.59), language skills (mean = 4.55), citizenship culture (mean = 4.42), art and creativity (mean = 4.09), physical education (mean = 4.06) and religious education (mean = 3.87) were above the average. Therefore, the requirement to curriculum was more than average level by the point of view of the principals and educators.