Designing and Validating the Research Curriculum Pattern of Secondary High School Teachers Based on the Akker Pattern

Subject Areas : Education

Siamand Movloudi ¹ , Mohammad Ali Mojalal ² , Sadegh Maleki Avarsin ³ , Zarin Dneshvar Haris ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Graduate in Curriculum Development. Tabriz Branch. Islamic Azad University. Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Curriculum Development. Bonab Branch. Islamic Azad University. Bonab. Iran.
3 - Associate Professor of Education manegment. Tabriz Branch. Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor of Consulting. Tabriz Branch. Islamic Azad University. Tabriz. Iran.

Received: 2022-04-13 Accepted : 2022-06-07 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Research, teachers, Akker pattern, Curriculum,

Abstract :

Introduction: This research has been done in order to design and validate the research curriculum of secondary high school teachers based on the Akker pattern in 2019-2020.Research Methodology: In terms of method, this research is a mixed type of research (quantitative-qualitative), and in terms of purpose, it is an applied one. In the qualitative approach, the research synthesis method was used and for its validation, the descriptive-survey method was used, implementing the content validity ratio method of Lawshe, and Mann–Whitney U. The statistical sample includes 20 top research teachers of the secondary high school in West Azerbaijan province and 10 curriculum elites and experts who have authored at least two books and 5 scientific research papers, who were selected through purposive sampling method up to the extent of data saturation.Findings: In this research by considering the Akker pattern, first the elements of the research curriculum are identified and then in order to answer the research questions, and based on semi-structured interviews, first the views of sample research teachers and elites and curriculum experts are extracted and then by coding the interviewees answers, the coding and the final categories were determined and the final pattern was developed based on it. The pattern obtained was validated by two groups of research teachers, elites and curriculum experts, and the two groups confirmed the validity of the pattern. 

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