Analysis of curriculum existing elementary period in terms of economic education; challenges and barriers

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Shahram FazlaliZadehSufi ¹ (Ph.D. student of curriculum planning, Department of Educational Sciences, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran)
Jafar Gahramani ² (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Educational Sciences, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran)
Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam ³ (Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tabriz University, Department of Educational Sciences, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran)

Received: 2020-01-15 Accepted : 2020-01-15 Published : 2020-01-20

Keywords: Analysis of curriculum, existing elementary period in terms of economic education, challenges and barriers,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this research is to analyze the existing curriculum from the perspective economic education, challenges and obstacles, and research is a qualitative type. The statistical population includes curriculum specialists, economics and elementary school teachers in the field economic education and curriculum that the targeting method was focused on. Twenty people were interviewed for theoretical saturation stage, including 8 teachers and 12 curriculum and economics specialist. The data was analyzed through semi-structured interviews during three stages open, axial and selective coding, which are referred to in the form of three tables in the text the paper. Based on the findings, the sub-themes of economic education (culture and Attitude, productivity, meritocracy, etc.) and general concepts (increasing the level production with people's efforts, increasing incomes, cost management, people's will and attitudes, economic growth and increasing the productivity of society) are high frequency in terms program specialists Planning, economics and teachers. In general, social development was a special priority from the perspective specialists.