Developing a quality Pattern for Entrepreneurial schools in Vocational schools in Sari

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Seyedeh Khadijeh Hashemi ¹ (PhD student in educational management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
esmat masoudy nadoshan ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Zeynab Golzari ³ (PhD in Educational Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2021-06-01 Accepted : 2021-07-03 Published : 2021-08-08

Keywords: Quality, Grounded Theory, Entrepreneur School, Vocational Schools,

Abstract :

The aim of this paper was to develop a quality pattern in entrepreneurial schools in vocational schools in Sari. The research method is a kind of mixed exploratory (qualitative-quantitative) studies in which the data-based theory was used in the qualitative part and the descriptive-survey method was used in the quantitative part. Participants in the qualitative section included educational specialists including university professors, teachers , school principals, staff of the General Department of Education in Mazandaran. Through purposive sampling method and theoretical saturation criteria, 14 people were interviewed .In quantitative part, The statistical population of the study includes principals and teachers in vocational schools in Sari in the academic year 1399-1400. The sample size was determined by Morgan table, 298 people and data were collected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. Also, the data were analyzed in the qualitative part by open, axial and selective coding and in the quantitative part by second-order factor analysis and structural modeling; Based on the results, 73 open codes (concepts), 20 axial codes (dimensions and components) and 6 selected codes (main categories) were counted. Major categories in the form of 6 dimensions of causal conditions, including (human resources, financial resources, Education, communication, networking, cultural support), central phenomenon (quality development), contextual conditions (culture building, management skills, operational planning, use of technology), intervening conditions (perceptual barriers, operational barriers, conflicts) Strategies (technology absorption, flexible curriculum, entrepreneurial training) and outcomes (opportunity perception, risk acceptance, expert training) were upgraded to a higher abstract level. The research paradigm pattern was presented. In the quantitative part, the quality model of entrepreneurial schools was confirmed. These results provide valuable insights for managers on the quality of entrepreneurship in Vocational Schools.