Efficient school, primary school, education and training in Iran

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

Marzieh Aghakhani ¹ , badri shahtalebi ^{2 *} , محمد علی نادی ³

1 - Ph. D Student in Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Educational sciences, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2025-01-07 Accepted : 2025-02-16 Published : 2025-06-02

Keywords: Efficient school, primary school, education and training in Iran,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of designing and validating an efficient school model for the primary education system. The present research was descriptive-exploratory research with a mixed research approach (qualitative-quantitative sequential type), so that in the qualitative part, the method used was grounded theory (grounded) and based on the Strauss & Corbin (1990) approach and through three coding stages (open, axial and selective). The participants in the qualitative part included university professors in the fields of educational management and curriculum planning as well as executive experts in the field of education (including principals, teachers and education experts). To select the sample for the qualitative stage, the theoretical purposive sampling method was used and as a result, the researcher was able to access the opinions of 23 people. In the quantitative part, the method used was a survey. The statistical population of this part included principals, deputy principals and teachers in the primary education system of the country and the sample size was estimated at 384 people according to the Krejcie & Morgan (1970) table. The sampling method was as follows: based on the country's divisions, the country was divided into 5 regions: North, South, West, East, and Center. Using simple random sampling method, the provinces of Isfahan, Khorasan Razavi, Bushehr, Hamadan, and Golestan were selected as samples. Then, the sample ratio in each province was determined based on the number of principals, deputy principals, and teachers in these provinces. The data collection tool in the.

 

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