Comparative Study of Bachelor Curriculum for Elementary Education in Iran and Selected Asia-Pacific Countries

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

forough tasdighi ¹ ( Ph.D in Curriculum Studies, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Iran. )
Mohammad Javad Liaqhatdar ² ( Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Iran. )
Lotfali Abedi ³ ( Associate Professor, University of Emam Hosin, Iran. )

Received: 2017-01-28 Accepted : 2017-07-11 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: comparative study, Bachelor, Elementary education, Curriculum,

Abstract :

The purpose of the current study was to investigate Bachelor Curriculumfor elementary education in selected Asia-Pacific and to compare it with Iran. So, Brady pattern and descriptive-analytic method were used. The study population comprised presenter universities of this major in Asia and Pacific and documents related to its curriculum. Due to variety forms of curriculums offered for this degree in different countries, after preliminary review, purposeful sampling method was used and 6 presenter universities of this major were selected from 4 countries. Then, their curriculum was extracted by some tables and content analysis checklists. Thus, raw data were described, coded, compared and analyzed. The obtained results indicated similarity and differences in study program of the investigated countries. Among the most significant was - such as in-person and full-time curriculums, emphasis on promoting professional competencies, and elementary schools content knowledge, and offering required and practicum courses. But, they were different in other aspects, such as: Necessity of IT, manner of presentation and number of credits of practicum courses, offered research credits, and attention to content knowledge and offered additional opportunities. Accordingly, some recommendations were given the course program in Iran, such as: giving more importance to some courses, promoting flexibility of the curriculum, evolution in the manner of presentation of dissertation, seminar and practicum courses.

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