Validating the basic components of the College student’s curriculum By using structural confirmation analysis

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

Fatemeh Abadi ¹ (PhD Student of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.)
mohammad javadipour ² (Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.)
rezvan hakimzadeh ³ (Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.)
reza sajady ⁴ (PhD Student of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2017-05-22 Accepted : 2018-11-06 Published : 2019-03-21

Keywords: Curriculum, Higher Education, Structural Approach Analysis, College Student’s Curriculum,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the validation of the components obtained about the College student’s curriculum. The present research has been accomplished in both practical and analytic approaches. The study type is basic research, in terms of approach it is analytical and also an exploratory mixed-type projects in which one qualitative and one quantitative techniques were utilized. Performing open-ended interviews with some experts in the field of “Education & Learning Programming” at university of Tehran, the 3-stages Strauss and Corbin method was used in qualitative part based on grounded Theory method. In the quantitative part, an analysis of the confirmatory structure and Friedman test was used. Based on 100 observation points, the theoretical framework was tested using AMOS software. Four main criteria obtained: (1) Features of the curriculum (overt and covert); (2) The main components (college student, faculty and university as an organization); (3) Stages of formation (basic factors and motivating factors, i.e. triggers); and (4) The obstacles and challenges through the formation and Confirmatory structure analysis results confirmed these components.

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