Identifying problems and offering solutions a curriculum to meet the Curriculum evaluation process

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

faeze heidari ¹ , gholamali ahmdi ²

1 - 1کارشناسی ارشد برنامه ریزی درسی، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجایی
2 - 2استادیار دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجایی

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: Department of Curriculum, Management, Experts curriculum planning, Evaluation,

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to identifying the problems of evaluation process of curriculum from curriculum specialists and directors views in the Ministry of Education. The study population included all experts Planning Office, and pirated textbooks in both theoretical and vocational branches (90) and managers of different groups and the Planning Office of pirated textbooks (27). Due to the limited statistical population, sampling did not occur and the entire community and census statistical methods were used. The research instruments included structured questionnaires and structured interviews. The questionnaire consisted of experts’ views about the problems of curriculum evaluation process and the solutions to address these problems. Structured interviews were employed to measure managers’ views. Face and content validity of the questionnaires have been confirmed by seven Professors of Curriculum Planning and five experts from the Office of Planning and writing textbooks. Cronbach's alpha reliability of the questionnaire was calculate with α= 0.88. For the analysis of the research questions, descriptive statistics and independent t-test were used for the comparison of experts’ means. Leaders and experts from the Office of Planning and writing textbooks have been mentioned lack of experimental schools, being a long process, Rating, Rating lack of standards, absence of specialists in planning and Ratings Planning Council composition, geographical extent, the impact on the entrance examination test run secondary school programs, lack of coordination and change the final result Rating Programs and failure to work Rating results done by people they know outside the office writings the most important problems and barriers in curriculum evaluation.