Equality in higher education : Reflection on equality indicators of quality of education and curriculum of universities and providing a conceptual mode for it (qualitative study )
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planningzahra mostafapour 1 , hamid Rahimian 2
1 - Instructor of the Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational planning and Adminisration , Allameh Tabataba'i university, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Curriculum, equality, education, Quality, Higher Education,
Abstract :
There have always been difference and inequalities in education and curriculum in higher education . But efforts must be made to reduce it. The present study was designed to identify equality indicators of quality of education and curriculum in higher education and to provide a model for it with a qualitative approach. Its research field was faculty members and expert from research centers who had research and executive backgrounds in the field of higher education. .this research has been done using the qualitative data method of the grounded Theory. for this purpose , 21 people were selected through purposive sampling to achive theoretical saturation in – depth interviews were used to collect information , and three coding steps were used to analyze it. Relevant experts have been used for its validity and for its reliability , by coding six interviews , agreement or agreement with the agreement coefficient of 0/89 was calculated. The results showed that in order to create equal quality of education and curriculum in universities, five stages before entering , entering , process, leaving and after leaving should be considered . also the eight indicators of financial resources , human resources , academic achievement , organizational and managerial structure, facilities and equipment , teaching and learning processes , satisfaction and employment are among the factors that create equality in the quality of education and curricula of universities.
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