Presenting the evaluation model of religion and life course of the second high school based on the constructivist perspective using a mixed approach

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

shahla haririmoghaddam ¹ , Abbas Qaltash ² , sedigheh mohammadjani ³

1 - Phd student of Islamic Azad University, Mime branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Shiraz, Iran.
3 - Associate professor and faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Safa Shahr branch, Fars, Iran.

Received: 2022-05-16 Accepted : 2023-01-17 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: Evaluation, Curriculum, teachers, Constructivism, Mixed method, religion and life,

Abstract :

Constructivism theory is one of the approaches that has had a profound impact on learning and teaching approaches. The main goal of the research is to design and evaluate the evaluation model of the religion and life course of the second high school based on the constructivist perspective with a mixed approach. This research is applied and descriptive-analytical in terms of purpose. The research method is of a mixed type and has been carried out in two parts, quantitative and qualitative. The statistical population of this research in the qualitative part is 18 educational management experts and experienced teachers who were selected using the snowball sampling method and 11 theoretical saturation points. The semi-structured interview data collection tool is derived from theoretical foundations. The method of analysis of this section is based on data theory. The results of this part of the research are explained in the form of five main categories and sub-categories: Causal factors including the ability of the designed curriculum to achieve the goals of the program, intervening factors including the requirement of a leader teacher, strategic factors including creating a questionable environment, background factors including providing learning opportunities in learners, the consequences include creating a spirit of inquiry in learners. The quantitative part of the research was distributed using a researcher-made questionnaire tool derived from the qualitative model of the research after confirming the validity and reliability in the statistical population where the number of the statistical sample was estimated to be 213 people based on random cluster sampling. Paths and causal relationships between external and internal structures in the structural model were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis.

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