Providing Tertiary Education Pattern based on Knowledge based Economy (Islamic Azad University case study)

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hosein karimi ¹ , Mojgan Abdollahi ² , fatemeh parasteh ³ , ramazan jahanian ⁴

1 - PhD student in educational management of Azad University of Karaj
2 - Assistant Professor of Department of Educational Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj,Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Azad University, Karaj، iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Karaj Azad University، iran

Received: 2022-12-20 Accepted : 2023-05-31 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Sustainable Development, Knowledge-based economy, commercialization of knowledge, Key words: tertiary education, innovation and value creation,

Abstract :

Knowledgebased economy is one of the global megatrends related to higher education, where knowledge is the most fundamental source of value or wealth production and learning is its most important process.Rapid changes in knowledge technology and the emergence of new requirements have transformed the demand for education. A variety of educational models are formed in different academic generations to respond to these demands and changes. This research has been done with the aim of identifying the determining components of university education based on knowledge-based economy and providing a suitable model.The current research was conducted with a mixed method in terms of practical purpose and in terms of nature.In this article, the results of the qualitative part of the research are presented in both library and field sections.In this regard, in an analytical way and through the background of the research, various theories of tertiary education and knowledge-based economy have been investigated and in the field part by purposeful sampling through semi-structured interviews of 15 experts including The professors and research managers of Azad University of Tehran and Alborz provinces, consisting of 9 main response questions, using Nvivo software with theme analysis method, the collected data were analyzed, and finally, the research model was created by the researcher after identifying and extracting the minimum ten main and effective components as background factors and drivers each with five components in three general categories of background factors;Driving factors and outputs and consequences of tertiary education based on knowledge-based economy were designed and presented.