Designing and validating a high school social science curriculum model based on a constructivist approach based on the views of women experts
Subject Areas : Woman and family
Hossein Baghaei
1
(Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Kalibar Branch, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Kalibar - Iran (Responsible author). hosseinbmd@iaut.ac.ir)
Mohammad hossein Yarmohammadian
2
(Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan). Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan – Iran.)
Ahmad Ali Foroughi Abri
3
(Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan). Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan – Iran.)
Keywords: Curriculum, sciences, Design model, validate, constructivist social,
Abstract :
Sociology course enables students, as part of the youth of the community, to acquire the knowledge necessary to understand society, learn social skills related to adaptation to social life and different stages of life, and how to analyze sociological insights. Learn. The purpose of research is to formulate and validate the model of high school social sciences curriculum based on the constructivist approach. In terms of research type, it is applied research and in terms of method, it is survey. In order to design a curriculum model based on the constructivist approach, data were collected in a documentary manner. The population and the statistical sample of women were curriculum specialists, teachers and social science departments who were purposefully selected. The data related to the design and validation of the model have been analyzed in two ways: quantitative (statistical) and qualitative (interpretive). Finally, based on the constructivist approach, a model was designed and validated using the interview method, and 82.6% of the interviewees, with an average score of 4.11, evaluated the presented model as appropriate.
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