Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• farhad shariati ¹
• Ali Akbar Amin biedokhti ²
• mahmood najafi ³

¹ Department of Education, Payame Noor university, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Education, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

³ Associate professor of Department of Psychology in Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to develop a model for improving the quality of technical and vocational training. In this research, a research methodology based on the approach of Grounded Theory has been used. In this research, the statistical population of the experts in the field of technical and vocational training, includes faculty members, managers, and owners of industries in Kurdistan province. Using snowball sampling method, 18 people were selected as key informants. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview. Two methods including reviewing the participants and reviewing non-participating experts in the research were used to obtain valid and reliable data. Based on the results, this model has causal conditions (professional competencies of educators, educational factors and administrative factors), contextual (cultural and economic context), intervener (international factors and technological factors), strategies (outsourcing, empowerment, development and expansion of information and communication technology, policy-making and educational planning,), and outcomes (economic growth, educational factors improvement, and social development).

Keywords

• technical and vocational training
• Quality of training
• knowledge-based economy
• Grounded Theory