identifying the components and growth strategies of the faculty members of farangian university in the field of curriculum planning: Qualitive research
Volume 16, Issue 56, Spring 2022, Pages 22-33
amir younessi, effat abbassi, ali hoseyni khoh, hoseyn khanifar
Abstract Higher education in every country pursues different aims. One aim of its educational, research-based
system is knowledge-production, along with training of human force for economic, social, cultural
sectors etc. Curriculum is one factor in improvement of the educational quality of educational systems.
The purpose of this study is to identify merits and strategies of the development of Farhangian
University faculty members regarding curriculum (among the 9 elements of curriculum only three are
related to teaching method, content and evaluation). This investigation is a qualitative study and its
population includes all Farhangian University instructors. Sampling was done according to the sampling
methods of qualitative studies using criterion-based and network sampling. Analysis of data from
interviews was performed in a number of steps based on theme analysis. To ensure the validity of the
results a peer-review survey was considered. The findings indicate that the merits of the faculty
members regarding the three curriculum elements could be classified into 21 categories. In addition, 5
strategies could be used for the development of faculty members.