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The conceptions, practices and efforts of some education systems in ten countries and four continents of the world, in area of national curriculum, have been reviewed and analyzed in this inquiry to represent a brief look of their experiences and obtain some guidelines for delineating and developing national curriculum. The methodology in this inquiry has been descriptive and analytical research with emphasis on the qualitative dimension of inquiry. The selection of educational systems as inquiry sample has been purposeful. Data gathering from the countries has been done through the six components of the inquiry which are the main criteria in reviewing, assessing and delineating national curriculum practices and conceptions in these education systems. They are as below: 1- goals and other curriculum main elements; 2- conceptions and theorization; 3- necessities, preconditions and foregrounds; 4-structural and implementation characteristics; 5- attention to school based curriculum development; and 6-interest to the field of curriculum orientations.

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This paper aimed to clarify the role of moral concepts in elementary course curriculum. By qualitative content analysis, firstly, the moral concepts in textbooks are inductively determined and then sorted into more general categories. Then, according to fluency and integration in any class and also evolutionary arranging in the whole course, the vertical and horizontal organizations of these concepts are examined. The results showed that Persian books in all courses have the most fictions and the most moral concepts. Unfortunately arranging of concepts in those books are not noticed and among fifteen moral concepts only “good behaving”, “loving humankind” and “effort” have the fluency and integrity factors, qualitatively or quantitatively. The other concepts, not in the repetition, nor in the arrangement, have an appropriate organization in different courses.
 

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Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) is a supervision method of student’s educational achievement through direct assessment of predicted skills in the curriculum. Although almost half a century passes from the introduction of CBM in the world, however it has not been considered in Iranian curriculum. So, the aim of this research was to introduce and investigate the impact of CBM on math achievement of elementary students in comparison with conventional methods of formative evaluation. The present study based on the goal is applied research and in term of data collection is quasi experimental method with control group and pretest for a sample of 3rd grade elementary students. Results of Analysis of Covariance showed that CBM has significant effect on elementary students’ math achievement. Based on this research results, it is recommended that CBM is used in elementary curriculum as a more effective method of formative evaluation.

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: Flourishing students' artistic capacities is among the major missions of education in the Document of Fundamental Reform. The five axes of artistic education including communication with nature, aesthetics, artistic production, familiarity with cultural and artistic history and heritage, and artistic criticism, along with the content structure of culture and art textbooks including visual arts, calligraphy, traditional arts, vocal arts and performing arts are all issues that should be considered by planners in developing potential human abilities. This study involved the content analysis of the culture and art textbooks of the junior secondary system in 2015-2016. Images, texts, and activities were taken as the unit of record. The encoding method was deductive following the topical and structural aspects of culture and art education. To validate the encoding process, a second rater encoded 10 percent of the content, indicating a correlation of 0.89. The results revealed that artistic production, aesthetics, artistic criticism, familiarity with cultural and artistic history and heritage and communicating with nature are the most significant aspects of artistic education respectively. Additionally, visual arts, traditional arts, calligraphy, vocal arts, and performing arts are the main priorities. The study of the 3D model of curriculum structure showed the application of all three activity types (prescriptive, semi-prescriptive and non-prescriptive) in the textbooks, but their content needs to be reviewed regarding the coordination of activities with the educational content presented, the form of content integration, balance and diversity, and the lack of raising students’ motivation and creativity.

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This purpose of this study was offering a systematic review and a meta-synthesis of the theoretical patterns and studies conducted with the aim of contrasting and comparing teacher training in Iran and worldwide. The approach used in this study included discretional qualitative research synthesis which was fulfilled through content analysis and meta-synthesis. The total corpus for this study included studies, books, and theses conducted with contrastive goals in the field of teacher training in Iran and abroad during 2000 and 2017. The sample corpus included more than 10 books on contrastive education that was published in the past 15 years in Iran, 3 books in English, 35 studies, theses, and research in Persian and English. A conceptual framework was then formed based on the results for contrasting the teacher training systems which included 3 main aspects: a comprehensive program of education, social patterns and economic patterns.

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The purpose of this study was to examine multicultural education in the content of Farsi textbooks of elementary education in Iran.This research was conducted within a qualitative framework and the qualitative content analysis method was used with a conventional (inductive) approach. The sampling method was purposeful and the sample included Farsi textbooks of all the grades of elementary education. The unit of analysis (record) was the theme, pictures and units of the textbooks. To determine the reliability of the qualitative content analysis method with the inductive approach, the review was conducted in two stages, one after completion of 10-50% of the categorizations and the other at the end of the research. Five categories were extracted as the result: introducing and paying attention to mother tongue of ethnoses; introducing celebrities; reflection of dressing style of ethnoses; cultural traditions of ethnoses and introducing cultural heritage. The analysis of the quality of the books showed that only the trace of dominant culture in the textbooks was observed. The findings show that the educational system seemingly seeks to implement a pattern of cultural assimilation that leads to the suppression of the languages and cultures of the Iranian minorities. This approach could bring about negative and reverse effects, and increase the awareness of the people of their identity and history and culture.

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This research aimed to evaluate of sex education curriculum in Formal educational system and public.

The research method is descriptive survey

Findings: In general, the results of this study indicate that the situation is not optimal sex education in the curriculum of students. Most observers cognitive and emotional goals and is considered less skill. The content is very small and could provide an opportunity for sexual education students need for more attention and revised. And fitness training methods, as well as evaluating the shortcomings and weaknesses with regard to educational content can be very effective

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One of the problems of students’ entrance from secondary education to  university is lack of English language skills  and incentive to improve their learning. This research aims to identify the ways to strengthen English language skills with an emphasis on undergraduate students' motivation. This research is qualitative approach and Grounded theory strategy. The study population has been consisted of English language lecturers in Sanandaj’s public universities, which 14 participant purposefully were selected using theoretical sampling and theoretical data saturation indicator. The used instrument was the semi-structured qualitative interview. The process of coding and modeling of data has been done through content analysis software (MAXQDA 11). The findings shows Pedagogical themes (with concepts of active teaching methods, teaching-learning process, and Appropriateness of content), structural themes (with concepts of cultural, and educational challenges) with the formation the theory of “motivation-based instruction” will be helpful in clarifying the issue.

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The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of demographical variables on pre-service Teachers’ epistemological beliefs. This study carried out via quantitative approach and with the help of survey research method. The population is all the education pre-service Teachers in Shahid Hashemi Nejad Campus in Mashhad(562 people) in the academic year 2016-2017.The sample was selected based on Morgan Table (228 people) and the method of random classification sampling was used.Data were gathered through Epistemic Beliefs Inventory (EBI).The results revealed that pre-service Teachers’ epistemological beliefs are at the rather high level.There is no significant difference between pre-service Teachers’ academic year and their epistemological beliefs but there is a significant difference between pre-service Teachers’ marital status and their epistemological beliefs.Again there is no relationship between the academic achievement of pre-service Teachers’ and their epistemological beliefs.
 

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The current study aims to evaluate teaching puberty components to girls in the seventh grade of  first stage high school textbooks. These components includes sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, mental (cognitive), social, religious, and civil puberty. Research method was qualitative content analysis, and the target population included all the seventh grade of  first stage high school textbooks in the school year 1394 - 1395, and among them Thinking and Lifestyle (Mutual book for boys and girls, Thinking and Lifestyle Mutual book for boys and girls), Divine Messages, Social Studies and Experimental Science were chosen. As a result, 337 puberty components were found in the chosen books. In case of evaluation of puberty with 115 (34/ 2%) components was in the first place and Religious puberty with 115(12/32%) categories had the highest amount and putative puberty with 22 categories (52/6%) had the lowest amount.
 

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The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of technology of Quick Response Codes in education. Accordingly, a case study was answer the question "Does using quick response codes effect students' academic motivation?" The statistical population consisted of students from Islamic Azad University in 2016-2017. They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Experimental group using quick response codes technology based on two-dimensional bar code using fast access technology to mobile and smartphone or tablet. This barcode can provide educational content as text, image or educational video. Offer. The results of this study showed that the use of quick response codes in education has a positive effect on increasing students' academic motivation.

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This study aimed toexplain factors affecting qualityof teaching and determine their impact onteaching quality.The mixed research approach was used for collecting the data. The population (qualitative method) consisted of staff at central organization of university and researchers of university in 2011- 2016; they were selected using combined sampling method.The population (quantitative method)also consistedof educational assistants,headsof research andeducation department, and faculty members in2016.In qualitative study,the exploratory interviews andsemi-structured interviews wereused for collecting thedata.Inquantitative study,theidentified categories which were derived from encoding qualitative data were used to create paired comparison questionnaires; they included factors affecting quality of teaching.The resultswere analyzed using AHPmethod.Thefindings indicatedthat the contribution of teacher, educational environment, and students was estimated to be41,33, and 26 percent, respectively.Among teacher components,the professional skillsof teacher(weight326) was determined to be themost important component; among student components,theacademicrecords andexperiences(weight463)was determinedto bethe mostcomponent;andamong educational environment components,quality educational spaces and equipment(weight429)was determined to be the most important component.
 
 
 

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This study aims to designing and validation of internship curriculum pattern based on collaborative autobiography in Teacher Education in Iran. In this research, it has been attempted to first analyze the specialized texts related to the subject, in order to extract the Foundations of collaborative Autobiography, and subsequently the implications of curriculum elements of this kind of internship.In the second step, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed and in order to validate the proposed model, the views of the teachers of the curriculum and the instructors of the internship courses at Farhangian University were used. According to the findings, the desirable implementation of the internship curriculum requires collaborative and multidimensional collaborative and multidisciplinary activities among the students of science, teachers and teachers, and what makes this sense meaning the narratives and life experiences that can be linked to the goals Courses are internships and courses.

 

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Entrepreneurship education has a significant effect on the economic growth of societies. The goal of entrepreneurship education is to develop skills and entrepreneurial skills. By developing these skills at an earier age, young, capable, creative and innovative people can be found in all aspects of social, cultural, political and economic life. The purpose of the research is to model for designing an entrepreneurship education curriculum for the the junior high School students. Field of study is includes texts and authoritative documents of curriculum and entrepreneurship education. The tatistical population of the experts and professors of the university, and the statistical sample, wer 30 curriculum and entrepreneurship specialists who were selected by avilable method. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire and interview. The method of research is mixed. The research findings inglude a patterned design for entrepreneurship education for the junior high School students.

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Gender informs different understanding and interpretations of educational experience and hence these different interpretations of interactions and potential capacities offer a new perspective on higher education and can even cause changes in higher education. Applying narrative inquiry and post-structural approach to gender, this paper attempts to describe lived experience of women doctoral students in Education as well as their understanding of gender in the pathways of higher education to doctoral level. 

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The purpose of this study was to design, implement and evaluate e-learning based on the third and fourth Paradigms of Kashman's theory. The research method was quasi-experimental and mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the undergraduate students of Shahid Beheshti Medical Education Faculty of Tehran was selected by sampling method available to students of medical education. The data collection tool was a questionnaire of satisfaction, motivation and period test. Their reliability was calculated 86%, 86% and 83%, respectively. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using multi-variable covariance analysis, Tukey post hoc test and maxquda12 software. The results of this study showed that the effectiveness of the design was based on the third and fourth paradigms in comparison with the existing methods from the viewpoint of the students of the medical education faculty in all three variables of development, motivation and satisfaction.
 

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In the new internship program for Iranian Teacher Educaton Courses, a key role for the "supervisor" has been taken into account. This paper attempts to recapture the experience of living masters of the Guide, which has experience in implementing all the internship programs (1-4) that participated in its first implementation, through an interview with 26 people in 11 provinces of the country. The basis of this is the image of the internship program. The experience of this group shows that internship programs have been "accepted" and have been able to help develop student literacy competences, increase the ability of guidance teachers, and even improve the knowledge of guidance professors. However, the implementation of the first part of this program is accompanied by problems of implementation and support, and the professors of the internship guide believe that "the new internship program should be maintained" and, in some respects, "be amended".

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The purpose of this study was to address the challenges and approaches to produce customized electronic content using web based learning resources by the teachers of elementary smart schools of Tabriz city.  The phenomenological research method has been used for this qualitative research and the sample was the teachers of primary smart schools in Tabriz.  The sample was selected using a purposive snowball sampling method until reaching theoretical saturation. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Findings showed that teachers of the smart Schools are faced with two types of challenges in relation to content creation

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the position of ethnicity in formal and hidden curricula of the new secondary education system in the 98-97 academic year. The research method in the first part of the research included documentary analysis and qualitative content analysis. Sampling in this section was targeted and included 6 volumes of books in the form of more than 960 pages of history & sociology books in the second secondary school.The content analysis unit in this section was text, images, and textbook activities. In the second part of the research, the research method was qualitative and ethnographic and various tools such as student journals and informal interviews were used in collecting research data. Finally, based on the findings of this study, it can be acknowledged that the position of ethnicity in the formal and hidden curricula of the secondary school was undesirable.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the training of job competencies appropriate to the approach of creative industries in higher education of Iranian handicrafts, which was done with exploratory sequential mixed methods of tool making model. The qualitative part was performed with a qualitative multi-method approach, using content analysis and descriptive phenomenology. In this part, by purposive sampling method, 17 samples of graduates of this field participated in the interview and 8 themes were extracted. Quantitative part was done by survey method. By cluster and available sampling from the final year students of higher education in handicraft, 147 samples participated in the evaluation. The performance of the Bachelor and Master curriculum in this field in job competencies in all extracted elements was lower than the average standard and it is suggested that in handicraft higher education programs, courses should be planned in accordance with the required job competencies