Iranian Journal of Curriculum Studies

Iranian Journal of Curriculum Studies

The State of Education for Developing the Competencies of Primary School Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Akram Dehbashi 1
hadi pourshafei 2
mohsen Ayati 3
1 Doctoral student of Curriculum Studies, Birjand of University, Birjand, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Birjand of University, Birjand, Iran (corresponding author)
3 Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies, Department of Educational Sciences, Birjand of University, Birjand, Iran
10.22034/jcs.2024.447822.2244
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to investigate the current state of education in order to institutionalize the competencies of primary school students. For this purpose, the foundation data method and the Strauss and Corbin (2006) approach were used. The statistical population of the research included managers, teachers and other key informants related to the subject area. The research data was collected using semi-structured individual interviews, the statistical sample included 27 managers and teachers who were selected in a targeted theoretical manner. The data were analyzed using a three-step coding method. The findings of the research show that the caricaturization of the competence of the learners of the educational system acts as a central phenomenon and that individual, educational and social contexts have an effect in this sector. Also, the factors affecting the current situation, the centralization of the educational system, the weakness in the implementation of qualitative evaluation, and the self-awareness of the learners were mentioned. The strategies considered by the participants in the research were also mentioned in the three axes of networking in the field of developing competencies, improving the skills and competencies of the factors involved in the institutionalization of competence, paying attention to individual.

Highlights

Ahmadi, F. Z. (2023). A multi-case study of students' common competencies in the curriculum of New Zealand, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland and Finland. Curriculum Studies, 18(69), 195-224 [in Persian].

Alipour, F., and Heydari, Z., and Sanjari, F. (2017). Investigating the level of attention paid to the six areas of education in the document of the fundamental transformation of education in the textbooks of Heavenly Gifts of the second year of elementary school. National Conference of Subject-Educational Knowledge (Content Education): Religious Education and Primary Quran, Qom [in Persian].

Alipour, F., and Heydari, Z., and Sanjari, F. (2019). Investigating the amount of attention paid to the six areas of education in the document of the fundamental transformation of education in the textbooks of Heaven's Gifts of the second elementary school. Journal of educational and social studies of Qur'an and Atrat, 2(3), 7-23 [in Persian].

Andre L, van Vianen AEM, Peetsma TTD, Oort FJ (2018) Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health. PLoS ONE, 13(1), 1-45.https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0190492

Bitarfan, F. S., Sajjoudi, M., Dehghani, M. (2020). Investigating the implementation obstacles of the document of fundamental transformation of education based on the Fullen model: the case study of the field of aesthetic and artistic education. Research in Curriculum Planning, 17(67), 90-110 [in Persian].

Dağ, N., & Arslantaş, H, A. (2015). Reasons Preventing Teachers from Acting within the Framework of Ethical Principles. International Journal of Instruction, 8(2), 33- 44.

Ebrahimi, Kh. (2021). The educational model of scene management in dealing with soft threats with an emphasis on the competences and capabilities of the learners. Islamic Revolution Cultural Protection Journal, 10(22), 103-125 [in Persian].

Ferasatkhah, M. (2019). Qualitative research method in social sciences (with emphasis on basic theory) Grand theory (GTM). Tehran: Aghah Publications [in Persian].

Jafari Kamangar, F., Zarei, M. (2021). A critical attitude towards the adherence of Persian books to the field of aesthetics and art, a document of the fundamental transformation of education. Critical Research Journal of Humanities Texts and Programs, 21(9), 145-155 [in Persian].

Kooij, TA M., Kanfer  R., Betts, M., & Rudolph, C. W. (2023). Future time perspective: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(8), 867-893. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000306

Lozano, R., Merrill, M. Y., Sammalisto, K., Ceulemans, K., & Lozano, F. J. (2017). Connecting competences and pedagogical approaches for sustainable development in higher education: A literature review and framework proposal. Sustainability, 9(10), 18-29.

Mazaheri, H., Musapour, N. and Natghi, F. (2017). The role of the family in the competency-based curriculum of the elementary school from the perspective of the documents of the fundamental transformation of education. Family and Research, 34(2), 32-7 [in Persian].

McInerney,D.M. (2004). Adiscussion of future time perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 16, 141–151.

Mehr Mohammadi, M., and Mahmoudi, F. (2012). Inversion, a new approach to curriculum design aimed at professional education with an emphasis on educational sciences. Biannual Studies of Higher Education Curriculum, 3 (14) 141-177 [in Persian].

Munadi, M. (2020). Preparation of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Secular Countries: A Study in Austria. Dinamika Ilmu, 20(2), 219-239.

Naderijo, S., Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Z. S. (2020). Strategies to strengthen cognitive-religious foundations in children. Journal of Islamic Research on Women and Family, 1(2), 173-190 [in Persian].

Nasrollahi Nia, F., Alamolhoda, J. (2020). Revision and presentation of the proposed curriculum for the field of educational sciences in the master's course (case study: management and planning of higher education). Biannual Journal of Higher Education Curriculum Studies, 11(21), 138-97 [in Persian].

Nili, M., Mousavi, S., Naser, A., and Massoud, M.. (2014). Examining the level of knowledge of the faculty members of technical and engineering departments of Isfahan and Isfahan universities of technology of the basic components of curriculum innovation and their application. Iranian Engineering Education Quarterly, 16(64), 59-88 [in Persian].

Omar, M. T. M. (2020). Religious Education in the Arab World: Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Egypt as Models. English Language Teaching, 13(12), 27-36.

Park I-J, Kim M, Kwon S., Lee H-G. (2018). The Relationships of Self-Esteem, Future Time Perspective, Positive Affect, Social Support, and Career Decision: A Longitudinal Multilevel Study. Front Psychol. 9:1-15.

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Razzaghi, M., Lasani, M., and Motahrinejad, H. (2018). The role of school effectiveness in the development of students' citizenship competencies from the perspective of teachers. Sociology of Social Institutions, 5(11), 261-287 [in Persian].

Salisbili, N. (2017). Exploring the stages and process of developing the national curriculum document of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Education Quarterly, 33(1), 93-114 [in Persian].

Salvati, P., Maliki, H., and Sohrabi, F. (2020). Analysis of the content of the social studies book of the first year of high school based on the content indicators of the national curriculum. Research in curriculum planning, 17(37), 178-187 [in Persian].

Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education (2011). Document on the fundamental transformation of education (Mashhad holy document). Tehran: Ministry of Education with the cooperation of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution [in Persian].

Taghipour Havizi, P., Sheikhi Fini, A. A., Mehromhammadi, M., Samavi, S. A. W. (2023). Identifying the types of competencies to realize democratic social education in Iran's education system. Curriculum Studies, 18(71), 128-99 [in Persian].

Theoretical foundations of the fundamental transformation in the formal public education and training system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2011). Tehran: Ministry of Education with the cooperation of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution [in Persian].

Yusufzadeh, Mohammad Reza and Shah Moradi, Morteza (2019). Presenting the political education curriculum model based on the social-political education field, the document of the fundamental transformation of education for the students of the first secondary school. Applied problems of Islamic education and training, 5 (1), 173-206 [in Persian].

Zarei, A., Dehghani, M. (2021). Examining the coordination and compliance of the planned curriculum, implemented with the acquired knowledge of family and population in the direction of approximation between these three programs. Research In Curriculum Planning, 18(71), 147-164 [in Persian].

Keywords
Competencies of learners
education
curriculum

Subjects

Ahmadi, F. Z. (2023). A multi-case study of students' common competencies in the curriculum of New Zealand, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland and Finland. Curriculum Studies, 18(69), 195-224 [in Persian].
Alipour, F., and Heydari, Z., and Sanjari, F. (2017). Investigating the level of attention paid to the six areas of education in the document of the fundamental transformation of education in the textbooks of Heavenly Gifts of the second year of elementary school. National Conference of Subject-Educational Knowledge (Content Education): Religious Education and Primary Quran, Qom [in Persian].
Alipour, F., and Heydari, Z., and Sanjari, F. (2019). Investigating the amount of attention paid to the six areas of education in the document of the fundamental transformation of education in the textbooks of Heaven's Gifts of the second elementary school. Journal of educational and social studies of Qur'an and Atrat, 2(3), 7-23 [in Persian].
Andre L, van Vianen AEM, Peetsma TTD, Oort FJ (2018) Motivational power of future time perspective: Meta-analyses in education, work, and health. PLoS ONE, 13(1), 1-45.https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0190492
Bitarfan, F. S., Sajjoudi, M., Dehghani, M. (2020). Investigating the implementation obstacles of the document of fundamental transformation of education based on the Fullen model: the case study of the field of aesthetic and artistic education. Research in Curriculum Planning, 17(67), 90-110 [in Persian].
Dağ, N., & Arslantaş, H, A. (2015). Reasons Preventing Teachers from Acting within the Framework of Ethical Principles. International Journal of Instruction, 8(2), 33- 44.
Ebrahimi, Kh. (2021). The educational model of scene management in dealing with soft threats with an emphasis on the competences and capabilities of the learners. Islamic Revolution Cultural Protection Journal, 10(22), 103-125 [in Persian].
Ferasatkhah, M. (2019). Qualitative research method in social sciences (with emphasis on basic theory) Grand theory (GTM). Tehran: Aghah Publications [in Persian].
Jafari Kamangar, F., Zarei, M. (2021). A critical attitude towards the adherence of Persian books to the field of aesthetics and art, a document of the fundamental transformation of education. Critical Research Journal of Humanities Texts and Programs, 21(9), 145-155 [in Persian].
Kooij, TA M., Kanfer  R., Betts, M., & Rudolph, C. W. (2023). Future time perspective: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(8), 867-893. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000306
Lozano, R., Merrill, M. Y., Sammalisto, K., Ceulemans, K., & Lozano, F. J. (2017). Connecting competences and pedagogical approaches for sustainable development in higher education: A literature review and framework proposal. Sustainability, 9(10), 18-29.
Mazaheri, H., Musapour, N. and Natghi, F. (2017). The role of the family in the competency-based curriculum of the elementary school from the perspective of the documents of the fundamental transformation of education. Family and Research, 34(2), 32-7 [in Persian].
McInerney,D.M. (2004). Adiscussion of future time perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 16, 141–151.
Mehr Mohammadi, M., and Mahmoudi, F. (2012). Inversion, a new approach to curriculum design aimed at professional education with an emphasis on educational sciences. Biannual Studies of Higher Education Curriculum, 3 (14) 141-177 [in Persian].
Munadi, M. (2020). Preparation of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Secular Countries: A Study in Austria. Dinamika Ilmu, 20(2), 219-239.
Naderijo, S., Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Z. S. (2020). Strategies to strengthen cognitive-religious foundations in children. Journal of Islamic Research on Women and Family, 1(2), 173-190 [in Persian].
Nasrollahi Nia, F., Alamolhoda, J. (2020). Revision and presentation of the proposed curriculum for the field of educational sciences in the master's course (case study: management and planning of higher education). Biannual Journal of Higher Education Curriculum Studies, 11(21), 138-97 [in Persian].
Nili, M., Mousavi, S., Naser, A., and Massoud, M.. (2014). Examining the level of knowledge of the faculty members of technical and engineering departments of Isfahan and Isfahan universities of technology of the basic components of curriculum innovation and their application. Iranian Engineering Education Quarterly, 16(64), 59-88 [in Persian].
Omar, M. T. M. (2020). Religious Education in the Arab World: Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Egypt as Models. English Language Teaching, 13(12), 27-36.
Park I-J, Kim M, Kwon S., Lee H-G. (2018). The Relationships of Self-Esteem, Future Time Perspective, Positive Affect, Social Support, and Career Decision: A Longitudinal Multilevel Study. Front Psychol. 9:1-15.
Rabati, M. and Javadani, H. (2023). A framework for key future learning competencies. Journal of Management and Planning in Educational Systems, 16(30), 12-30 [in Persian]
Razzaghi, M., Lasani, M., and Motahrinejad, H. (2018). The role of school effectiveness in the development of students' citizenship competencies from the perspective of teachers. Sociology of Social Institutions, 5(11), 261-287 [in Persian].
Salisbili, N. (2017). Exploring the stages and process of developing the national curriculum document of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Education Quarterly, 33(1), 93-114 [in Persian].
Salvati, P., Maliki, H., and Sohrabi, F. (2020). Analysis of the content of the social studies book of the first year of high school based on the content indicators of the national curriculum. Research in curriculum planning, 17(37), 178-187 [in Persian].
Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education (2011). Document on the fundamental transformation of education (Mashhad holy document). Tehran: Ministry of Education with the cooperation of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution [in Persian].
Taghipour Havizi, P., Sheikhi Fini, A. A., Mehromhammadi, M., Samavi, S. A. W. (2023). Identifying the types of competencies to realize democratic social education in Iran's education system. Curriculum Studies, 18(71), 128-99 [in Persian].
Theoretical foundations of the fundamental transformation in the formal public education and training system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2011). Tehran: Ministry of Education with the cooperation of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution [in Persian].
Yusufzadeh, Mohammad Reza and Shah Moradi, Morteza (2019). Presenting the political education curriculum model based on the social-political education field, the document of the fundamental transformation of education for the students of the first secondary school. Applied problems of Islamic education and training, 5 (1), 173-206 [in Persian].
Zarei, A., Dehghani, M. (2021). Examining the coordination and compliance of the planned curriculum, implemented with the acquired knowledge of family and population in the direction of approximation between these three programs. Research In Curriculum Planning, 18(71), 147-164 [in Persian].

  • Receive Date 10 March 2024
  • Revise Date 09 August 2024
  • Accept Date 05 July 2024