A Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum Model in Iran Higher Education

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 phd student of Curriculum Planning, Department of Educational Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Khwarazmi University, Tehran, Iran(Visiting Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Maroodasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to design and validate a social entrepreneurship curriculum model for Iran higher education. This research is a combination of consecutive exploratory research. The qualitative part was used using content analysis method with deductive approach and open and axial coding and in the quantitative part, the descriptive and inferential statistical methods were applied including inferential and non-parametric Chi-square and Friedman tests to rank the items of each element. The participants in the qualitative section including 4 groups, entrepreneurship specialists, curriculum planners, sociology and social entrepreneurship who were interviewed until the theoretical saturation of the interview was reached with the snowball technique. In addition, the statistical population in the quantitative section included entrepreneurship students and social entrepreneurship specialists who were selected by an available and purposeful method. In the qualitative phase, a semi-structured interview and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire was used as the data collection tools. The validity and reliability of the interview and questionnaire was assessed and shown to be at the acceptable levels. Then, using the opinion of 7 social entrepreneurship experts and curriculum planners, the obtained model was validated and at the end, the final model of social entrepreneurship curriculum in higher education was designed and compiled with 87 titles in the form of ten acre elements.

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Journal of higher education curriculum studies
Volume 13, Issue 25
September 2022
Pages 145-177

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