An exploration of the alignment of the curriculum planning system of Iranian agricultural Vocational Schools with entrepreneurship education

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1 Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Departmen of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 Departmen of Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, Faculty of Literature and Humanities Sciences, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

10.22069/jead.2023.21791.1759

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the alignment of the curriculum planning system of agricultural vocational schools with entrepreneurship education, using a mixed exploratory method (qualitative and quantitative). In the qualitative part of the research, first by reviewing the theoretical literature, the effective factors on the planning system of agricultural vocational schools were identified. Then, to determine the obstacles of entrepreneurship education, a group of experts (n=8) was invited to hold a meeting in the style of a focus group. Questionnaires were included in three rounds using the Delphi method to ask the opinions of experts (n=30) who were experts in the fields of agriculture, management and planning. After receiving the first round of Delphi questionnaires, experts' opinions were checked. The cases whose dispersion coefficient was 0.5 and less, in addition to the new cases proposed by the experts, were put to the opinion poll in the second round of Delphi, and the results of the second round were analyzed in the same way as the first round, and the experts were asked for their opinion again in the third round was presented. Finally, in the third round, the final model including 12 components and 148 sub-components was obtained. The results of the three Delphi steps show that the components of content, art students and teaching methods rank first to third, respectively, which need to be considered in order to align curriculum with entrepreneurship education.

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