Abstract:
This research aims to investigate and analyze educational policy and planning in the Iranian educational system. This research is an applied scientific-analytical type. Desirable policies are those that have been accepted by the people and have taken various aspects into consideration. Among the theorists in this field, there is no single definition of public policy. For this reason, making different sectors of the government, including education, efficient requires planning and policymaking based on realities. Education is considered a key component of social development, and for this reason, educational planning in education gains special importance, and to succeed in preparing successful educational planning, special attention must be paid to educational policymaking. Formulating an educational program consistent with educational policymaking will guarantee the success of educational programs towards achieving educational ideals. Educational planning, with the help of educational policymaking, helps create rapid expansion of education, creates more proportion and balance between levels and components, and improves quality. For this purpose, in the present scientific-analytical article, the reasons for the importance of policymaking in educational planning have been explained.
Machine summary:
In general, educational planning consists of preparing and defining clear and distinct goals based on policies derived from the intended philosophy, and designing efficient and effective strategies to achieve those goals in the field of education or training.
Educational planners are a group of experts and specialized specialists who, based on the intellectual philosophy prevailing in society, engage in such policymaking and goal setting in the field of education, and strive so much in determining, diagnosing, and providing the grounds for securing resources and facilities that they can meet the country's educational and training needs through the most effective ways and methods possible.
Since the unit of analysis in political science is "the policies and action plans of governments," the research field in it is very vast and extensive, and this breadth paves the way for the connection between politics and other scientific disciplines such as education and training.
National characteristics and political and economic contexts and other factors influence 4 Quarterly Journal of Strategic Research in Education and Training Vol 1, No 15, Spring 2024 the policies of each country, and experts and planners play an essential role in this important matter.
These policies generally exist in the constitution, political guidelines, legal texts, documents related to sectoral goals (related to education and training), and in economic and social development plans (Fathi and Ajargah, Mousavipour and Yadkargah, 2013).
Policymaking determines the policy governing education and training toward achieving the explicit goals stated in the Law of Educational Duties.
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