چکیده:
The aim of this research was to design an entrepreneurship education curriculum pattern for lower secondary school students. This research is a qualitative study conducted using a grounded theory-based approach. The research population included academic experts in the fields of curriculum and entrepreneurship education with the scientific rank of associate professor and full professor in Fars province, totaling 30 individuals selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using note-taking and semi-structured interview methods, and the validity of the data and findings was confirmed through participant review and expert examination methods. Specialized sources and texts on curriculum and entrepreneurship education were reviewed, and interviews with specialists in these fields were conducted, and analysis was performed based on three stages of open, axial, and selective coding. The results of the research included the designed pattern for entrepreneurship education in lower secondary school students, which was confirmed by academic experts in the fields of curriculum and entrepreneurship education.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Specialized curriculum and entrepreneurship education resources and texts were reviewed, and interviews were conducted with specialists in these fields; analysis was performed based on three stages of open, axial, and selective coding.
The research results included a designed model for entrepreneurship education in first-period secondary school students, which was confirmed by academic experts in the fields of curriculum and entrepreneurship education.
Therefore, increasing the attention of policymakers and managers to the subject of entrepreneurship in Iranian society will provide a suitable ground for the emergence of entrepreneurial talents for the purpose of the country's economic development, which achieving this goal requires close cooperation of the government in formulating policies, laws, and scientific circles (especially in education) to provide executive solutions for identifying, nurturing, and flourishing individual talents (Mandalizadeh, Henry, and Shahlaei, 2012).
Consequently, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing an entrepreneurship education curriculum model for lower secondary school students.
Findings In the present research, the findings were carried out in three stages of grounded theory coding—open, axial, and selective—and based on them, the final entrepreneurship education curriculum model was presented.
Open coding and categorizing of information were carried out to identify the criteria and sub-criteria for explaining the entrepreneurship education curriculum model for lower secondary school students.
The research findings regarding the psychological, sociological, and philosophical foundations of the entrepreneurship education curriculum in the first period of secondary school were consistent with the results of studies by Kassen et al.
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