نوع مقاله : علمی- پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانش آموخته دکتری برنامه ریزی درسی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران

2 دانشیار، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران

3 دانشیار ، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران

4 دانشیار بخش تخصصی پژوهش و سنجش؛ دانشکده روان شناسی و علوم‌تربیتی؛ دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران

10.22055/edus.2024.47237.3618

چکیده

برنامه درسی متراکم، پدیده‌ای نوظهور است که شناخت همه جانبه‌ی آن برای هر نظام آموزشی ضرورت محسوب می‌شود. هدف پژوهش حاضر، شناسایی عوامل زمینه‌ساز و تبعات برنامه درسی متراکم در دوره ابتدایی به منظور ارائه راهکارهای مقابله با آن بوده است. رویکرد پژوهش حاضر کیفی است که به روش نظریه برخاسته از داده‌ها با طرح Charmaz (2006) انجام شده است. شرکت‌کنندگان پژوهش را متخصصان، معلمان، دانش‌آموزان و والدین تشکیل می‌دادند که به صورت نمونه‌گیری هدفمند در دو مرحله‌ی مقدماتی (ملاک‌‌محور) و نظریه‌ای انتخاب شدند. گردآوری داده‌ها از طریق مصاحبه نیمه‌ساختاریافته انجام گرفت و داده‌ها با روش ساخت‌گرایانه‌ی چارمز و از طریق کدگذاری اولیه، متمرکز و نظری تحلیل شد. در طی فرایند کدگذاری، ۷۴ کد اولیه، ۱۷ کد متمرکز و ۳ کد نظری استخراج گردید. جهت ارزیابی کیفیت و اعتبار پژوهش، از ملاک‌های Lincoln and Guba (1985) و Charmaz (2006) استفاده گردید و بدین منظور روش‌های بازبینی اعضا، ممیزی بیرونی و بازبینی همگنان (با توافق ۸۹ درصد بین دو کدگذار اول و دوم) بکار گرفته شد. یافته‌های پژوهش حاکی از این بود که ساختار جزیره‌ای و رویکرد مهندسی، فرهنگ عمومی جامعه، شتابزدگی در اصلاحات، سستی در پایش، ضعف در اجرا و بی‌اعتمادی به توانایی معلمان عوامل زمینه‌ساز برنامه درسی متراکم در دوره ابتدایی ایران بوده است و تبعات یاددهی عجولانه و سلیقه‌ای، یادگیری سطحی و زودگذر، کم‌توجهی به پرورش استعداد و خلاقیت، بی‌رغبتی به درس و مدرسه، فرسودگی شغلی معلمان و ناکارآمد جلوه کردن آموزش و پرورش را به دنبال داشته است. نتایج پژوهش نشان داد، چرخش از رویکرد مهندسی به فرهنگی و مشارکت دادن معلمان در تدوین برنامه درسی، پویایی به روزرسانی برنامه درسی، اجرای آزمایشی محتوا قبل از تعمیم، بازنگری در تخصیص زمان بین دروس، کاهش تعداد کتاب‌های درسی و جایگزینی با بسته‌های آموزشی و حفظ تعادل بین وسعت و عمق محتوا، راهکارهایی هستند که می‌تواند به منظور مقابله و پیشگیری از برنامه درسی متراکم بکار گرفته شوند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Identifying the Predisposing Factors and Consequences of Overloaded Curriculum in the Primary Education and Providing Solutions to Deal with it

نویسندگان [English]

  • Farzaneh Askary 1
  • Mohamad Javadipour 2
  • Rezvan Hakimzadeh 3
  • Keyvan Salehi 4

1 Ph.D in Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate professor, Division of Research and Assessment, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

چکیده [English]

Introduction
Overloaded curriculum is an emerging and complex phenomenon in the field of curriculum, which is considered a necessity for every educational system. Prevention of this issue requires a comprehensive investigation in terms of underlying factors and its consequences. The aim of the current research was to identify the predisposing factors and consequences of dense curriculum in the elementary school in order to provide solutions to deal with it.
 
Method
The current research is a qualitative, which was carried out by the method of  Grounded theory Raised byCharmaz (2006). The participants of the research were education specialists, teachers, students and parents who were selected as a purposeful sampling in two stages of preliminary sampling (by criterion method) and theoretical sampling. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews and the data was analyzed using the Charmas constructivist method and through initial, focused and theoretical coding. Lincoln and Guba (1985) four criteria and Charmas (2006) credit enhancement criteria were used to evaluate the quality and the methods of member check, external audit and peer review (with 89% agreement between the first and second coders) were used.
 
Results
In the process of coding, four theoretical codes were obtained, according to which, the research Substantive-level theory was presented and examined in the context of Iran's primary education. During the coding process, 74 initial codes, 17 focused codes and 3 theoretical codes were extracted. The findings of the research indicated that the silo’ structure and engineering approach, the general culture of the society, haste in changing the structure and reforms, laxity in monitoring, weakness in implementation and lack of confidence in the ability of teachers were the main factors in creating an overloaded curriculum in the primary education of Iran, and the consequences hasty and personalized teaching, shallow and ephemeral learning, Attention defecit to the cultivation talent and creativity, reluctance to study and school, burnout of teachers, and ineffectiveness of education have followed.
 
Discussion
The results of the research showed the solutions of turning from the engineering approach to the cultural approach and involving teachers in developing the curriculum, updating the curriculum, Implementation of content piloting, reviewing the allocation of time between courses, reducing the number of textbooks and replacing them with educational packages, eliminating difficult and ambiguous contents and maintaining a balance between the breadth and depth of the content can be effective in dealing with and preventing an overloaded curriculum.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Content
  • Overloaded curriculum
  • Primary education
  • Time
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