The Position of Emergent curriculum Among Elementary Teachers in Mashhad and its necessity

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master of Curriculum Planning, Ferdowsi University Of Mashhad (FUM), kohestan1392@yahoo.com

2 Associate Professor, Department of Faculty of Education and Psychology Ferdowsi University Of Mashhad (FUM)

Abstract

One of the most essential changes in improving the performance of educational systems is the change in attitude and teaching method of teachers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of elementary teachers teaching in emergent learning situations. Due to the nature of the subject under study, the present study is one of the applied researches in terms of purpose and the research method is qualitative and descriptive phenomenological. The field of study was Mashhad elementary schools in the second semester of the year 1398-1999. The sample of the study consisted of successful elementary teachers who were studied as purposeful sample. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain theoretical saturation. The first and second steps of Strauss and Corbin encoding, open and axial encoding, were used to analyze the data. Validation of the research findings was done by participant review methods, comprehensive description of participants' conditions, purposeful selection of participants, secondary coding, and expert review. The results show that the place of popular emergent teaching method among elementary teachers in Mashhad is both passive and active. Also, the characteristics of emergent instruction, the characteristics of elementary school students, and the educational implications of using emergent instructional teaching, necessitate this method of teaching.

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  • Receive Date: 21 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 11 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 26 February 2020

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