Assessing the Faculty Members Curriculum Orientations: Case Study in University of Kurdistan

The purpose of the present study is measuring the dominant orientation of the Kurdistan University Professors curriculum. This study is practical, in terms of purpose, and is descriptive survey, in terms of data collection methods. The target population is consists of all Kurdistan University faculty members who were teaching in 94-93 the academic year. Not sampling method but a complete census was used, due to the limited population size. Data collection tools are Mahlios standard questionnaire which measures dominant orientation of professors. Validity of this questionnaire reviewed and approved according to curriculum field professors and expert's opinion and its reliability reviewed and approved according to Cronbach's alpha coefficients (820). The results showed that first, the curriculum orientation of cognitive processes and then the curriculum orientation of academic rationalism was professors dominant orientation. The results also showed that there is relationship between the professor's curriculum orientation and their expertise.