Study of Curriculum Orientation in the Concentration Period in Iran's Higher Education System

The purpose of this study is to identify the orientations and features of the curriculum in the period of centralization in Iran's higher education system .The research methodology is a historical research tradition and it is a qualitative method that has been tried by using resources, documentation and available literature and interviewing key experts in the field of higher education and curricula to identify the orientations of curriculum in The five dimensions of the process, system, field of study, occupation and knowledge during the period of focus, and examine the characteristics of curricula in this course.
Findings, this period began in 1984 with the formation of the Supreme Council for Planning in the Ministry of Science, and continued until 2000. In this period, in order to realize the goals of the Islamic Revolution, the programs of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies were focused and reviewed by the Supreme Council for Planning at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and universities were required to implement the decrees of that council From the point of view of part of the rule of this period, the university was more skilled than a system for the political socialization of individuals, so one of the main directions of the course was to direct curricula to the needs of society.