فرزاد قلوبی

This research has been conducted by designing and validating the model of creating an entrepreneurial society in the basic education system with a sociological approach.

It is a mixed sequential exploratory research; socio-statistics of this research in the qualitative part consists of educational and research experts and managers specializing in the basic education system and entrepreneurship and in the quantitative part it consists of managers, teachers, professors and consultants in Educational Year of 2020-2021. The samples in the qualitative section included 12 people using a targeted method until reaching theoretical saturation, and in the quantitative section 385 people were selected using a multi-stage cluster random method. The data was analyzed by semi-structured interview and conventional content analysis method with coding, and based on that, a model with 3 dimensions, 9 components and 100 items were designed. To validate the model, first a questionnaire was designed, and after determining face and content validity, 20 questions were removed and 80 questions remained.

The results showed that the factor loading of all questions is above 0.4, the convergent validity is above 0.5, the reliability of both criteria (Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability) of all dimensions is above 0.8, and the validity of the variable is confirmed, and finally, the quality index fit of the model is greater than 0.36. The designed model has strong validity, reliability and fit, and policy makers and planners can use it to evaluate and review the current situation of the basic education system in order to create an entrepreneurial society.

This study aimed to develop and validate an evaluation tool for the basic education system from the perspective of the infrastructure of entrepreneurship education, using a mixed approach that combined qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative part of the study, a targeted sampling method was used to select 12 experts who were interviewed through semi-structured interviews with theoretical saturation criteria. In the quantitative part, a multistage cluster random sampling method was used to select 385 teachers, principals, and counselors from three elementary, middle, and high school levels. The results of the interviews were analyzed using MAXQDA 2020 software, and all the constituent categories of the evaluation of the basic education system were determined from the perspective of the infrastructure of entrepreneurship education. A questionnaire with 36 questions in three dimensions (fundamental, structural, process) was developed, and the form, the structural validity and content validity of the questionnaire were examined and as result three questions were removed. The results showed that all questions had a factor loading of 0.7 or higher and an average variance extracted of 0.5 or higher, and the reliability of both criteria (alpha Cronbach, composite reliability) of all dimensions was above 0.9. The designed tool has good validity and reliability and can be used to evaluate the basic education system from the perspective of entrepreneurship education infrastructure. These findings provide valuable insights into the evaluation of the basic education system and highlights the importance of entrepreneurship education in this context.