Designing A Curriculum Framework for Preschool Teacher Education in the Education System of Islamic Republic of Iran

The aim of this qualitative case study research, was to design a curriculum framework for preschool teacher education in the education system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Potential participants were three groups included subject matter specialists in the field of preschool, educational psychologists that familiar with the field of preschool education and curriculum specialists in the field of preschool education that by using the purposeful method and critical cases sampling technic in compliance with the theoretical saturation rule,participants that were the most familiar with the field of preschool teacher education curriculum were selected. The necessary information was collected through the study of documents and interviews with key experts and was analyzed by using the thematic analysis. In this process, the curriculum framework for the associate degree of preschool teacher education, was designed in 14 elements under the headings of logic and reason, aims, content, learning materials and resources, teaching methods, learning activities, the teacher's role, the learner's role, Instruction place, Instruction time, grouping learners, evaluation, executive implications and facilities, and diffusion, along with the components of each element were designed.