Provide an optimal framework for evaluating the curriculum system at the university(Systematic review study along with qualitative research)

The purpose of this study is to provide an optimal framework for evaluating the curriculum system at the university.

The research has a qualitative approach and the research synthesis has been used as research method. The purpose-based research is descriptive and qualitative-applied. Therefore, the field of research includes all scientific research articles of the last decade in the field of evaluation of higher education curricula, which were evaluated based on the review process of 46 articles. On the other hand, semi-structured interviews with 16 knowledgeable elites were also used in this study. The sampling method was desirable, namely those who had direct experience of evaluating university curricula. Participant review and expert review strategies have been used to validate. For this purpose, the coding of the analysis was provided by three researchers with a coefficient of agreement of 0.88. From the qualitative content analysis of the information obtained from the articles and opinions of the experts, the optimal framework for evaluating the syllabus system at the applied science university was developed.

The final result of the analysis of the synthesis of research and Grand Theory in combination has formed a circular framework that expresses the important and basic components for evaluating the system of curricula at the University of Applied Sciences and Technology. This framework includes components in the following dimensions: a) Texture (with components: 1- Features of curriculum and 2- Design, development and approval of curriculum). B) Process (with the components of 1- system of admission and implementation of curriculum and 2- teachers). C) The intervener (with the component of challenges and weaknesses) d) is the consequence (with the components of 1- structure 2- interaction and 3- consequences). On the other side of the circle, each of the components itself contains several micro-components, which are in fact the result of semi-structured interviews with experts. In the outer side of the curriculum framework, the following are the components that correspond to the details of the interview, which is in fact the product of the implementation and implementation of the synthesis method (synthesis research) in this study. As much as possible, the researcher has tried to match the details of the synthesis implementation with the small components of the semi-structured interviews so that future appraisers of the applied science system can be evaluated. Have a relatively comprehensive framework for evaluating the curriculum system at the Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences and Technology.Key word: Evaluation, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Research Synthesis, grounded theory and Curriculum System.