Reviewing and Presenting the Proposed Curriculum in the Field of Educational Sciences in the Master's Degree Course

The present study is conducted with the aim of reviewing the curriculum of the field of educational sciences (management and planning of higher education) in the master's degree course and presenting the proposed curriculum for this course. The method of this research is qualitative and descriptive-analytical; For this purpose, the study area of this research includes faculty members in the field of management and planning of higher education in Shahid Beheshti University, non-profit University of Science and Culture and the Institute of Research and Planning of Higher Education and Science. The graduates of this field are in Shahid Beheshti University. In addition, the qualitative analysis based on categorization has been used in order to analyze the information obtained from the interviews. According to the results of the study, the existing curriculum drawbacks in the field of educational sciences could be categorized in three groups including drawbacks of present curriculum approach and principles; present curriculum drawbacks in proportion to necessary but neglected courses; and drawbacks of divisions and topics in the present curriculum. Also management-orientation curriculum and higher education planning in the master's degree course are presented and proposed based on the pathology of the current situation of the curriculum and reviewing the views of professors, graduates and experts in the field of excellent management and planning regarding the four main elements of the curriculum (purpose, content, teaching-learning activities and assessment methods).