Designing and presenting a model of school social responsibility

Social responsibility in schools plays an important role in the schools performance and success. As a result, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing and presenting the schools social responsibility model.

This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative based on the theory of Strauss and Corbin (1998). The research population was schools social responsibility experts of Iran country in 2020 year. The sample size according to the theoretical saturation principle was estimated 15 people who were selected by snowball sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in MAXQDA-12 software.

Findings showed that social responsibility of schools has 98 concepts and 28 sub-categories in 8 main categories including legal responsibilities and moral responsibilities (causal conditions), public and humanitarian responsibilities (central phenomenon), social and political responsibilities (intervening conditions), economic responsibilities ( Contextual conditions), environmental responsibilities and stakeholder awareness (strategies) and awareness and cooperation (consequences).

The present research model can be a guide for professionals and planners and they can design and implement programs based on it to evaluate and improve the schools social responsibility.