Identification and Analysis of Factors Affecting the Promotion of Curriculum Planning Culture in Iranian Higher Education

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the promotion of curriculum planning culture in Iranian higher education.

The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study was the formal and informal faculty members of the universities of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the fields of planning, management, educational sciences, psychology and social sciences, whose number was over 78, and among them, using Cochran's formula, 65 Subjects were selected as a sample and selected by stratified random sampling method. The instrument used in this study was a researcher-made questionnaire that was developed based on interviews with relevant experts and a review of theoretical foundations. The validity of the questionnaire was obtained using the Delphi method and the reliability coefficient was estimated to be 0.949 using the Cronbach's alpha formula. For data analysis, SPSS.v16 software was used for descriptive and inferential analysis.

Research findings showed. Findings showed that the factors affecting the promotion of curriculum culture in higher education can be summarized in five factors, the most important of which are the political factor with an impact of 34.93% and the economic factor with an impact of 11.062%. In total, the five factors explain 63.6% of the promotion of curriculum planning culture in higher education.

Paying attention to these factors can make it possible to better identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as threats and opportunities in realizing the culture of curriculum planning in higher education.