A Qualitative Review of the Characteristics of the Main Elements of the Project-Based Curriculum and its Validation

The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of project-based curriculum elements, design and validation of its model with a qualitative approach and documentary research method, using qualitative content analysis and analytical-inferential method. To identify and extract curriculum themes, project-based curriculum documents and resources and the views of curriculum experts were used. The method of data analysis was description of the basics and theoretical analysis and inference. Themes for curriculum goals rely on improving thinking skills and creating lifelong learning and cultivating scientific and practical knowledge in line with students' real-life lives. In the field of content there was an emphasis on richness and activity-oriented and its integrated organization; in the section of teaching-learning strategies the use of research methods and group exploration and problem solving were emphasized. And finally, the use of continuous and diverse evaluation and process-oriented, multiple and performance-based methods in the evaluation section was considered by this model. The validity of the proposed model was evaluated and confirmed using the content validity ratio formula and the Lawshe table.