Sustainable Development Education Curriculum Content Design in Iran's Higher Education System: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

In this research, it has been tried to present a Sustainable Development Education Curriculum content design in Iran's Higher Education system.The research method was a qualitative case study. In this regard, with using a targeted approach and applying the theoretical saturation criterion, open interviews were conducted with 25 faculty members in the field of curriculum, agriculture, civil engineering and architecture from Shiraz University.The data obtained analyzed using Nvivo software and through thematic analysis , then clustered in three basic, organizing and global themes and thematic network were organized. The results of the analysis showed that,a matrix within the dimensions of Sustainable Development of higher education (environmental, social-cultural, institutional, economic) and curriculum Element (content) was formed. Then sustainable development education curriculum content design in Iran's Higher Education System (global theme) including dimensions of Social and cultural - content, environmental- content, economic- content, institutional- content (organizing themes) that each of which was found to have different dimensions (basic themes).

Keywords

• design
• Sustainable Development Education
• Curriculum content
• Iran's Higher Education System
• Qualitative study