Desirable features of the curriculum of education along with production in vocational schools (case study: sewing field)

Abstract

The current study has been done with the aim of determining the desirable features of the curriculum education along with production in sewing field of vocational schools. This research is practical in purpose and is done using a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population includes all the sewing field trainees of vocational schools in Iran. From among a total number of 1720 sewing filed trainees, 314 people were chosen by the random stratified method according to Cochran formula. In order to gather data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by curriculum and educational planners as well as sewing trainees. Its reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method, 0.845. The results of the research indicate that in determining the desirable features of the curriculum education along with production, in addition to the required properties for the curriculum elements including purposes, contents, teaching-learning methods, evaluation, time, site and groupings, some properties of the components related to this pattern including the amount of production, the funding method, the way of buying raw materials and selling the products and non-technical competencies need to be noticed.

Keywords

• desirable features
• education along with production
• vocational schools
• sewing field