Validating the Admission Pattern of Curriculum Change by Primary School Teachers in Birjand: A Structural Equations Model

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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

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Nowadays, due to rapid changes in technological and instructional needs of future, change in curriculum is seems to be more necessary than before. Therefore, this study was planned and implemented to examine the admission pattern of the curriculum change by primary school teachers in Birjand. This descriptive study is correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of 500 primary school teachers in Birjand. 220 participants were chosen as the statistical sample of the study through random selection procedure. A researcher-made questionnaire was used in order to gather the needed data. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and structural equations model through PLS software. The results revealed that the questionnaire was highly valid and reliable. Except for one path, the other paths of the examined model were proven and the model enjoyed an appropriate compatibility. Teachers’ attitudes predicted their perceptions on usefulness and ease of curriculum change while perceptions on usefulness of change for students could not predict the acceptance of change in curriculum. Understanding the ease of implementing the changed curriculum predicted the acceptance of curriculum change.

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  • Receive Date: 14 November 2014
  • Revise Date: 16 February 2017
  • Accept Date: 26 August 2017

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