Analysis of Null Approach in Farhangian University Curriculum: A Qualitative Research

The present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the nature of the curriculum of Farhangian University, focusing on the null approach in the field of elementary education. The implementation of the research was a combination of phenomenological method with inferential analysis. The field of research included professors and student teachers of Farhangian University in the academic year 1402-1403, and 17 of them were interviewed through targeted sampling of index type. The researcher's self-assessment method and cross-case analysis were used for the validity of the research data and the continuous and systematic comparison method was used in recording and writing the data to determine the reliability of the data. The findings of the research show concepts such as curriculum quality, academic culture, professors' ability, students' comprehensibility, evaluation system and educational approach, which have an impact on teacher knowledge (educational knowledge, content knowledge, content-educational knowledge) and show different dimensions of the curriculum. The results show that the null approach in the curriculum of Farhangian University should be continuously investigated in order to identify the extent of its different dimensions and the factors that cause its development in the educational structure. Also, the effectiveness of the null curriculum on theoretical and practical activities in the curriculum content of Farhangian University has been evaluated in order to design appropriate learning activities.