Evaluation of the Electronics Curriculum in Secondary Education

Author
Ahad Naveedy
research institute for education
Abstract
This research was conducted to evaluate the electronics curriculum in secondary schools. To do this, five provinces were selected purposefully with the opinions of experts, and the required data were collected using written documents, questionnaires, and interviews. 406 people responded to the art student questionnaire and 1980 people responded to the student questionnaire. Members of the electronics program planning commission and several knowledgeable experts, 15 people who implemented the electronics curriculum, and 14 people who implemented the art students were interviewed. The research findings show that the needs assessment, design, and curriculum planning of the electronics program have not been carried out according to scientific standards. Experts and art students acknowledge the ambiguity in the goals of the program. Standards for human resources, equipment, space, and the evaluation system are set in an abstract space and are out of reach. Due to the lack of equipment and training time, as well as the weakness of the program implementers, the developed program has not been implemented properly. Most experts, art school directors, art students and students have assessed the workshop facilities as inadequate and inadequate. The implementation of the internship curriculum is not in line with the objectives of this course. The competency-based evaluation guidelines have not been implemented properly. Experts, teachers and students have conditioned the success of the program to creating favorable conditions through reforming the input, process and output of the system.
Keywords
Evaluation
Electronic course
Curriculum
Secondary education
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