University Textbooks; Research and Writting

University Textbooks; Research and Writting

Challenges and solutions of general courses of Farhangian University with emphasis on textbooks from the students' point of view

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mazhar Babaee 1
Asra Zare Ramashti 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 Bachelor of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Bint Al-Hoda Sadr , Farhangian University, Kurdistan, Iran.
10.30487/rwab.2024.2009989.1577
Abstract
The aim of the current research was to identify the challenges and solutions of the general courses of Farhangian University with an emphasis on textbooks from the students' point of view.To achieve the goal of the research, the qualitative approach and content analysis methods of the descriptive type of written text were used. The field of research included 69 student-teachers of Farhangian University of Kurdistan province in the academic year of 2001-2001, who were selected using a purposeful method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made semi-structured interview. The findings were obtained in two main themes, including challenges and solutions, and each of them included several categories.the results showed that challenges of general courses were categorized into four main challenges: first, the challenge of the professional field of professors (in 4 categories and 34 concepts), second, the challenge of the professional field of students (in 5 categories and 31 concepts), The third was the challenge of university textbooks of general subjects (in 20 categories ), and the fourth was the challenge of the role of universities in general subjects (in 3 categories and 25 concepts). Solutions to reduce the harms of general subjects were also presented in four main themes (12 categories) and 13 cases. First, solutions in the professional field of professors (in 4 categories and 44 concepts), second, solutions in the professional field of students (in 4 categories and 16 concepts), third, solutions in the content field of general course resources (in 13 categories ), including
Keywords
Curriculum challenge
Farhangian University
general courses
university textbooks

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