ارزشيابي الگوهاي نيازسنجي آموزشي و طراحي برنامه هاي درسي آموزش هاي علمي -كاربردي در جمهوري اسلامي ايران

An evaluation of educational needs assessment models and curriculum design for applied educational programs in Islamic Republic of Iran

Applied Educational Programs (AEP) are those programs which aim at providing vocational and job skills and also promoting job skills among employees . As such programs have a significant role in the development of the country, the High Council cultural Revolution established the High Council for Applied educational programs to develop a relevant structure and content for these programs. This paper investigated the models for educational needs assessments in order to identify all applied programs and the process of curriculum designing in two sectors (Industry and Agriculture). Results indicate a lack of sufficient attention by policy maker organizations and institutions which run applied educational programs. Major shortcomings in this regard are lack of attention to the aims and objectives of these programs (particularly the self employment), lack of the use of relevant models for needs assessment in identifying the courses and also lack of enough attention to models for skill-centered curriculums by educational planners.