Document Type : Original Research Paper

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1 Faculty of Education, University of Tabriz.Tabriz. Iran

2 Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

The current study has been done with the aim of determining the desirable features of the curriculum  education along with production in sewing field of vocational schools. This research is practical in purpose and  is done using a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population  includes all the sewing field trainees of vocational schools in Iran. From among a total number of 1720 sewing filed trainees, 314 people were chosen by the random stratified method  according to Cochran formula. In order to gather data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by curriculum and educational planners as well as sewing trainees. Its reliability was obtained  by Cronbach's alpha method, 0.845. The results of the research  indicate that in determining the desirable features of the curriculum education along with production, in addition to the required properties for the curriculum elements including purposes, contents, teaching-learning methods, evaluation, time, site and groupings, some properties of the components related to this pattern  including the amount of production, the funding method, the way of buying raw materials and selling the products and non-technical competencies need to be noticed.

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