A new approach to children's education quarterly

A new approach to children's education quarterly

Monitoring the operational program of Farhangian University's internship course

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
mahin gholamzadeh 1
zohreh Saad Tamand 2
Narges Kesthaarai 2
1 Doctoral student of Curriculum Planning Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22034/naes.2025.558560.1811
Abstract
Monitoring the internship curriculum is not just a monitoring activity, but an active and dynamic process that leads to improving the quality of education, increasing organizational effectiveness, and strengthening the relationship with society and industry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the implementation of the internship curriculum at Farhangian University. This study was conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach and using a data-driven method, and the data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The participants in this study were students, new teachers, and professors at Farhangian University, who were selected using a purposive and theoretical sampling method. The data from the interviews were analyzed using maxqda software. The results showed that the evaluation of the implementation of the internship curriculum at Farhangian included concepts and was categorized into two parts: strengths and weaknesses. Strengths included: individual measures (personal perspective on internship), professional qualifications (practical experience and practical teaching), and organizational platform (the existence of a continuous internship framework, strengthening the new internship method). Weaknesses include: individual measures (lack of freedom of action, poor writing, lack of motivation of the intern, lack of necessary teaching experience), organizational platform (theorization of implementation, method of evaluating the quality of the internship, placing a large number of students under the supervision of a supervisor, fixed internship days, bureaucracy, lack of brainstorming sessions for internship instructors, failure to employ a professor of educational sciences alongside a specialized professor in each field, lack of expertise of the intern supervisor), professional qualifications (lack of full implementation capability of the internship curriculum, lack of cooperation of teachers, mismatch of the nature of the classes, lack of facilities for the intern, inappropriateness of the school curriculum, high student population in small school classes, managers' ignorance of the internship curriculum, the impact of teachers' negative attitude on the intern, lack of up-to-dateness of teachers). Therefore, continuous and effective monitoring of the internship course operational plan can bring positive and significant results for students, the university, and host organizations. These results contribute significantly to improving the overall quality of the internship experience and achieving educational goals.
Keywords
Evaluation
Curriculum Implementation
Internship
Farhangian University
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