University of Isfahan New Educational Approaches   2423-6780 9 1 2014 03 21 Higher education challenges in developing the content of curriculum with learning society approach Higher education challenges in developing the content of curriculum with learning society approach 107 142 19114 FA S. Karimi Ph.D. of curriculum planning and payam noor's teacher M. Sharif assistant professor, university of Isfahan Journal Article 2016 06 14 The purpose of present study was to investigate the considerations in developing the content with learning society approach and challenges that higher education is faced with. In this quantitative - qualitative study, views of 24 experts and administrators from public universities through interviews and views of 153 faculty members through a questionnaire survey are reviewed. Instrument content validity was confirmed by experts in curriculum planning and the reliability by Cronbach's alpha was estimated 0.96. Findings of the study suggest that in order to develop a content with learning society approach, It is necessary to observe the criteria, such as the emphasis on quality rather than quantity of content, providing flexible and varied content, appropriateness of content with the aim of developing lifelong learner, support of teacher for changing the content, using other learning sources besides the textbook and student participation in selecting content. Universities are faceing to challenges in respect of these considerations. Totally, there is no significant difference (α>0.05) in terms of demographic variables on these challenges among the view of faculty members. The purpose of present study was to investigate the considerations in developing the content with learning society approach and challenges that higher education is faced with. In this quantitative - qualitative study, views of 24 experts and administrators from public universities through interviews and views of 153 faculty members through a questionnaire survey are reviewed. Instrument content validity was confirmed by experts in curriculum planning and the reliability by Cronbach's alpha was estimated 0.96. Findings of the study suggest that in order to develop a content with learning society approach, It is necessary to observe the criteria, such as the emphasis on quality rather than quantity of content, providing flexible and varied content, appropriateness of content with the aim of developing lifelong learner, support of teacher for changing the content, using other learning sources besides the textbook and student participation in selecting content. Universities are faceing to challenges in respect of these considerations. Totally, there is no significant difference (α>0.05) in terms of demographic variables on these challenges among the view of faculty members. https://nea.ui.ac.ir/article_19114_d1b1b66e1cef7c6e09354cedbc8321b5.pdf