Design and Validating a Framework of High-School Crisis-Management Curriculum (The Case of Covid-19 Crisis)

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1 Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty Education & Psychology, University of Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to develop and validate a curriculum framework based on crisis management. Research method was mixed and in qualitative part was used Grinded theory and in the quantitative part, descriptive survey. Sampling was done in a purposeful way until the theoretical saturation of the data with 15 experts. The data collection tool in the qualitative section was semi-structured in-depth interview and in the quantitative section, researcher-made questionnaire. For the validity of the instruments, the reliability and content validity technique was used, and for the reliability, the reliability test and Cronbach's alpha were used. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, content analysis was used using open and axial coding, and in the quantitative part, Friedman's test and one-sample t-test and SPSS software. The results showed that the developed curriculum framework is favorable in terms of usefulness and implementation capability.

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies (Formerly known as Iranian Journal of Management Studies)
Volume 17, Issue 2
April 2024
Pages 553-565

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