Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Department of Education and Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Education and Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Correspondant Author)
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epartment of Education and Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The present study investigates the "phenomenology of evaluating learning outcomes".In terms of purpose, application and method of conducting qualitative research is of phenomenological type.The research population includes all the professors in the field of education from the universities in Tehran.Using snowball sampling and continuous comparison of data until theoretical saturation,10 of them were interviewed with semi-structured interview.Its subject area was in the field of educational sciences.The method of data gathering includes field studies,library studies, and semi-structured interviews.In order to ensure the reliability of the research data,the methods of triangulation of data sources,repeated studies, continuous adaptation of data, summarization, classification of information and review of the interviews by the interviewee professors and also by the main supervisors and advisors were used.In order to evaluate the validity of the data obtained by purposive sampling method from the opinions of 36 professors of other universities in Tehran who have expertise in this subject were used to achieve theoretical saturation.The data of this study were analyzed using the seven-step model of Wan Manen and Finally,5 structures(nature of evaluation,evaluator (teacher),nature of learning outcomes,evaluated(student)and nature of curriculum), 17 dimensions,87 categories and 320 indicators of phenomenology of evaluating learning outcomes in the format of a model were identified.The Findings show that the evaluation of learning outcomes is surrounded by 5 mentioned structures; and the obtained structures, dimensions and indicators are related to each other and all of them contribute to the measurement of learning outcomes and have the same value.
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