Abstract
The overall purpose of this study is to investigate the current and desirable status of adult education curricula in elementary and post-elementary education. In this study, exploratory mixed method was used. In the quantitative section the statistical population was all professors and experts in the field of adult education in the country that 25 people were selected based on theoretical and snowball sampling method. Samples in the qualitative section included all upstream documents related to adult education curriculum and professors, curriculum experts, and adult education that ten people were selected through theoretical sampling (Theoretical) and snowball. The research tool in the qualitative section was semi-structured interview and in the quantitative section a researcher-made questionnaire (based on the qualitative section results). Quantitative data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics and qualitative data analysis using thematic analysis. The quantitative and qualitative results of the present study showed that twelve components of philosophical foundations, sociological foundations, psychological foundations, political foundations, content, goals, evaluation, teaching and learning strategies, learning time and space, teaching and learning activities, learning materials and teamworking form the cornerstone of the post-elementary curriculum. The results of this study showed that there is a significant difference between the current situation and the desirable status of adult education curricula in elementary and post-primary education.
Highlights
Adult education system, as the most prominent manifestation of human resources investment, plays an important role in the training and provision of efficient human capital
The statistical population of this study included: All upstream documents related to adult education and training curriculum such as the Constitution of the country, Basic Education Transformation Document, National Curriculum Document, Comprehensive Scientific Plan of the Country, Vision Document in Horizon 1404, Policies the whole system has been approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the Supreme Council of Education, the Statute of the Literacy Movement and the Eradication Program [19]
The results showed that twelve components constitute the main foundation of adult curriculum in the postelementary
Summary
As the most prominent manifestation of human resources investment, plays an important role in the training and provision of efficient human capital. This system with a significant share of each country's budget can have a decisive role in different economic, cultural and political aspects of society. That is why the development of education and the reduction of illiteracy is one of the important indicators of progress. Education and its infrastructure, literacy is one of the most important tasks. Adult literacy and education as a factor in building these capacities for productive and effective strata of sustainable development is of particular importance
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