تدوين و اعتبارسنجي مولفه‌ها و نشانگان ارزيابي كيفيت گروه‌هاي آموزشي دانشگاه اصفهان به لحاظ ارتباط با جامعه

Development an‎d validation of components an‎d indicators for eva‎luating the quality of educational departments University of Isfahan in terms of relationship with society

علوم تربيتي

one of the main tasks of universities is to contribute to the development of the society . in this regard , the effective interaction between the educational groups of universities an‎d the society for doing this duty is very effective an‎d important . so The aim of this study was to develop an‎d validate the components an‎d indicators for eva‎luating the quality of the educational groups’ engagement with the community at the University of Isfahan. This applied study was conducted using an exploratory mixed-methods approach. In the qualitative phase, a semi-structured interview was employed, an‎d in the quantitative phase, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to confirm the validity of the indicators obtained in the qualitative phase. The present study included two statistical populations for the qualitative an‎d quantitative phases. The qualitative population consisted of experts an‎d specialists in the field of university an‎d educational groups’ engagement with the community, selec‎ted through purposive an‎d snowball sampling until theoretical saturation was reached. This group included 15 participants. The quantitative population consisted of a larger number of experts an‎d specialists in the same field, also selec‎ted through purposive an‎d snowball sampling, an‎d included 30 participants. According to the results of the qualitative phase, a total of seven components an‎d thirty-nine indicators were identified for eva‎luating the quality of the educational groups’ engagement with the community at the University of Isfahan. These seven components include education an‎d development of the learning ecosystem (with six indicators), activities in the research dimension (with six indicators), contribution to the development of technology an‎d community innovations (with four indicators), social presence (with five indicators), cultural presence (with five indicators), international presence (with six indicators), an‎d activities in the economic dimension (with seven indicators). The results of the quantitative phase revealed that the indicators obtained in the qualitative phase were valid an‎d confirmed by the respondents. it is hoped that the findings of this research should measure the quality of the relationship between the educational groups of isfahan university an‎d society an‎d finally lead to the promotion of the social role of isfahan university an‎d its educational groups, it also paved the way for establishing a systematic framework for eva‎luation of this type of communication at higher education level .

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