Studying the Barriers Related to Political Aspects of the Internationalization of Curriculum in Azad Universities in the 6th State

The goal of this study was to search for the role of barriers related to political Aspects of the internationalization of 6th State Azad Universities' Curriculum according to the faculties' views in 2012-2013. That was a survey and the research method was descriptive. The statistic population included 1474 full time members of faculties in these universities and 330 participants were selected based on multi stages cluster sampling. The tool used in this survey was a questionnaire which included 23 statements. The validity of questionnaire was emphasized and accepted by 10 experts in this field and the reliability of questionnaire was determined based on Chronbach’s Alpha coefficient and the number was 0.93. For the analysis of data, a combination of descriptive and inferential techniques including one sample T test and independent T test was used. Findings indicated the structural barriers, cultural barriers, human resources barriers and political/management barriers were barriers in the internationalization of 6th State Azad universities' curriculum according to the faculties' views.

Keywords:

Internationalization of curriculum (IOC) , Internationalization of higher education , 6th state