Developing a Rhizomatic-Based Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum Model for Primary Education
Keywords:
Curriculum, Social Entrepreneurship, Rhizomatic Approach, Primary Education, Curriculum ModelAbstract
Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate a rhizomatic-based social entrepreneurship curriculum model for the primary education system.
Methodology: A sequential qualitative design was employed. In the model development phase, inductive qualitative content analysis based on Elo and Kyngäs’s approach was used, followed by a three-round Delphi technique for validation. Participants included 21 experts for model construction and 17 experts for validation, selected through snowball and purposive sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews and expert checklists and analyzed using Atlas.ti and SPSS software.
Findings: The final model comprised four core elements—objectives, content, teaching methods, and evaluation—organized into 12 dimensions and 24 components. Kendall’s coefficient of concordance in the third Delphi round exceeded 0.80 for all elements, indicating strong expert consensus and acceptable construct validity of the model.
Conclusion: The proposed model, grounded in rhizomatic learning principles, offers a flexible, non-linear, and interaction-oriented framework that can effectively institutionalize social entrepreneurship education from the primary level and align curriculum practices with contemporary social and developmental needs
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