TY - JOUR ID - 77619 TI - Analysis of Educational Policy-Making Discourse in Iranian Higher Education System JO - Iranian Journal of Public Policy JA - JPPOLICY LA - en SN - 2538-5577 AU - Shirbagi, Naser AU - abdolahzadeh, nasim AD - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Kurdistan University AD - PhD Student, Department of Educational Management, Kurdistan University Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 179 EP - 200 KW - discourse KW - Higher Education KW - Educational Policy KW - Cultural Revolution KW - Educational Subjects DO - 10.22059/jppolicy.2020.77619 N2 - In this research, we have attempted to analyze the discourse order that governs the higher education system of the Islamic Republic of Iran and how the educational policies are articulated in the said discourse. Higher education discourse in the Islamic Republic of Iran and especially after the Cultural Revolution showed its first signs of emergence. The educational policies within this discourse are divided into three periods from 1357 to 1360, 1360 to 1368 and 1368 to the present day in which each period of higher education has sought to consolidate its meaning through the aforementioned educational policies. The findings of the research show that the discourse of higher education in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been articulated around the central signifier of "Islamic culture" and signifiers such as "the rejection of secularism", "the transformation of education", "the selection of educational agents", "Privatization of education","Islamization of the university" are centered around this central signifier. Each of these signifiers has emerged as a mediator in the adoption of authentic laws and documents requiring special education policies. Educational policies in this historical course have taken on ideological, value as well as executive dimensions, and their ultimate goal has been to strengthen the articulation of higher education discourse in the Islamic Republic of Iran. UR - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_77619.html L1 - https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_77619_4dd408aa36aeca6b52e99a5b031983e7.pdf ER -