Practicum analysis in the conditions of Corona Pandemic: Inference of post-corona policies

Document Type : Original Research

Author

Faculty member of Educational Administration, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

10.48310/itt.2023.3185

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate and analyze teacher training practicum in the corona pandemic situation and formulate policies for the post-corona era. In this research, a sequential mixed method was used, in which the qualitative content analysis method was used, and the descriptive-survey method of SWOT analysis was used in the quantitative part. The researched society consisted of four groups of students, third and fourth year teachers, practicum guidance professors, internship guidance teachers, and practicum managers and experts. After counting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats from the semi-structured interview section with the target group, a questionnaire containing 40 items was distributed among 385 people involved in the internship. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and evaluation matrix of internal factors, evaluation matrix of external factors, SWAT matrix were used. The findings showed that the internship has taken a conservative strategy in the conditions of Corona pandemic. The special conditions of the corona outbreak have provided opportunities for Farhangian University, but the weaknesses have been more than the strengths. At the end, policies for the post-corona period were presented.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 16 October 2023
  • Receive Date: 31 October 2022
  • Revise Date: 26 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 12 March 2023