Evaluating Professional Competencies of under graduate Student Teachers in Elementary Education at Farhangian University with a Mixed-Methods Approach

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1 Department of Educational Sciences Farhangian University, P.O.Box 14665-889,Theran ,Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychology, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

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This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the professional competencies of student teachers in primary education based on the key dimensions of teacher competency. The combined research design and the research method in the quantitative part was a descriptive survey, and at the same time, in the qualitative part, with the descriptive phenomenological method, the lived experiences of the students regarding the acquired competencies were explored. The participants in the research were the students of the final year of continuous bachelor's degree in the field of elementary education at Farhangian University of Central Province, who graduated in 2001-1400. The sample of the research was selected in the quantitative part among the female student teachers using a simple random sampling method of 200 people and among the male student teachers as a whole number of 60 people, and in the qualitative part of the targeted approach and with the sampling method of ordinary people. And theoretical data saturation was used to determine the final number of participants. The research tool in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire and the data collection method in the qualitative part was a semi-structured interview. The method of data analysis in the quantitative part of the T-Tech exam was exemplary and in the qualitative part it was thematic analysis. The results of the research showed that the key competencies among the student teachers of Shahid Bahnar Campus and Zainab Kobri Campus of Central Province have been acquired at a relatively favorable level.

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Theory and Practice in Teachers Education

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