Identifying the dimensions and components of teachers' professional competence and presenting a conceptual model at the level of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Competence is a structure that casts a shadow over all the weaknesses and excellent performances of a teacher like an umbrella. The purpose of this study is to identify the dimensions and components of teachers' professional competence in the level of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The grounded theory qualitative research method has been used. The community of this research included experts in educational sciences and all developmental documents and theoretical foundations, and 11 people were selected as the research sample based on the two factors of expertise and experience, from university professors until the data reached theoretical saturation through targeted sampling; The data collection tools were semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and documents related to the topic. After the implementation of the interviews, primary data analysis was done through inductive content analysis using open, central and selective coding techniques and using Max QDA software for qualitative data analysis. Validity was confirmed by the three-way method of data sources, and its reliability was obtained by the agreement method between two coders of 86.03%, which shows high concordance and adequate reliability. The research findings were identified in 4 dimensions and 19 components and 96 sub-components, which are: professional knowledge, professional practice, professional commitment and professional identity development. Therefore, professional competence including professional ethics, adherence to religious values and professional competence has been explained and should be used in new methods of teacher training.

Keywords

• teacher's professional competence
• graduates of farhangian university
• professional knowledge
• professional practice
• professional commitment
• professional identity development