نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 کارشناس ارشد علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران
2 استادیار، گروه آموزشی علوم تربیتی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران (نویسنده مسئول)
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کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Background and Purpose: the curricula play an effective role in forming the teachers' professional competences. The objective of the present study was to determine the degree of conformity of educational sciences curriculum at undergraduate level to the professional competence of primary school teachers working in the city of Isfahan. Methods: it was an applied study with the quantitative approach and was administered through descriptive-survey method. The statistical population was 257 teachers with BA degree in educational sciences in the city of Isfahan from whom 152 were selected as the sample through stratified random sampling method. The data were collected via researcher-made questionnaire according to Huntly theory in three aspects including knowledge, practice and professional commitment. The viewpoints of the experts in educational sciences were used to investigate the content validity and so was Cronbach's alpha coefficient to determine the reliability. The data analysis was conducted via SPSS22 and AMOS22 software. Findings: first, the factor structure of the model investigating the teachers' knowledge, practice and professional commitment was analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis method in the framework of structural equations modeling. The results of the indices of model goodness of fit showed that the model under study has appropriate goodness of fit. Moreover, one sample T-test was used to answer the study questions regarding the conformity of the curriculum to the mentioned teachers' knowledge, practice and professional commitment. The results showed that the mean of conformity of curriculum to the professional competences of the mentioned teachers in the aspects of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional commitment is higher than average. The mean of conformity of curriculum was 4.021 in the aspect of professional knowledge, 3.996 in the aspect of professional practice and 4.226 in the aspect of professional commitment. Conclusion: the curriculum in the major of educational sciences at undergraduate level conforms to the primary school teachers' professional competence and the aspects of the teachers' knowledge, practice and professional competence were attended to in the mentioned curriculum; therefore, attending to the teachers' curriculum is vital in educating competent teachers.
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