Identifying the Professional Development Components of Primary Education Teachers and Managers with Using Themes Analysis Method

Porsesh, Sepideh; Ghasemizad, Alireza; Mashayekh, Pari

doi:10.22034/ijes.2021.532033.1072

Document Type : Research Article (Quantitative)

Authors

¹ PhD Student, Department of Educational Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazun, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijes.2021.532033.1072

Abstract

Purpose: the present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the professional development components of primary education teachers and managers with using themes analysis method.
Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The research population was printed documents and texts about the teachers and managers' professions development in scientific databases between the 2000-2019 years, which according to the inclusion criteria were selected 52 cases as a sample by purposive sampling method. Data after collected by take noting method were analyzed with using open, axial and selective coding by themes analysis method in MAXQDA software.
Findings: The findings showed that the professional development of primary education teachers and managers based on the fundamental transformation document had 206 basic themes, 53 organizing themes and 16 comprehensive themes included of teachers' characteristics, teachers' motivation, leadership program, teachers' group, educational group, specialist-professional, professional development, teachers' issues and problems, school factors, environmental-educational conditions, environmental-macro conditions, teachers' involvement in professional activities, guidance, networking, educational strategies and individual consequences. Also, the global themes of professional development of primary education teachers and managers were included of 20 basic themes, 8 organizing themes and 1 comprehensive themes including global components and eight organizing themes of guidance, networking, leadership, specialist-professional, educational group, leaders group, educational strategies and consequences.
Conclusion: According to the identified themes, planning is essential for the professional development of primary education teachers and managers, which for this purpose it is possible to provide the conditions for improving themes.

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Identifying the Professional Development Components of Primary Education Teachers and Managers with Using Themes Analysis Method

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 13
September 2021
Pages 254-265

Identifying the Professional Development Components of Primary Education Teachers and Managers with Using Themes Analysis Method

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 13September 2021Pages 254-265

Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 13
September 2021
Pages 254-265