Identifying the individual and specialized characteristics of primary school teachers for teaching in critical conditions (study case: critical conditions of Covid-19)

Document Type : Original Research

Author

1. Assistant professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The Purpose of this research is to identify the individual and specialized characteristics needed by teachers to teach in the critical conditions of Covid-19. This is qualitative applied research with a phenomenological approach. The research community consist of primary school teachers in Fars province in 1401, who were selected as a research sample using a purposeful snowball method. The sample selection criterion was data saturation, which was reached after conducting 27 semi- structured interviews with teachers. The data were analyzed in the MaxQDA2020 software using the content analysis method, which includes 62 open codes, 9 central codes, and 1selective code. Validity and authenticity of the data were confirmed by three education specialists and tow experienced teachers. Examining the result showed that the most important characteristics and abilities that teachers should have in these conditions include media literacy with 8 codes, interactions with 7 codes, the ability to analyze the situation with 7 codes, interest and motivation with 7 codes. The code is effective evaluation implementation with 6 codes, knowledge with 4 codes, management with 4 codes, attitude and awareness with 10 codes, and ability and skill with 9 codes.

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