Lived Experiences of Markazi Province Teachers from the Teaching in Shahid schools

Document Type : Research Paper

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Associate professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of "examining the lived experiences of teachers in the central province of the implementation of the curriculum in Shahid schools". In terms of purpose, it is practical and with a qualitative approach of phenomenology. The potential participants of the research were all the teachers of the first and second secondary school, Shahid schools of Arak city, using the theoretical saturation method, 28 people participated in the present study. The questions were asked to the research participants through semi-structured interviews, in an approximate time between 32 and 85 minutes. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis method. Thematic analysis of the data from the interviews resulted in 146 basic themes, 11 organizing themes and 1 overarching theme. The organizing themes extracted from the research were as follows; Institutional and structured support of Shahid schools, provision of appropriate physical, cultural and educational resources in Shahid schools, priority of commitment over expertise, managerial challenges, satisfactory organizational atmosphere, educational challenges, preference of teachers to choose Shahid schools, behavioral challenges of learners, heterogeneous being learners, the behavioral challenges of parents of students, the boldness of extracurricular activities. According to the themes discovered from the lived experience of teachers in Shahid schools, it is possible to improve the performance of Shahid schools by improving the performance of Shahid schools by improving the quality of different departments and using appropriate strategies to reduce the challenges raised.

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