Analyzing the views of student teachers regarding their empowerment model through cultural and social festivals

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant professor of Educational Management/ Department of Educational Administration, Farhangian University. ٰTehran. Iran

2 Ph.D in Educational management, University of Tehran, Lecturer at Farhangian University

3 Master’s student, Educational Management Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The current research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the views of students teachers regarding the model of empowering student teachers through cultural and social festivals Methods: The approach of this research was qualitative and the theory method was derived from the data. The research community included student teachers in cultural and social festivals who were studying in Al-Zahra (S) campus in Zanjan in the academic year of 1402-1403, and 14 of them were interviewed with a purposeful method and based on the principle of theoretical saturation. A semi-structured interview was used to collect data. The accuracy of qualitative data was obtained using the criteria of acceptability, transferability, and reliability. Data was validated through quality tape recording and documentation, recording, writing and interpretation, handwriting, blind coding, and agreement between expert coders in the field of qualitative research. Corbin and Strauss (2008) used a systematic approach to analyze the data. Findings: Factors affecting the empowerment of student teachers to participate in various cultural-social festivals in 4 categories and 8 concepts were identified. Conclusion: Empowering student teachers through cultural and social festivals can help strengthen their professional and social identity and make them teachers with the necessary skills.

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