Identify the professional competences of elementary teachers in bilingual areas

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

roghaye shokrollahi ¹ , Marzieh Dehghani ² , Mohammad Javadipoor ³ , Keyvan Salehi ⁴ , Ali Nouri ⁵

1 - PhD Student of curriculum Development, Department of Curriculum Studies University of Tehran.Tehran.Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Methods and Curriculum. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, , Department of Educational Methods and Curriculum. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Methods and Curriculum. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5 - Associate professor of the Department of Educational Studies Malayer University, Malayer, Iran

Received: 2019-12-09 Accepted : 2021-10-30 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Bilingual areas, Professional competence, Elementary Teachers, Documentary Method,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with a qualitative approach and with the aim of identifying the professional competencies of primary school teachers in bilingual areas. For this purpose, using the documentary method and taking into account the criteria of document quality, 70 published documents related to the professional competence of teachers and bilingualism, including 63 foreign documents and 7 internal documents, in the period 20-20000 2000 from among the written Persian sources. And English was purposefully chosen. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data. In order to confirm the accuracy of the data, regarding the validity of the study, the research method was used by the members of the research and trial (data, sources and methods). Data analysis resulted in identification (75 basic themes, 7 first level organizing themes and 14 second level organizing themes and 1 comprehensive theme). The results showed that teachers' professional competence is one of the most important factors affecting the quality of the education system and especially improving the level and depth of learning of bilingual students. Therefore, it is suggested that the educational system, by prioritizing the linguistic and cultural needs of bilingual students, provide the necessary ground for selecting and cultivating the basic competencies of teachers in these areas, and as a result, move intelligently to move towards efficiency and productivity. Organize and improve the quality of bilingual students' learning

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Identify the professional competency of primary school teachers in bilingual areas

The present study was conducted with a qualitative approach and with the aim of identifying the professional competencies of primary school teachers in bilingual areas. For this purpose, using the documentary method and taking into account the criteria of document quality, 70 published documents related to the professional competence of teachers and bilingualism, including 63 foreign documents and 7 internal documents, in the period 20-20000 2000 from among the written Persian sources. And English was purposefully chosen. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data. In order to confirm the accuracy of the data, regarding the validity of the study, the research method was used by the members of the research and trial (data, sources and methods). Data analysis resulted in identification (75 basic themes, 7 first level organizing themes and 14 second level organizing themes and 1 comprehensive theme). The results showed that teachers' professional competence is one of the most important factors affecting the quality of the education system and especially improving the level and depth of learning of bilingual students. Therefore, it is suggested that the educational system, by prioritizing the linguistic and cultural needs of bilingual students, provide the necessary ground for selecting and cultivating the basic competencies of teachers in these areas, and as a result, move intelligently to move towards efficiency and productivity. Organize and improve the quality of bilingual students' learning.

Keywords: Vocational Competence, Primary Teachers, Bilingual Students, Documentary Method