Designing a Model of Professional Empowerment for Physical Education Teachers Based on the Educational Experiences of Professors
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Professional empowerment, human resource development, educationAbstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model of professional empowerment for physical education teachers based on the educational experiences of professors. From the perspective of purpose, this research is applied; in terms of data type, it is sequential mixed with an exploratory approach; in terms of paradigm, it is pragmatic; and in terms of nature, it is thematic analysis in the qualitative section and descriptive-analytical of the survey/correlational type in the quantitative section. The statistical population of the qualitative section in the first stage consisted of theoretical and practical experts in education as well as university professors, from which, considering the principle of saturation and using purposive sampling, 20 interviewees were selected. Furthermore, the statistical population of the quantitative section included all secondary school teachers in Tehran, from which, using the method of minimum sample size calculation in confirmatory factor analysis and simple random sampling, 202 department heads were selected. The data collection method in the qualitative section was semi-structured interviews, while in the quantitative section, researcher-made questionnaires were used to assess the validity of the model both from the perspective of participants in the qualitative section and the respondents in the quantitative section. The validity and reliability of the instruments in both qualitative and quantitative parts were examined and confirmed. Moreover, the data analysis method in the qualitative section included thematic analysis, while in the quantitative section it included descriptive statistics (describing demographic characteristics and variables) and statistical analysis (one-sample t-test) using SPSS-V27 and SmartPLS-V3 software. The findings indicated that the professional empowerment of physical education teachers, based on the educational experiences of professors, includes four components: educational and professional, technology and innovation, psychological and motivational, and managerial and communicational.
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