Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
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MA in education psychology, Allameh Amini Farhangian University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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MA in Curriculum Planning, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
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) Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Background: In the present era, it is necessary to focus on the development and advancement of various skills, communication, creative thinking, and adaptation to the surrounding environment.
Aim: The objective of the present study is to study the lived experiences of teachers and university professors regarding the challenges prevailing in the category of technological education and to provide solutions for its improvement.
Method: The research method is qualitative and phenomenological. The interviewees of the study included teachers and university professors of education in the academic year 2023-2024. To select the participants, a purposive sampling method was applied until saturation was reached. 16 teachers were interviewed in person and the rest were not. The reason for the not-in-person interview was to provide an opportunity to use the experiences of teachers who were known at the provincial level. It was practically difficult to interview them in person due to the distance, so an attempt was made to interview them virtually.
Results: In interviews with teachers and university professors, the majority of them raised the existence of challenges in schools in the field of scientific and technological education at the level of components of responsible use and disposal of nature, principles of creativity, innovation and critical thinking, balanced attention to the areas of theoretical sciences, and the relationship of learning content with the present and future individual and social life of the educators. They also expressed solutions to overcome these challenges.
Conclusion: Therefore, the category of technological education at the school level has challenges that should be considered in order to overcome them through various solutions. Therefore, it is suggested that school staff and even parents challenge students by proposing challenging issues related to lesson concepts and providing them with the necessary foundation for creativity.
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