Evaluation The Effectiveness of Need-entered Workshops on Improving The Knowledge and Teaching Skills of Islamic Education Courses (Medical Sciences Universities of Tehran)

Curriculum experts emphasize on the role of professors and trainers as guide, facilitator and learning assurance. The ability of professors to teach by using active teaching and learning methods and the use of student-centered teaching methods is a necessity. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of need-centered workshops on improving the knowledge and skills of religious professors in Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
The present study is applied in terms of purpose and intervention in terms of method. The statistical population of this study were religious professors of medical universities of Tehran and a number of 139 students were selected randomly. This study was carried out in the form of an interventional research design and the implementation of a workshop of faculty members with pre-test and post-test. Information about the knowledge and skills of faculty members were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire.
The results show that the training course for the needs-based curriculum was effective in increasing the knowledge of faculty members. There is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test average of the samples at 95% confidence level.
Having the knowledge and teaching skills along with learning method is one of the requirements for teachers, especially for novice teachers and professors of religious lessons. Initial empowerment workshops and its continuity, as well as its periodic evaluation, are recommended.