Presentation of Moral Competency Model with Islamic Approach in Free Universities of Mazandaran Province

The purpose of this study was to present a model of moral competence with Islamic approach in open universities of Mazandaran province. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and in the type of data was a hybrid of exploratory type. The statistical population of the research qualitative section included academic experts, who were selected using non-random sampling method. The second group of the statistical population of this study included all faculty members of Mazandaran Free University Universities who were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling of 420 subjects. In this research, the library method, semi-structured interview (qualitative section) and researcher-made questionnaire (quantitative section) were used to collect data. In order to calculate the reliability, the reliability method was used between the two coders. The results indicated that the interview was valid and valid. Also, for assessing the validity of the questionnaire, the formal validity, content and structure were used and, in order to calculate the reliability of the alpha coefficient Cronbach whose results indicated the validity and reliability of the researcher's questionnaire. Data analysis in the qualitative section through content analysis and in the quantitative section of descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution tables and graphs) and inferential (structural equation modeling, exploratory factor analysis and single sample t-test) used. The results showed that the components of moral competence with an Islamic approach, including competence in moral cognition, competence in moral sensitivity and competence in moral decision making.