A Phenomenological Approach to Identifying Problems in the Thesis Process

The purpose of this study was to represent the lived experiences of faculty members of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences about the problems of the process of dissertations and dissertations of Tehran University students. The research field was the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Tehran and the participants were selected using faculty sampling. The data collection was done using a semi-structured interview technique and reached the theoretical saturation level at the tenth interview, but two additional interviews were conducted to validate the findings and finally the 12th interview was stopped. The collected data were analyzed using the George method. The data analysis resulted in the identification of 7 main themes and 67 subthemes. The most important challenges and problems were the difficulty in choosing the topic, little mastery in the field of research methods and students' problems. The results showed that students face numerous and various problems in the process of their dissertations and dissertations, and these challenges have led to numerous difficulties in this process. To this end, solutions have been proposed for improvement.