Comparison of the professors and new teachers’ perception of Farhangian university’s role in promoting the professional development of student-teacher’s

The aim of this study was to compare the professors and new teachers’ perception of Farhangian University’s role in promoting the professional development of student-teachers.

The research method is descriptive and comparative causal. The statistical population included all internship professors and graduates of Farhangian University, and 27 professors and 125 new teachers were selected by using stratified random sampling method. For data collection, Qaroneh Professional Development Questionnaire (2014) with a reliability of 0.92 was used. In addition to descriptive statistics, one-sample t-test and independent t-test were used to analyze the data.

According to the research findings, there is no significant difference between the professors and new teachers’ perception of Farhangian university’s role in promoting the professional development of student-teacher’s (P >0.05). Also, Farhangian University has acted above average in promoting the educational, individual and organizational maturity of student-teachers, but below average in promoting the development of research and specialized services.

Promoting the development of research and specialized services of student-teachers is one of the challenges of the students of Farhangian university, and requires a good planning.