Exploring the dimensions of organizational culture in Farhangian university From the lens of the teacher competencies

The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe the teacher competencies and organizational culture in the viewpoint of activists in the fields of higher education and teacher education. The research based on qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Data of the research were collected with the deep semi-structured interviews. Participants in the research were based on a targeted sampling method and with respect to the diversity of the groups. The participants included 44 activists in the four groups: faculty of Farhangian university, representative of the leadership institution, experts, and students of Farhangian university, as well as faculty of other universities in the field of education and higher education. By analysis of the data were inferred six teacher competency domains: theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge, monotheistic and aesthetic perspective, professional beliefs, personality, and meta competencies with 15 components. Analysis of data showed that faculty, the board of Directors, and experts of Farhangian university have a mutual opinion about the six competency domains, but students of Farhangian university and faculty of other universities have a different opinion about the personal competencies. In part of organizational culture, were inferred six domains including educational philosophy, trust, organizational interactions, organizational relationships, teacher education, organizational evaluations with 17 components.