Providing a model of teaching life skills to elementary students based on structural, contextual and process factors

The purpose of this study was to provide a model of teaching life skills to elementary students based on structural, contextual and process factors. The research was cross-sectional in terms of applied objectives and in terms of the type of study and the nature of the research in terms of the qualitative dimension of exploratory search and the quantitative aspect of the survey. The statistical population of the research was all primary teachers working in the primary schools of Rafsanjan city (1457 people) in the academic year of 2019-2019.To determine the sample size in the qualitative dimension, purposive sampling and Delphi technique were used, and in the quantitative dimension, Cochran sampling was used. The minimum required sample size was estimated to be 304. The measurement tool was two researcher-made questionnaires (life skills questionnaire with 91 questions and three-pronged factors questionnaire with 27 questions).Qualitative data were analyzed using open and axial coding to finally develop a life skills training model. Research model with 15 components of life skills including communication skills, deliverable skills, self -responsibility, work ethics, management, healthy life skills, critical thinking, collaboration, decision making, creative thinking, self -awareness, goal setting, problem solving, attention to others, self –esteem, and 10 components of three-pronged factors including textbook, television, educational workshop, family, peers, society, cyberspace, consultant, non-textbook and school were presented.