Solutions to Facilitate Activities in Student Research Centers; Teachers' Point of View

The present research was conducted with the aim of providing practical solutions to facilitate the activities of teachers in student research institutes of Semnan province. This study was conducted using a mixed exploratory method, and its statistical population was the research teachers of Semnan province in the academic year of 1400-1401. In this way, the size of the statistical sample was determined in the qualitative part by the network method of 35 people and in the quantitative part by the stratified random method of 181 people, and to collect the data, a semi-structured interview and a closed-answer questionnaire were used. The analysis of the data from the interview was done using Strauss and Corbin's open, central and selective coding method. In the first stage, 619 open codes were agreed upon. In the second step, 63 identified codes were clustered in the form of 7 core codes. In the final stage, the selected code "Methods to Facilitate Teachers' Participation in Student Research Institutes" included 3 components: "Participatory Actions of Education and Education", "Participatory Actions of Research Institutes" and "Participatory Actions of Schools" with 22 statistical indicators. The analysis of the questionnaire data also shows the degree of importance of each of the facilitating solutions in these axes.