Lived experience of teachers in in-service training courses: a phenomenological study

The present research was conducted with the aim of studying the lived experience of teachers from in-service courses. The research method was qualitative and the strategy used was phenomenology. The potential participants of the research were all the participants of the in-service courses, 21 of them were selected by the purposeful sampling method based on the rule of theoretical saturation. This means that the data reached theoretical saturation with 21 people. The data was obtained through semi-structured interviews and analyzed with thematic analysis technique. The results of the research showed that teachers experience from in-service courses are defined in 66 basic themes and 10 organizing themes. The main themes of the organizer of the research include neglecting educational needs assessment in the design of courses, the lack of technical and legal contexts suitable for in-service training, the lack of required managerial and structural contexts, and the impossibility of real evaluations. certification and marketization of in-service training, lack of specialized and quality content, weak interaction in the training process, facilitating attendance in courses, paying attention to individual learning, reducing individual and organizational costs. Therefore, based on the results of the research, the quality of in-service training can be increased by accurately assessing the needs of in-service training, improving the interaction between lecturers and teachers, and creating the necessary technical and management platforms.