A Study of the Professional Competencies of General Education Teachers and Presentation Of an Appropriate Conceptual Framework

The aim of this research was to study the professional competencies of the general school teachers in order to present an appropriate conceptual framework and that the research method was, survey. From literature review and previous researches, 8 principal componentes and 99 sub-componentes were extracted, on the basis of which the first questionnaire was prepared. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by the experts and its reliability was estimated by Cronbach's Alpha coefficent, which was 0.96. The statistical population of the research was the elementary and guidance school teachers (general education) in Isfahan, 400 persons were selected from 6880, on the basis of relative random sampling. Descriptive and inferential statistics (factor analysis, dependent t test, independent t test and one sample t test) were used to analyse the data. The results analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the present situation and teacher's favorable competencies and in all componentes, there was a significant difference)P≥0.001(The present status competencies of the general education teachers showed that in personality and professional moral dimensions, they were higher than average, but in educational, behavioral- cognitive and manageiral dimensions on average, and in technology, professional development and teaching componentes were weak. After factor analysis, the components were divided in to 9 categories and 90 items, renaming of which was done with regard to sub componentes. Based on the factor analysis results, a conceptual framework was desigened for teachers competencies. experts and educational specialists confirmed the appropriateness of framework componentes by means of 4/63 of 5.