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This paper aimed to evaluate a project entitled “Enhancing Knowledge and Skills of Mathematics Teachers in Developing Mathematics Textbooks Content.” The research was fulfilled through a design-based research method, in which mathematics teachers and curriculum developers collaborated in groups to develop a mathematics course pack. The statistical population of this study was 284 official mathematics teachers of the Secondary schools of Isfahan. Among them, 21 teachers were selected in a targeted sampling method, criterion-based type, to participate in content development workshops. The produced content for the student and the teacher's guide was evaluated by two researcher-made questionnaires. The validity of the instruments was confirmed by three experts and their reliability was obtained based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.89 and 0.79, respectively. The findings revealed that the teachers’ knowledge of the curriculum content was enhanced, and their beliefs about the role of teachers in curriculum development have been changed

The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of student-teachers about the teaching and learning process during COVID-19 pandemic at Teacher Training University. The research has been conducted with a qualitative approach and phenomenological strategy. The study population included all student-teachers in the field of Educational Sciences at the Teacher Training University of Zanjan, Iran. Fifteen of them were selected as participants in the study using purposive sampling. And semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. The research findings were identified in eight organizing themes as follows: 1. Mental, cultural and psychological preparation of student-teachers, 2. Platforms for teaching and learning, 3. Technological literacy of student-teachers and professors, 4. Student-teacher access to required information resources, 5. Curriculum content, 6. Learning activities, 7. Teaching strategies and methods, and 8. Evaluation strategies from student-teacher learning.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and explain the implicit outcomes of elementary education curriculum at Teacher Training University. The research method was qualitative and of phenomenological type that has been done in a semi-structured interview with 32 professors and elementary education students of Kerman at Training University. The interview analysis was in three forms of open, axial and selective coding. The findings of this study had implicit messages of important elements in curriculum include learning to replace a school teacher , learning and facilitating social-ministerial relations, getting away from the study field, focus on physical space And getting way from the teacher training, duality between the concept of student and teacher, getting away from the theory in learning process.

: The aim of the present research was to explain the components of internship curriculum pattern based on autobiography. This study is a kind of applied research and with a view to method, a qualitative approach with a phenomenological strategy. The participants were curriculum specialists and internship educators that were selected through purposive sampling method. They were interviewed by semi-structured interview. The interviews were continued saturation (n=9). On the basis of encodings and obtained themes from scientific texts and experts and educators’ interviews, obtained suitable mental models, reflective thinking, narrative inquiry, professional competences, and lived experiences as the components of internship curriculum pattern based on autobiography. According to the findings, it is suggested to include the above five components in Teacher Training university courses.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of clinical education on improving the quality of student-teacher performance in the internship process. The research method was quasi-experimental. The statistical population of the study included 160 internship students of 7th and 8th semesters of Teacher Training University of Kerman, Iran. Based on the criteria for entering the intervention, 80 people were selected as a statistical sample and due to the existence of both sexes of girls and boys, the members of the statistical sample using stratified random sampling in two groups of 40 experimental and control were appointed. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the students of the control group completed their internship for two semesters under the usual internship training program and the students of the experimental group completed their internship for two semesters under the conditions of clinical training. The research tool was a researcher-made test that was used to determine the validity of this test, content validity and to determine the reliability of the difficulty coefficient and clean coefficient method. The results showed that the application of clinical education, increase students' self-confidence to be significantly effective.

In-Service Training is a way of upgrading teachers’ skills and knowledge for improving teaching and learning which may lead to a better job performance. In order to reach this, affective participation of teachers is needed. The current qualitative study was conducted with a grounded theory approach on 28 teachers of the primary schools of Tehran city through targeted sampling and data saturation. The data collection method was carried out through a semi-structured interview and was analyzed using Strauss and Corbin (2008) method. Findings in the contextual conditions include: in-service course subject, in-service teacher, teachers’ need to in-service education, teachers’ economic situation, teachers’ social status, bonus, delivery mode, time and teachers' family Status. The strategies used by teachers who participated in this research were: Reaction to the legal requirement, motivational factors, self-regulation and results were teachers’ change of view, effectiveness of in-service training and self-esteem.

The purpose of the present is analyzing the experience of science teachers at high school about students’ transition from indigenous culture to scientific culture. The paradigm of participatory interpretive research is qualitative research approach and the method of interpretive phenomenology has been used in research. For the research sample 10 science teachers were purposefully selected as participant using the criterion method the extant of data saturation. The finding showed that experience of teachers in combining scientific and cultural knowledge include the following component: cultural crisis of indigenous teachers, belief in the cultural nature of science, the value of indigenous culture, resolving students conflicts in cultural transfer, preparing students to integrate indigenous and scientific cultural. Finally the implications of the findings were offered to assist and enrich the experience of teachers for transition from indigenous culture to scientific culture.

The purpose of this article was to explain the level of attention paid to the components of global citizenship education in the Document of Fundamental Transformation of Education. The method of the present study was a triangulation mixed methods. The research population included the text of the document fundamental transformation of education. The data collection tools included a checklist of components of global citizenship education and a UNESCO Global Citizenship Components Questionnaire (2015) with a Cronbach's alpha of the /.84 Obtained. The results showed that in the document of fundamental transformation of education to the components of sense of identity and self-esteem, justice and social equality, commitment to social justice and equality most attention and no attention has been paid to the components of identity and diversity, sustainable development, diversity of values, belief in people's ability to change, cooperate and resolve conflicts, ability to manage complexity and lack of certainty, awareness and reflective action.