Faculty Competencies Research of Iranian Universities (Challenges and Solutions)

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

3 MA graduate, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to conduct a cross-sectional study on faculty competencies of Iranian universities in Iran. University, Professional Qualifications) 2540 research papers were rejected because they were not related to the title of the present 175 175 research papers were reviewed which after further examination 135 other research papers were rejected in the series with 16 other papers being rejected due to the content of the 24 papers reviewed. Statistical samples were analyzed in the samples 100% of the articles in scientific terms - their management. Distribution of published articles on the merits of faculty members of Iranian universities shows the growth of these researches in the last ten years. 62 and 5 percent of articles written by faculty members of Iranian universities surveyed by university faculty and 37.5 percent by university students. Also, 62.5% of the research was done by male researchers and 37.5% by female researchers. The results also show that studies have been carried out in different cities of Iran with the highest frequency at national level and Tehran province. : In the survey of the sample most of the articles used quantitative method, 58.3% of the articles were quantitative. The results also show that most research titled Entrepreneurial competencies of faculty members, competencies of faculty members Academic in International Interactions, Designing Faculty Competency Model, Identifying and Analyzing Faculty Members, The Impact of Faculty Members' Emotional Intelligence on their Educational Performance with Individual Competency Approach, Faculty Teaching Competencies, Faculty Assessments , Presentation of Faculty Competency Evaluation Model, Relationship Survey Allergy and status of women faculty are teaching quality.

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