Dissociation of the academic system from teacher education process: the necessity of linking theory and practice

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student in Higher Education Management, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions and themes of academic system partnership in the Teacher Education Process of the country and to design a partnership model in the theoretical and practice area. In this research, adopting the qualitative method and an exploratory approach, the analysis of the themes of the interviews was conducted with 15 experts and faculty members of the society of education and teacher education of the country, using the purposeful sampling method. Qualitative data were analyzed through thematic analysis approach and inductive or data based methods. The results indicated thirteen base themes under six organizing themes in the form of a global theme “linking theory and practice". The accreditation of the results was carried out through Delphi method and binomial test, as well as triangulation approach for gathering and analyzing the data. Finally, the model of academic system partnership in the Teacher Education Process based on linking theory and practice was designed and presented with the following main themes: Theoretical support, Knowledge production, Knowledge transfer, Academic prestige, Two-way Discourses and Reflective Teacher education.

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