Validation for Faculty Member Development Model in Universities of Tehran
Subject Areas :yousef mohebzadegan 1 * , 2 , Mohammad 3 , 4
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Keywords: Faculty Member Development Grounded Theory Approach Validation,
Abstract :
To modernize any society, in particular in developing countries it is necessary to focus and to be concerned with educational institutions. The quality of these institutions and their anticipation to fulfill the present and future needs of the society throughout Education, Research and Proficiency Services are important. Faculty Development is an organized, goal-directed process to achieve progression and growth of skills that enable one to contribute in a meaningful way to the advancement of the field of interest, whether educational, operational, or scientific. This Research relied on mixed method Research and has been done based on Grounded Theory approach. research participants include 17 higher education Experts including full time faculty members and granted PhD students for qualitative part and 307 faculty members in Tehran universities for quantitative part. In this research type of data generated throughout semi structured interview and questionnaire. In validating the gathered data used two methods including member checking and external audit for Qualitative part and Alpha Cronbach for quantitative part. Data Analysis: The Gathered data were analyzed using the content analysis approach using by LISREL and SPSS software. The results Indicate that 13 General Categories Paradigm Model, Including Causal Conditions, Core phenomena (Participation in Decision Making), Contextual Conditions, the Intervening Conditions, Strategies for Faculty Development (Academic Freedom, Set up the Faculty Development Center) and Outcomes Obtained that Factors Affecting the Faculty Development Process.
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