Studying the status of existing student-teacher qualifications in accordance with UNESCO standards
Volume 10, Issue 32, Summer 2016, Pages 1-22
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the existing status of technical competencies of student teachers according to UNESCO standards. The method of this research is of descriptive-survey type. The statistical population consisted of students of undergraduate teachers at Tarbiat University, Shahid Rajaee Technical Secretariat. Student research samples were teachers who were graduated in the final semester and were selected by simple random sampling. The final sample size was 65 people according to Klein (2003). The research tools included: a) Student Teacher Technology Competency Questionnaire based on the UNESCO standard; b) Functional Test Questionnaire and Checklist for assessing the status quo. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and single-group t). The results showed that the status quo of the technical qualifications of the student-teacher according to UNESCO standards is in all three components of technology literacy, knowledge deepening and knowledge creation at a moderate to low level. Also, the average of the overall research questionnaire was 2.18. Using t-test, it was in the medium to low range.