Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• azam zarghani ¹
• Maghsoud Aminkhandaghi ²
• Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki ²

¹ Ferdowsi university of Mashhad

² Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

Increasing the understanding of how to change teachers of primary school was the aim of this study. The research approach was qualitative and its method was phenomenology. The data were collected through focus group interviews. The sample size was obtained after the saturation phase including 25 teachers. The data were analyzed using content /thematic analysis. Four techniques were used for increasing the trustworthiness of data including member check, quoting, thick description and peer review or debriefing. The findings were classified into three categories; macro, middle and micro. The "macro" category included three sub-categories that were named: "systemic qualifications", "political qualifications" and "contextual qualifications". There are three sub-categories within the "middle" category that were labeled "purpose", "content" and "method" referring to the teacher in-service curriculum. The third category was "micro". It refer to "management decisions" of a region or a school managers .The analysis of these findings showed “the change as a humanistic phenomenon” was the axial concept. This paper finished with conclusion and some suggestions.

Keywords

• teacher change
• curriculum change
• curriculum implementation
• desired change from teacher perspective
• elementary school