The Indoor School Professional Development Project and Teachers Professional Competency

摘要

The purpose of this paper was the study of impact of the Indoor School Professional Development Project (ISPDP) on Professional Competency of Primary school teachers.The type of the study was quasi experimental. Population was the teachers of elementary schools at a north city of Iran. After matched the schools, they were divided into two groups as experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15), by randomize. The data collected through the professional competence of teachers’ questionnaire. A pre-test was conducted in two groups. So, the Indoor School Professional Development Project was applied in the experimental group for four months. Finally, the post-test was carried out on both groups. The data analyzed with one-way analysis of covariance. The results showed that, the Indoor School Professional Development Project (ISPDP) about %95 the impact on teachers’ professional competence. The paper concludes with a call for new approach in the area of teacher training for their professional competences development.