Examining the relationship between professional competence and innovative educational behaviors with emphasis on the mediating role of education quality development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Yaghob Alavimatin 1
Soleman Bahramzadeh 2 ΒΆ
1 Assistant Professor, Department of public administration, Faculty of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 PhD Candidate, Department of Human resource management, Aras Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
10.22034/jgdsm.2024.210228
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between professional competence and innovative educational behaviors, emphasizing the mediating role of education quality development. The method of this study was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research was 877 girls' secondary school teachers in Ardabil city, of which 267 were selected based on Cochran's formula and simple random sampling as the statistical sample size. To collect data from standard educational quality questionnaires. Mousavi et al. (2016), the innovative behaviors of Canter teachers (1998) and the professional competence of Motahrinejad and Jahangard teachers (2017) were used, and their validity was confirmed by academic experts and their reliability was also confirmed through Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. In order to analyze the data, the structural equation technique was used using LISREL and Spss statistical software. Quantitative findings from the research hypothesis test showed that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between professional competence and educational quality as well as innovative educational behaviors. There is a positive and meaningful relationship between educational quality and innovative educational behaviors. The results of the research indicated that educational quality has a partial mediating role in the relationship between professional competence and innovative educational behaviors.
Keywords
professional competence
educational innovative behaviors
quality of education
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  • Receive Date 10 June 2024
  • Revise Date 13 August 2024
  • Accept Date 05 September 2024
  • First Publish Date 21 September 2024
  • Publish Date 21 September 2024