The selection process of Farhangian university, the lived experience of a student teacher: a narrative research

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Mohammad Sharbatiyan ¹ , Alireza Ghorbani ²

1 - PhD in Sociology of Social Issues Iran. Lecturer of Social Sciences, Education, Khorasan Razavi & Social Researcher and Lecturer at Imam Reza International University
2 - Bachelor student of special needs children Education, Farhangian university, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2023-07-20 Accepted : 2023-08-15 Published : 2023-05-01

Keywords: motive, Lived experience, Farhangian University, Student Teacher, narrative research, selection process,

Abstract :

The current research was written with the aim of investigating the lived experience of a student teacher in the selection process of Farhangian University, in which the narrative is one of the selected students of Farhangian University. The method of conducting this qualitative research is narrative research. The tool of data collection in this research is the narratives of the subject, his memories and personal experiences of how the process of selecting Farhangian University, which themes and categories were extracted by coding them. The narratives were analyzed based on the theme analysis method. In order to ensure the validity of the researcher's self-review methods, data analysis, negative or contrasting case analysis, as well as external observers, such as help from colleagues and supervisors, were done. The findings indicate 9 themes and 18 central categories that played a role in the selection process of the studied subject in his orientation to Farhangian University. These 9 themes and 18 categories were extracted through the interpretation and coding of the memories, narratives and personal experiences of the subject under study. In general, although all 9 themes and 18 categories obtained in the selection process of Farhangian University by the studied subject have been effective, but at the end, there are some things including the relative talent and interest of the subject in the teaching profession (intrinsic motive) as well as the influence of teachers and unavoidable conditions of Farhangian University