Identifying Traces of Integration in The Educational Activities of New Elementary School Teachers: A Phenomenological Study

Rahimi, Mahdiye; Javadipour, Mohamad; Tari, Farzane

doi:10.22034/jcs.2023.180205

Identifying Traces of Integration in The Educational Activities of New Elementary School Teachers: A Phenomenological Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

mahdiye rahimi ¹

Mohamad javadipour ²

Farzane Tari ³

¹ Master student of Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran

² Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Curriculum Methods and Programs, University of Tehran, Iran

³ PhD student in Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/jcs.2023.180205

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to identify the application of integration and its methods in the educational activities of new elementary school teachers. This research was conducted with a qualitative and descriptive phenomenological approach. From graduates of Farhangian University of Mashhad 17 participants were selected purposefully. In order to collect the data, a semi-structured interview was used and the data were analyzed and validate by the Collaizi’s seven-step and the Lincoln and Guba method. In total, three dimensions (combination of different study materials, integration of study materials with living environment and integration of study materials with games), nine main themes and 29 sub-themes were identified. The results showed that new teachers combine different teaching materials by considering vertical and horizontal connections. By linking classroom teachings to everyday life, they provide the possibility of combining lesson objectives with the real-life facts, and by putting games as the focus of teaching, they present learning units in a combined form to facilitate the realization of educational objectives.

Keywords

integration

educational activities

teachers

elementary school

phenomenology

Subjects

Types of curriculum

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