The Success Teacher Training University Curriculum for Improving the Professional Competencies of Teachers

The mission of the Teacher Training University is educating reflective and competent teachers who are one of the essential components of education. This study aims to investigate the success of Teacher Training University Curriculum for developing professional competencies in teachers using causal-comparative method. The statistical population of this article included 1592 graduates of the educational and basic sciences from the Teacher Training University of Tehran during the year of 2017-18. A sample of 310 graduates was selected through random sampling Based on Cochran formula. The data collection tools was a researcher made questionnaire. The analysis of variance and T-test were used to analyze the data. The results indicate that achieving the teacher's competencies in Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) curriculum in both groups are more than general programs and the achievement of competencies in graduates of the educational sciences in both areas of general and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is significantly higher than the graduates of the basic sciences.