Innovative Solutions for the Professional Development of Teacherpreneurs
Subject Areas :
farnoosh alami
1
,
zahra sayehvand
2
,
Sara Salim Namin
3
1 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University.
2 - Graduate of Shahid Beheshti University
3 - Assistant Professor, Amirkabir Faculty of Technology Management.
Keywords: Solutions, Teacherpreneurship, Professional Development,
Abstract :
**Objective** - The aim of this study is to explore innovative professional development solutions that can enhance the skills and competencies of teacherpreneurs. This qualitative study investigates teacherpreneur professional development solutions through the analysis of multiple sources, including interviews with 15 teachers who have successfully expanded their educational innovations, a review of the literature on teacherpreneurs, and an examination of teacherpreneur platforms. Thematic analysis was employed to identify meaningful concepts and categorize participant experiences: to enhance the validity and reliability of the findings, member checking was used. After coding, two interviews were randomly selected, sent back to the interviewees to determine the relevance and accuracy of the concepts, and to ensure their intent and purpose were correctly understood. **Findings** – Teacherpreneur development solutions corresponding to the characteristics, skills, and actions of teacherpreneurs include fostering and developing skills in designing and producing educational innovations, including problem discovery and definition, developing business models such as business model canvas design, entrepreneurship skills and innovation registration skills, resource and capital acquisition, innovation dissemination and scalability, risk management, and project management. This research can draw the attention of educational policymakers to this phenomenon as a solution for educational innovation development and provide a suitable foundation for designing educational programs for teacherpreneur development.
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