Identifying Strategies of Primary School Teachers in Developing Social Competencies

Social competence is the human ability to perform personal independence and social responsibility. This study aimed to identify the strategies used by female fifth-grade elementary school teachers in Khorramabad to foster students' social competencies during the ۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۴ academic year.The research was qualitative and was conducted with a phenomenological approach. To select the participants with rich information in the present study, the researcher's diagnosis and teachers' readiness (available sampling) and semi-structured interviews were used to collect information. The interviews continued until the data saturation stage; Therefore, the final sample size consisted of ۲۰ participants. The information obtained from the interviews was coded (open, axial and selective), categorized and analyzed using theme analysis method. The reliability of the research was obtained through agreement between the coders, which showed an agreement coefficient of ۰.۹۰. The validation of the extracted themes was done by obtaining the views of the participants and comparing them with the processes in the research background. Findings of this study included teaching strategies of ۴ main components of social competence (cognitive; behavioral; emotional and motivational skills) based on the four-dimensional model of Flanner, Liz & philhps (۱۹۹۰). According to the result of the theme analysis; Strategies used to develop elementary students' social competence include an interactive learning model of social approach models; The model of social learning was one of the patterns of approach of behavioral systems and the model of learning through counseling was one of the models of individual approach.The result of this research showed that teachers use different teaching models to teach different components of social competence. Identifying these models is the starting point to examine the suitability of each model with different components in future researches.

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social competence ، Interactive learning model ، Social learning model ، Learning model through counseling