Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach
Background: Children inability to protect themselves, shows the importance of crisis management in preschool period. Preschool administrators can help them with the risk prevention during crisis. We aimed to investigate the professional competencies of preschool administrators based on crisis manage...
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| author | Shahin Amani Siamak Tahmasbi Alireza Baneshi Mohsen Poursadeghiyan Mansoureh Karimzadeh |
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| description | Background: Children inability to protect themselves, shows the importance of crisis management in preschool period. Preschool administrators can help them with the risk prevention during crisis. We aimed to investigate the professional competencies of preschool administrators based on crisis management approach.
Materials and Methods: The study participants included 387 preschool administrators in Tehran, Iran, selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The surveying tool was a questionnaire designed based on the Child Care Director Self-Assessment instrument (North Carolina Institute, 2015), which has 76 items covering 11 different competency areas. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS (Version 21) by performing descriptive tests and inferential statistics like the Kruskal-Wallis test and the stepwise linear regression method.
Results: The results showed a significant difference between professional competency of preschool administrators in terms of age, management experience and educational level (P<0.001). Also, regression results revealed that management experience and educational level can predict professional competency for crisis management, but age could not predict the variation in professional competency (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Administrators who are more professionally competent in terms of technical, human, and perceptual skills are more qualified for the preschool management, but age variables can not predict eligibility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3338f58f996b4c749738adb1122873ff2022-12-22T01:18:22ZengNegah Institute for Scientific CommunicationHealth in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly2345-42102345-42102018-07-0134185190Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management ApproachShahin Amani0Siamak Tahmasbi1Alireza Baneshi2Mohsen Poursadeghiyan3Mansoureh Karimzadeh4 Department of Preschool Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Preschool Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Preschool Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Background: Children inability to protect themselves, shows the importance of crisis management in preschool period. Preschool administrators can help them with the risk prevention during crisis. We aimed to investigate the professional competencies of preschool administrators based on crisis management approach. Materials and Methods: The study participants included 387 preschool administrators in Tehran, Iran, selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The surveying tool was a questionnaire designed based on the Child Care Director Self-Assessment instrument (North Carolina Institute, 2015), which has 76 items covering 11 different competency areas. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS (Version 21) by performing descriptive tests and inferential statistics like the Kruskal-Wallis test and the stepwise linear regression method. Results: The results showed a significant difference between professional competency of preschool administrators in terms of age, management experience and educational level (P<0.001). Also, regression results revealed that management experience and educational level can predict professional competency for crisis management, but age could not predict the variation in professional competency (P>0.05). Conclusion: Administrators who are more professionally competent in terms of technical, human, and perceptual skills are more qualified for the preschool management, but age variables can not predict eligibility.http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-189-10&slc_lang=en&sid=1Professional Competence Educational measurement Preschool Crisis management |
| spellingShingle | Shahin Amani Siamak Tahmasbi Alireza Baneshi Mohsen Poursadeghiyan Mansoureh Karimzadeh Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly Professional Competence Educational measurement Preschool Crisis management |
| title | Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach |
| title_full | Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach |
| title_fullStr | Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach |
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| title_short | Factors Affecting Professional Competency of Iranian Preschool Administrators Based on Crisis Management Approach |
| title_sort | factors affecting professional competency of iranian preschool administrators based on crisis management approach |
| topic | Professional Competence Educational measurement Preschool Crisis management |
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