Investigation the role of professional development and empowerment of Farhangian university’s teachers in students’ perceived teaching quality: Case study of Farhangian University in Yaszd

This study aimed to investigate the role of professional development and empowerment of Farhangian University in students’ perceived teaching quality. The research method is descriptive- correlation type of structural equation model. The statistical population consisted of 718 Farhangian university’s students of Yazd in 2016 in which the sample size was appointed as 250, using Cochran formula. Using simple random sampling questionnaires were distributed among the students. Data gathering tools were three questionnaires: questionnaire of professional development through Researcher-Made, Professional Empowerment Questionnaire of Spreitzer (1995) and quality of teaching Questionnaire of Seraj (2003). For data analysis, structural equation modeling and LISREL software were used. The results showed that professional development has a significant positive influence on the empowerment and perceived quality of teaching. Empowerment has a positive and significant influence on the perceived quality of teaching. Professional development has indirect and positive effect on perceived quality of teaching through empowerment. In general, professional development and empowerment have critical and important role in improving the students’ perceived teaching quality.