Teacher Competencies Pattern in Officer Universities of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The main mission of the army universities of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to provide specialized human resources and to promote and develop knowledge for organizational development. Undoubtedly, university professors with their specific characteristics are of great importance in fulfilling this mission. Accordingly, the present study examines the merits of the army universities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This study is an exploratory type survey in terms of purpose, practical in terms of its type of use and cross-sectional in terms of its time horizons. Characteristics of competencies were extracted through the study of theoretical foundations, empirical background and some exploratory interviews with experts. Through exploratory factor analysis, a model of competency was presented. The research data were collected from the books and articles and 10 subject matter experts and at the modeling stage from 335 undergraduate students of army universities. A researcher-made questionnaire was distributed after confirmation of reliability and validity. The results of exploratory factor analysis revealed that five factors of student science, behavioral factor, technical factor, communication factor and personal factor (respectively importance) explained about 73% of the variance of the academic qualifications of faculty members of army universities.