Identifying Infrastructural Factors and Processes Affecting the Undergraduate Education of Military Universities of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Perspective of Professors (Case Study: Imam Khomeini Naval Academy)

The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the factors of infrastructure and process affecting the undergraduate education of AJA officer universities. This research is based on the purpose of "applied research" and based on the nature of the type of "descriptive- survey" and has a "mixed" approach. The statistical population of the research, according to the inquiry, includes 108 professors of Imam Khomeini Naval Academy. They are accepted as a sample population by stratified-random sampling method. In order to collect the data needed to compile the research literature, "library studies" using "Taking notes tools" and in order to collect real data, "field studies" using "semi-structured interviews" and "closed questionnaires" were used. They have been validated by experts in terms of appearance and content in terms of clarity and unambiguity of the items as well as the adequacy of quantity and quality. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.921 and Re- test Reliability of the interview test was 79%, which indicates acceptable reliability. By analyzing the qualitative content of the interviews, 67 themes were identified based on which a questionnaire was prepared and distributed and the data extracted from it were analyzed using "one-sample independent t- test" using SPSS software. According to the obtained results, 35 themes were introduced as effective infrastructure and process factors and in the end were prioritized using "Friedman test", among which "the use of simulators, workshops and laboratories in training" was identified as the most important factor affecting education.