Teaching Competencies in Higher Education: A Needs Analysis Study Regarding to Develop Instructional Planning and Evaluation Course

The aim of this study was to conduct a needs analysis regarding to develop Instructional Planning and Evaluation in course. This study was based on case study design. Eight research assistants and two instructors participated in this study. Interview method was used in data collection and inductive content analysis approach was adopted in data analysis. The result of the analysis identified that goals, content, learning-teaching and measurement-evaluation processes of instructional planning and evaluation course did not completely meet the needs and expectations of research assistants. It was seen that this situation resulted from content and implementations that were not integrated into higher education and field-specific situations