Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 727-749

Journal: European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volume number: 35

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0256-2928

eISSN: 1878-5174

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-019-00435-7

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Past research points to cooperative learning as a potentially effective means of fostering the academic and social development of students in inclusive education. This study examined the attitudes of student teachers towards the use of cooperative learning in inclusive education as well as correlating variables. In addition, potential differences between future teachers' attitudes towards the use of cooperative learning methods in inclusive classrooms were investigated according to the teaching programme they were enrolled in and the students' type of impairment. In two consecutive studies, we collected data from a total of 544 student teachers. Analyses revealed relationships between student teachers' knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and subjective norms regarding the use of cooperative learning in inclusive education. Results also showed differences in attitudes towards the use of cooperative learning in inclusive education depending on the students' type of impairment, with the least positive attitudes held towards students with impaired social-emotional development.

Harvard Citation style: Voellinger, V. and Supanc, M. (2020) Student teachers' attitudes towards cooperative learning in inclusive education, European Journal of Psychology of Education, 35(3), pp. 727-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-019-00435-7

APA Citation style: Voellinger, V., & Supanc, M. (2020). Student teachers' attitudes towards cooperative learning in inclusive education. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 35(3), 727-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-019-00435-7