Students’ Perception of Teachers’ Professional Competence in Working with Pupils with Intellectual Disabilities

• Authors: Agnieszka Żyta , Zdzisław Kazanowski

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the results of research on the opinions of students of preschool and early childhood education (PECE) and special education (SE) on the importance of having various specific professional competencies by a teacher of inclusive education. The study used the diagnostic survey method and involved 202 students from both fields of study. Five categories of professional competencies were analysed: evaluative, psychological, innovative, communicative, and substantive-methodical. Both groups state that a high level of professional competence is especially expected when working with a pupil with an intellectual disability (ID).

Keywords

EN

teachers’ competence; students of educational sciences; pupils with; intellectual disabilities (ID); inclusive education

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 71
• Pages: 229-239

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Żyta

• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000225047257

author

Zdzisław Kazanowski

• University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000228609817

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.23.71.1.18

Biblioteka Nauki

2191730