Naslov
THE QUALITY OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS AND SUBJECT TEACHERS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Autori
Maras, Nevenka ; Opić, Siniša ; Rijavec, Majda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Requirements and Approaches for Contemporary Teacher Training

Urednik/ci
Županić Benić, Marijana ; Holz, Oliver ; Michielsen, Melissa

Izdavač
LIT Verlag

Grad
Beč

Godina
2019

Raspon stranica
153-166

ISBN
978-3-643-96187-7

Ključne riječi
quality of collaboration, gender, school, teachers, inclusive environment

Sažetak
Collaboration is being increasingly perceived as a powerful tool and a foundation for school and teaching improvement, and therefore has become a prerequisite for improving the process of inclusive education. The goal of the research was to identify and explain the differences between male and female primary school teachers in assessing the quality of collaboration, an important prerequisite for creating desirable inclusive environment and the relations between the lenght of teaching practice and the quality of the collaboration. The research was conducted in the area of five counties of the Republic of Croatia on the sample of 495 respondents. Gender differences in the quality of collaboration were observed through seven composite variables (school collaboration, exchange of experiences, collaboration on curriculum development, communication among the school staff, collaboration in evaluating student performance, school staff collaboration and teaching collaboration) by employing the independent-samples T-test. Significant differences were found in three composite variables. Based on the results, it has been concluded that male teachers participate more in formal models of collaboration (i.e.: Class council, Teacher’s council, … .) whereas female teachers are more concerned about the overall collaboration including school climate, and thus the inclusive processes are more comprehensive. Moreover, statistically relevant is the low level of negative connection between the work experience and the composite variable ; sharing - the experience has been confirmed. The quality of collaboration and experience sharing is in accordance with to the work experience. Regarding other composite variables of experience sharing, the quality of collaboration has not been linked to work experience.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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