Emotional Intelligence, Course Satisfaction and the Attitudes of Pre-service Special Education Teachers towards Career in Special Education
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study investigated the effects of emotional intelligence and course satisfactionon pre-service special education teachers towards a career in special education.The study employed the descriptive survey design using the ex-post facto type.230 special education students were randomly drawn from all four levels ofstudy in the University of Ibadan, South-West, Nigeria. Three reliable and validinstruments were used to collect data from the participants. Pearson ProductMoment Correlation and Multiple regression statistics were used to analyze thedata. The result indicated that emotional intelligence and course satisfactioncorrelated positively with participants' attitude toward a career in specialeducation. The result further demonstrated that emotional intelligence and coursesatisfaction had predictive influence on the criterion measure. Based on thesefindings, it was suggested that appropriate strategies and policies for emotionalintelligence and course satisfaction should be encourage to forestall negativeintents and advance the mainstay of a positive attitude towards a career inspecial education among pre-service special education teachers.
Author: Tarek Ibrahim
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2186157249