University student-teachers’ diversity and attitudes toward classroom participation

ABSTRACT: This study examined student-teachers’ diversity and attitudes toward classroom participation in a Tanzanian university. A mixed research approach was used to answer three research questions: student-teachers’ attitudes toward classroom participation, attitude differences based on their diversity, and the reasons for their attitudes toward classroom participation. The study involved 701 student-teachers in their second and third years of study. Data were collected through questionnaires and focus group discussions and were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science and MAXQDA software. Results indicated that student-teachers cooperated with colleagues in groups rather than the whole classroom. The results also indicated diversity in classroom participation by gender, programme, a

SUBMITTER: Rugambuka I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10238682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature