آراء معلمي التلاميذ ذوي الإعاقة الفكرية نحو أسلوب العمل التعاوني في البيئة التعليمية و علاقته ببعض المتغيرات

الملخص EN

The present study aims at identifying the perspectives of the teachers of the intellectual disability students on the style of collaborative work in the learning environment , and its relationship with some variables.

In order to achieve these objectives the Researcher has administered a questionnaire on (297) of teachers of students with intellectual disability ( (147) males and (150).

and of them (65) ) of the general education teachers who teach intellectual disability students.

The questionnaire consists of two parts, the first of which includes (4) items related to the teachers' general knowledge , while the second part consists of (38) items distributed over four dimensions, the study concludes the following results: 1- most teachers hold positive views and trends towards the cooperative work method in the learning environment on all questionnaire dimensions.

2- The study has also concluded that most teachers replies were higher than the questionnaire dimensions , and the basic elements for successful collaborative work as contrasted with the other two dimensions.

3- study results have also shown no differences of statistical significance on the views related to the study samples for any of the dimensions related to the cooperative work method based on the variable of the educational environment ( like gender and years of experience ).

4- As for the variable related to the teachers' categories , there were differences of statistical significance among teachers – with respect to the dimension of the basic elements essential for the successful and collaborative work among teachers only based on their categories.

It has become clear that general education teachers are more liable for consent to the items of this dimension than the teachers of the intellectual education.

These results show how important the revival of the collaborative work is among teachers in the light of the basic elements essential for its success.