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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v23i2.3700
Comparison of Teachers and Teaching Assistants’ Perspective of Necessary Teaching Assistant Competences
Ljiljana Igrić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7740-9360
; Lifelong Learning Centre IDEM Ilica 48, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mateja Marinić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-6988
; esvetska Sopnica Primary School 10360 Sesvete, Sopnička 69, Croatia
Ana Maljevac
; Lifelong Learning Centre IDEM Ilica 48, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
This study is a part of the project titled “The Role of Teaching Assistants from the
Perspective of Teachers and Teaching Assistants”, conducted by Lifelong Learning
Centre IDEM and the Centre for Inclusive Support IDEM. The aim of this
research was to determine what teachers and teaching assistants view as necessary
competences of teaching assistants and to analyse them in accordance with the
inclusive education approach. The qualitative research method was used and focus
group interviews with 69 participants (40 teachers and 29 teaching assistants)
were conducted in primary schools in three Croatian cities. Transcribed focus
group interviews, general questionnaire data and school documentation provided
the empirical base for qualitative data analysis. Framework analysis was used to
achieve a more in-depth look into teachers and teaching assistants’ viewpoints
regarding necessary teaching assistant competences. The results show that the
examined perspectives of teachers and teaching assistants only partly coincide,
and more so when it comes to personal than professional competences of teaching
assistants. The fact is that teachers and teaching assistants have to cooperate during
the teaching process. Therefore, they should have a clear idea of what an assistant’s
role is and what personal and professional competences they should have in an
inclusive classroom. It can be expected that the results of this study, conducted 10
years after teaching assistants were introduced into the Croatian education system,
will be used in legal regulation of the teaching assistant profession.
Ključne riječi
competences of teaching assistants; education; qualitative research
Hrčak ID:
262081
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Datum izdavanja:
3.9.2021.
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