Emotional Intelligence, Course Satisfaction and the Attitudes of Pre-service Special Education Teachers towards Career in Special Education
Keywords:
Special Education, Course Satisfaction, Emotional Intelligence, AttitudeAbstract
The study investigated the effects of emotional intelligence and course satisfaction
on 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 of
study in the University of Ibadan, South-West, Nigeria. Three reliable and valid
instruments were used to collect data from the participants. Pearson Product
Moment Correlation and Multiple regression statistics were used to analyze the
data. The result indicated that emotional intelligence and course satisfaction
correlated positively with participants' attitude toward a career in special
education. The result further demonstrated that emotional intelligence and course
satisfaction had predictive influence on the criterion measure. Based on these
findings, it was suggested that appropriate strategies and policies for emotional
intelligence and course satisfaction should be encourage to forestall negative
intents and advance the mainstay of a positive attitude towards a career in
special education among pre-service special education teachers.
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