Teacher training in special education: study habits and teaching practice

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Mauricio Zacarías Gutiérrez, Dr.
Ma. Juana Eva Luna Denicia

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The present research was carried out with students of the degree in Special Education of the normal school Fray Matías de Córdova, located in the city of Tapachula de Córdova and Ordóñez, Chiapas; Mexico. The objective of the article is to give an account of the study habits that the students have and the opinion they have of the teaching practice that the professors that form them perform. The results presented here were retrieved through a questionnaire applied to 101 students enrolled in the semester August 2015-January 2016. It was found that these students have as study habits mainly the realization of summaries and graphic organizers to appropriate the academic content of the anthology, which is a compilation of readings elaborated by a team of academics or by the teacher of a subject. At the same time, it was also found that the physical space of the house is the place where they especially perform the process of attending school tasks; As for the opinion students have of the teaching practice of the teachers, they pointed out that the student's oral presentations, the individual participation, the delivery of works and the written exam are daily practices in the professors that form them. It is concluded that the study habits and the teaching practices of the teacher trainers are interwoven in the training of teachers in special education.

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Mauricio Zacarías Gutiérrez, Dr., Escuela Normal de Licenciatura en Educación Primaria "Fray Matías de Córdova"

Licenciado en Educación Pimaria, Maestro en Educación Superior, Doctor en Estudios Regionales. Actualmente, Profesor-investigador de la Escuela Normal Fray Matías de Córdova.

Ma. Juana Eva Luna Denicia

Docente de la licenciatura en Educación Especial. Atiende el área de psicopedagogía.