Opinions of Primary Education Programme Students on the Development of Competence for Teaching Effective Learning Strategies and Methods

Abstract

In this article, we present the results of an empirical study, in which we attempt to study how primary education programme students assess their own competencies for teaching their pupils effective learning strategies and methods, and what time they consider is the most appropriate for such teaching. To acquire this data, we used an anonymous questionnaire. The sample included 305 students from Faculties of Education in Slovenia. We determined that most students felt competent enough to teach various learning strategies and that students thought that the best time to begin teaching pupils about effective learning was during the 1st educational period.