Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ and students’ attitude towards
cooperative learning at five secondary schools of Chena woreda. In the woreda, there
are seven secondary schools. The researcher selected the sample schools through simple
random sampling technique. In order to collect data, questionnaire and focus group
discussions were used. Besides, EFL teachers and students were participants of the study.
Regarding selection of the sample, purposive sampling was used to determine participant
teachers. Meanwhile, systematic sampling was used to select the student s. Accordingly,
21 teachers and 174 students were included as respondents of the study. With regard to
research design, the researcher used descriptive survey. This method was preferably used
to collect information from various participants. Moreover, to analyze data, both
quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The study showed that both
teachers and students had positive attitude towards cooperative learning. It was also
found that there was an attitudinal link between teachers and students. Issues that were
identified as hurdles to implement cooperative learning were commonly shared by both
teachers and students. Based on the above findings, there were some recommendations
forwarded. These were: there were some teachers who were not motivated to teach
through cooperative learning. Therefore, concerned bodies like woreda education office
along with supervisors should prepare trainings to provide these teachers with potential
benefits of CL.
