Sociology and Space, No. 19-20, 1968.
Review article
STUDENTS FROM RURAL DISTRICTS AND STUDENTS FROM TOWNS
Josip Anić
Abstract
Among the factors which determine the success of pupils at school, conditions
in the family and the immediate social community take an important
place. Differences in these conditions tend to lead to differences in the pupils’
success.
As these conditions vary greatly, particularly in primary schools in major
centres which are attended both by children resident in the town and by those
who commute from places in the surrounding area, an investigation of the effect
of these conditions on the pupils’ success at school will help to explain why the
average results achieved by commuters are poorer than those of non-commuters.
Enquiries made recently in an elementary school revealed that these two
groups of pupils also show differences in other qualities which have an effect
on their studies. In view of the differences existing between the respective conditions in which
commuters and non-commuters live and study and of the importance of these
conditions for the success of their studies one can expect greater differences in
the success of the two groups. While differences in knowledge undoubtedly exist,
ihev are not fully reflected in the school marks owing to the different criteria
applied in country schools in comparison with town schools, because teachers do
not seem to give adequate consideration to the conditions under which pupils
study.
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Hrčak ID:
121359
URI
Publication date:
9.1.1968.
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