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RELATION BETWEEN SCHOOL SUCCESS AND THE ATTITUDES TOWARD CONFLICT
Snježana Dautović
; Prva osnovna škola Dugave, Zagreb
Abstract
The topic of this article is the presentation of the results obtained
from an empirical survey of relations between general school success of pupils of one primary school in Zagreb and their attitudes toward fi ve common behaviour patterns in social confl icts. It is assumed that there is a close connection between more successful pupils and desirable attitudes which include compromising and cooperation, whereas less successful and unsuccessful pupils are expected to embrace more often the attitudes in which waiting, slacking
and winning are desirable behaviour models. According to the results obtained via chi-square test method of statistical data analysis on a sample of 276 pupils with a signifi cancy level of 5%, less
successful and unsuccessful pupils embraced more often the attitudes of waiting, slacking and winning as desirable models, whereas compromising and cooperation were the patterns characteristic of more successful students. A possible explanation of the results obtained in connection with less successful pupils is the theory of a closed circle: lower school success – lower motivation for making an effort in confl ict resolving – lower school success. The author also advocates the need of systematic education, especially with less
successful pupils, regarding desirable behaviour models in social
conflicts.
Keywords
primary school pupils; school success; grading; behaviour model; social conflict
Hrčak ID:
20829
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2007.
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