Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v22i0.3907
Peer Cooperation between Students and Teacher Support in Different School Subjects Classes
Irena Klasnić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-3104
; Department of Education Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Đuranović
orcid.org/0000-0001-7199-5488
; Department of Education Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Nevenka Maras
orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-7164
; Department of Education Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Cooperation between students realises quality peer relationships while teacher
support encompasses the relations between students and adults. Abundant research
stresses the importance of both relationships. Not all students possess the skills
that enable them to cooperate with others, so teachers have the role of helping
them develop and perfect these skills. Teacher support significantly influences not
only students’ academic achievements but also their emotional, social and moral
development. The research goal was to describe how students perceive their mutual
cooperation and the support from teachers in different school subjects.
The research included 650 students from the seventh and eighth forms of 11
primary schools from Sisak-Moslavina County in the Republic of Croatia. Average
age of the participants is 13.4 years, and their subject teachers’ 69 years. The applied
questionnaire consisted of two scales. Cooperation and Teacher Support. The
mentioned scales were taken from the modified questionnaire What Is Happening
in This Class (Fraser et al., 1996). Both scales were implemented in three school
subjects: Croatian, maths and geography.
The obtained results point to the fact that teachers are more directed to ensuring
cooperation between students during lessons than to giving support in the work.
Furthermore, teachers during whose class students realise better cooperation at the
same time give higher level of support. Students assess that they cooperate the most
in geography class, whereas at the same time they receive the least teacher support
in this class. The correlation between education degree and years in service was not
found when considering the results of the Cooperation and Teacher Support scales.
Keywords
cooperation; support; students; teachers
Hrčak ID:
251250
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2020.
Visits: 2.099 *