Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 92 No. 2, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.92.2.3
An Analysis and Comparison of Unjustified Absences of Pupils from Classes in Catholic and Public Grammar Schools in Croatia – Towards the Perspective of Logopedagogy
Mara Plaza Leutar
; Ministry of Science and Education, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Thea Filipović
orcid.org/0000-0002-0119-1940
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article analyses and compares data on unjustified absences of pupils from classes in twelve Catholic and twelve public grammar schools in Croatia. The study involved 87 first-year grammar school classes in which there were 1990 pupils at the end of the 2019/2020 school year. In total twelve Catholic grammar schools are situated in eleven cities and ten regions. For the purpose of comparison by using the method of random selection, twelve public grammar school from these cities and regions were added to the sample. The study aimed at determining whether there is a statistically relevant difference in the number of unjustified absences of pupils from classes in public as opposed to Catholic grammar schools, and, if so, to possibly link the difference to value
profiles of the two kinds of schools, as well as to the perspective of logopedagogy. The study also took into account the difference in terms of the sex of pupils and in terms of the region in which particular schools is located. The results of the study indicate that there is a statistically relevant difference between the number of unjustified absences of pupils from classes in favour of Catholic grammar schools. Additionally, boys have more unjustified absences than girls in the total sample, as well as in the sample of pupils from public schools, while in Catholic grammar schools there was no statistically relevant difference in terms of the sex of pupils. A statistically relevant difference in the number of unjustified absences between regions has also been shown. The discussion of results in the light of the perspective of logopedagogy offers a new aspect of research to educational-upbringing efforts.
Keywords
unjustified absences; public grammar school; Catholic grammar school; upbringing dimension of school; logopedagogy
Hrčak ID:
289216
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Publication date:
27.12.2022.
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