Original scientific paper
State of Educational Values in Primary School According to Teachers’ Perception
Tanja Maltar Okun
; Elementary Schools Sveti Petar Orehovec and Sidonije Rubido Erdödy
Karolina Doutlik
; Elementary School „Ivan Benković“, Dugo Selo
Josip Janković
Abstract
We are living in a period in which there is a great crisis of ethical and moral values, which is why it is extremely important to devote ourselves to the issue of raising children and the key values that they should adopt. As the majority of students in Croatia are poorly acquainted with moral values, the task of the school, and above all of the teachers, is to promote basic human values such as love, truth, honesty, tolerance, peace, freedom, justice and others. The most important role of the teacher is manifested in the education of students for moral values so that they do not become spiritually and morally impoverished.
The aim of this research was to examine teachers (N = 403) of primary schools in the Republic of Croatia, whether their assessments of the state of educational values differ with regard to the classes in which the teacher teaches; with regard to professional education; with regard to the years of service and with regard to the area where the school is located (rural / urban).
The results of the research show that classroom teachers have a statistically more positive assessment of the promotion of educational values and the implementation of education in general in Croatian primary schools. Teachers with lower levels of education more positively evaluate the promotion of educational values and the implementation of education in general, and teachers with the longest working experience more positively evaluate the promotion of educational values in their own classes and their own implementation of education.
It was determined that there is no statistically significant difference in teachers' assessments of the promotion of educational values and the implementation of education in general, with regard to the area where the school is located. The five most important educational values that teachers believe should be taught to students in today's schools are: empathy, respect, responsibility, honesty and morality. The vast majority of teachers believe that it is necessary to publish a book / handbook on educational values in primary schools in the Republic of Croatia.
Keywords
moral education; general human values; primary school; teachers
Hrčak ID:
319801
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2023.
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