Creating positive climate at school

Abstract

In recent years, the authors have been interested in studying school climate and its effects on school achievements and improvement of work of school. In accordance with this, in this paper, we are studying mutual connection of the school climate and students’ achievements. When we are talking about the school climate and students’ achievements, the stress is moved from studying personal traits to studying the school context and quality of interaction between students, students and teachers, school and family, school and local community. There is a review of results in this paper gained by TIMSS 2007 trial research done in the 2006 in 34 primary schools in Serbia. Shown results refer to school climate as one of contextual segments done in this research. Studying school climate within TIMSS 2007 trial research included analysis of different indicators of school climate which refer to important participants of pedagogical-educational process-students, teachers and parents. Based on the gained results, we get the impression that principles, teachers and students mark positively climate in their schools.

Poslednjih decenija interesovanje autora usmereno je na proučavanje školske klime i njenih efekata na postignuće učenika i unapređivanje rada škole. U skladu sa tim, u radu se proučava međusobna povezanost školske klime i postignuća učenika. Kada govorimo o školskoj klimi i učeničkom postignuću, naglasak se sa proučavanja ličnih karakteristika učenika pomera na proučavanje školskog konteksta i kvaliteta interakcija između učenika, učenika i nastavnika, škole i porodice, škole i lokalne zajednice. U radu je dat prikaz rezultata dobijenih u okviru TIMSS 2007 probnog istraživanja obavljenog tokom 2006. godine u 34 osnovne škole u Srbiji. Prikazani rezultati odnose se na školsku klimu kao jedan od kontekstualnih segmenata obuhvaćenih ovim istraživanjem. Proučavanje školske klime u okviru TIMSS 2007 probnog istraživanja obuhvatilo je analizu različitih indikatora školske klime koji se odnose na sve bitne aktere vaspitno-obrazovnog procesa - učenike, nastavnike i roditelje. Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata stiče se utisak da direktori, nastavnici i učenici pozitivno ocenjuju klimu u svojim školama.