The school context from the 'repeaters' students' perspective in the schools for adult primary education

Abstract

The research was conducted with the aim to describe some characteristics of school context of he students 'repeaters' from schools for adult education that may be associated with their repeated grade. The research included 53 students 'repeaters' from two schools for adult education in Belgrade. The paper examined the following variables: the reasons for repeating grades, the ratio of students to teaching subjects, skipping unjustified reasons, the causes of poor grade, and the responsibility for failure, development of work habits and all this from the perspective of students themselves. Data were collected from the inquiry list for students. The results show that these students feel responsible themselves because of the failure, believing that the repetition of grades is, primarily the result of their insufficient learning, unjustified skipping and indiscipline in class. It can be said that the difficulties of students from these schools do not differ essentially from the difficulties of students 'repeaters' from regular primary schools.

Istraživanje je realizovano s ciljem da se opišu neke karakteristike školskog konteksta učenika ponovaca iz škola za obrazovanje odraslih koje mogu biti povezane sa njihovim ponavljanjem razreda. Istraživanjem su obuhvaćena 53 učenika ponovca iz dve škole za osnovno obrazovanje odraslih u Beogradu. U radu su ispitivane sledeće varijable: razlozi ponavljanja razreda, odnos učenika prema nastavnim predmetima, razlozi neopravdanog izostajanja, uzroci slabih ocena, odgovornost za neuspeh, razvijenost radnih navika i sve to iz perspektive samih učenika. Podaci su prikupljeni anketnim listom za učenike. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da ovi učenici odgovornost za neuspeh pripisuju najčešće sebi, smatrajući da je ponavljanje razreda, pre svega, posledica njihovog nedovoljnog učenja, neopravdanog izostajanja i nediscipline na času. Može se reći da se teškoće učenika iz ovih škola suštinski ne razlikuju od teškoća ponovaca iz redovnih osnovni škola.