STUDENTS’ ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE REGARDING GENDER AND AGE

Abstract

One of very important indicators of the quality of educational work as a whole is the construct of school climate. Theoretically, this construct is based on the perception of all members of the institution while simultaneously affecting their respective ways of behaviour and activities.  This points to the variable that school climate is also characterised by latent connection to the numerous indicators of children’s behaviour, and, as a result, it becomes a common point of interest of numerous researchers and practitioners. Therefore, this research aims to examine the differences of students’ assessment of structural dimensions of school climate from the aspect of gender and age. The obtained results confirm that girls express more negative assessments regarding school (t = 2,58, p < 0,01) and that the ninth grade students display lower figures as regards assessment of education (t = 2,11, p < 0,05) and school relations (t = 2,58, p < 0,01). These results direct us toward the need for repeating the research on a larger pattern, since different perception of school relations may indicate that there is no common purpose, with the unity on the path towards a common goal is necessary for the quality realisation of educational process.