READINESS OF STUDENTS – FUTURE JUNIOR GRADE TEACHERS FOR CREATING DEMOCRATIC CULTURE IN SCHOOL
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Keywords

democratic culture in school
democratic principles of school
civics
students-future junior grade teachers

Abstract

The research aims at examining the self-evaluation of readiness of female students of the Teachers’ College for creating democratic culture in school through an experimental content introduced in two course units: Moral Education for Democracy and Methodology of Moral Education for Democracy (during a single academic year). The sample comprised 23 female students of the third-year undergraduate studies of the Teachers’ College, with a single group experiment applied. The respective analyses concerning the initial, the intermedial, and the final evaluations were conducted both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results show that this experimental programme, based on various relevant contents, interactive models, and exercises in critical and creative thinking, contributes to better readiness of respondents for creating and developing democratic culture in school environment, which confirms the main hypothesis of the research. Overall, the results of this andragogical-methodological research represent a significant contribution to improving professional competences of future junior grade teachers, to encouraging democratic culture in school, and to developing of the civics and education in general.

https://doi.org/10.7251/NSK2201055S
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