Respect for Teachers in Relation to Student Violence against Teachers / Poštovanje prema nastavnicima u odnosu na nasilje učenika prema nastavnicima

Abstract

Student respect for teachers is one of the important aspects of the student-teacher relationship, which is considered an important component of the school climate. Given the significant role of the school climate in predicting students’ violence against teachers, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perceptions of students’ respect for teachers and students’ violence against teachers. The research was conducted with two survey questionnaires intended for samples of students and teachers, and 451 students and 102 high school teachers in the City of Zagreb participated in the research. The perception of respect for teachers and different forms of violence was examined by assessing participants’ agreement on a six-point Likert-type scale (1 – strongly agree, 6 – strongly disagree). The results indicate that students and teachers, on average, feel that students respect teachers to a greater extent, and that they perceive different forms of violence against teachers to a lesser extent. The correlation analysis found a statistically significant negative association between respect for teachers and various forms of student violence against teachers. It can be concluded that respect for teachers plays an important role in explaining the occurrence of students’ violence against teachers. Keywords: respect; school climate; students; teachers; violence against teachers. - Postovanje ucenika prema nastavnicima jedan je od bitnih aspekata odnosa između ucenika i nastavnika koji se smatra važnom komponentom skolske klime. S obzirom na znacajnu ulogu skolske klime u predviđanju nasilja ucenika nad nastavnicima, cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost percepcije postovanja ucenika prema nastavnicima i nasilja ucenika nad nastavnicima. Istraživanje je provedeno dvama anketnim upitnicima namijenjenima uzorcima ucenika i nastavnika, a u istraživanju je sudjelovao 451 ucenik te 102 nastavnika srednjih skola u Gradu Zagrebu. Percepcija postivanja nastavnika i razlicitih oblika nasilja ispitana je procjenom slaganja sudionika na skali Likertova tipa od sest stupnjeva (1-izrazito se slažem, 6-izrazito se ne slažem). Rezultati ukazuju na to da ucenici i nastavnici u prosjeku vise smatraju da ucenici postuju nastavnike te da u manjoj mjeri percipiraju razlicite oblike nasilja nad nastavnicima. Korelacijskom analizom utvrđena je statisticki znacajna negativna povezanost između postovanja nastavnika i razlicitih oblika nasilja ucenika nad nastavnicima. Može se zakljuciti da postovanje nastavnika ima važnu ulogu u objasnjenju pojave nasilja ucenika nad nastavnicima. Kljucne rijeci: nasilje nad nastavnicima; nastavnici; postovanje; skolska klima; ucenici.