Teachers’ Attitudes towards Behaviour Patterns in Social Conflicts in Primorsko-Goranska County in Croatia
Keywords:
avoidance, cooperation, conflict resolution training, teachers, winning
Abstract
The aim of the empirical research is to determine primary school teachers’ attitudes towards behaviour patterns in social conflict. A primary school teacher is the role model for his/her pupils, so in the context of the theory of hidden curriculum, the purpose of the study is determining a better understanding of teacher’s needs for further conflict resolution training. A
Scale of Attitudes toward social conflicts was applied to a stratified sample of 155 teachers in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, measuring three patterns of behaviour: avoidance/adaptation, cooperation, and winning. According to the results, the teachers most frequently have positive attitudes toward a pattern of cooperation, and most seldom toward
a pattern of winning. Winning is negatively correlated with cooperation, and positively correlated with avoidance/adaptation. The authors recommended systematic social skills training necessary for managing conflict for a specific group of teachers. The authors believe these findings could raise interest and awareness for further studies in the field of conflict studies
in education.
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Vlah, N. (2013). Desirable behavior of young people in conflicts. Zagreb: Biakova d.o.o.
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Vlah, N., & Pinoza Kukurin, Z. (2012). Attitudes of the Students of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Rijeka towards Models of Behaviour in Social Conflicts. Napredak, 153(1), 39-52.
Weeks, D. (2000). The Eight Essential steps to Conflict Resolution. Osijek: Sunce.
Welch, M. (1998). Collaboration: Staying on the Bandwagon. Journal of Teacher Education, 49(1), 26-37.
Weldon, G. (2010). Post-conflict Teacher Development: Facing the Past in South Africa. Journal of Moral Education, 39(3), 353-364.
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Zembylas, M. (2011). Peace and Human Rights Education: Dilemmas of Compatibility and Prospects for Moving Forward. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 41(4), 567-579.
Published
2015-12-31
How to Cite
Vlah, N., JanÄecL., & ÄŒepić, R. (2015). Teachers’ Attitudes towards Behaviour Patterns in Social Conflicts in Primorsko-Goranska County in Croatia. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 5(4), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.120
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