Rely on yourself and your family : how 9th grade students in Slovenia cope with educational demands

Žakelj, Tjaša (author), Švab, Alenka (author)

The article analyses the strategies of coping with educational demands used by 9th grade students in Slovenia. Three aspects of coping are dealt with in particular: coping with everyday demands and problems at school; coping with problems and dilemmas in the transition from elementary to secondary school; and formal and informal forms of support available to disadvantaged students. While support on the part of the school system reflects a high level of inclusivity and a personal approach to solving potential problems, studentsʼ perceptions and strategies reveal a sense of individual responsibility and focus more on help from families. Families therefore play a key role not only in decision-making but also in organising help and support for students.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2011
• Number of pages: Str. 1466-1485, 1547
• Numbering: Letn. 48, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-23230
• UDC: 37.011.3-052:316.36(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30771293
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2014

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Članek obravnava strategije spoprijemanja z zahtevami izobraževalnega sistema učencev, ki obiskujejo zadnji razred devetletke. Osredotočimo se na tri vidike spoprijemanja: na spoprijemanje z vsakdanjimi zahtevami in problemi v šoli; na spoprijemanje s težavami, ki se pojavijo pri prehodu v srednjo šolo ter na formalne in neformalne oblike podpore, ki so na razpolago deprivilegiranim učencem. Medtem ko šolski sistem podpore odraža visoko mero inkluzivnosti in osebnega pristopa v reševanju morebitne problematike, pa v mnenjih in strategijah učencev prevladuje občutek individualne odgovornosti in osredotočenost na pomoč družine. Slednja ima ključno vlogo ne zgolj v primerih odločitev temveč tudi v primeru organiziranja pomoči in podpore učencem.