The teacher as one of the factors influencing studentsʼ perception of biology as a school subject

Kubiatko, Milan (author), Torkar, Gregor (author), Rovňanová, Lenka (author)

The main aim of our research was to determine whether the teacher is one of the factors influencing students’ perception of biology as a school subject. The study also aimed to identify the influence of certain other factors in this regard, specifically: students’ gender and place of residence, the number of biology teachers who have taught the students, and the teachers’ gender. The sample consisted of 261 lower secondary school students (ISCED 2) in Slovakia, aged 14 and 15 years. A questionnaire with Likert-type items was used as a research instrument. The findings confirm the impact of the biology teacher on students’ perception of the subject. After removing the influence of the teacher, the students’ gender and place of residence did not have any significant influence on their perception of the subject. Two additional significant variables were the number of biology teachers who had taught the students and the teachers’ gender. The research confirmed that the teacher’s personality is one of the significant factors that can influence students’ perception of school subjects.

• Language: English
• Keywords: biology, perception, school subject, teacher, lower secondary school students
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2017
• Number of pages: Str. 127-140
• Numbering: Vol. 7, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-92612
• UDC: 37.091:57
• ISSN on article: 1855-9719
• DOI: 10.26529/cepsj.173
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11576137

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• Publication date in RUL: 24.08.2017

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: CEPS journal : Center for Educational Policy Studies journal = revija Centra za študij edukacijskih strategij
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana Press
• ISSN: 1855-9719
• COBISS.SI-ID: 252707584

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Učitelji_ce kot en od vplivnih dejavnikov učenčeve_kine percepcije predmeta biologija

Abstract

Glavni namen naše raziskave je bil ugotoviti ali je učitelj_ica en od dejavnikov, ki vpliva na percepcijo biologije kot šolskega predmeta. Namen raziskave je identificirati tudi nekatere druge vplivne dejavnike, kot so: spol učenk_cev, kraj bivanja, število učiteljic_jev biologije, ki so poučevale_i učenko_ca, ter spol učitelja_ice. Vzorec sestavlja 261 slovaških učenk_cev (dijakinj_ov nižje srednje šole) (ISCED 2), starih med 14 in 15 let. Uporabljen je bil vprašalnik s trditvami Likertovega tipa. Rezultati raziskave potrjujejo vpliv učitelja_ice biologije na učenčevo_kino percepcijo predmeta biologija. Po izločitvi vpliva učitelja_ice, spol učenk_cev in kraj bivanja nista imela signifikantnega vpliva na njihovo percepcijo predmeta. Za signifikantna vpliva pa sta se izkazala število učiteljic_ev biologije, ki so poučevale_i učenko_ca, ter spol učitelja_ice. Raziskava torej potrjuje, da je učiteljičina_eva osebnost pomemben dejavnik, ki vpliva na učenčevo_kino percepcijo šolskih predmetov.

• Keywords: učitelji, osebnostne lastnosti, šolski predmeti, biologija, srednje šole, biologija