Differences in the manifestation of undesirable behavior in early school-age children during the performance of kinesiology activities with regard to gender

MilkaJelena JakovljevićAlić*, Smiljana Zrilić*, Marko Džaja

DječjiUniversity vrtićof Špansko, ZagrebZadar*

milka.jakovljevic@hotmail.comjelenacetinic@net.hr, szrilic@unizd.hr

The importance of artKinesiology education for the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children and youthsports

Abstract

The term STEAM comes from the English language and is an acronym woven from the initial letters of five areas - science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. This work explores STEAM as an educational approach in working with preschool children, which includes, among other things, the area of fine arts. It begins with a theoretical overview and explanation of both the term and the meaning of the abbreviation STEAM. This is followed by the description of the research conducted in a preschool group, where 24 children aged 6 to 7 years participated. The goal of the research wasis to determine whether there are statistically significant differences in the frequency of occurrence of unacceptable forms of behavior during the implementation of STEAMkinesiology experimentsactivities relatedamong early school-aged students, with regard to art,the affectsgender of the laterrespondents.

The research was conducted,conducted on 199 students of the fourth grade of primary education in elementary schools in Zadar County. Considering the criterion of the respondents gender, the sample was divided into two sub-samples; girls: N= 104 and boys N= 95. The frequency of occurrence of unacceptable forms of behavior was examined with an appropriate questionnaire designed for the purpose of conducting research. The statements in the questionnaire are divided into four scales: the scale of inappropriate verbal expression, the scale of aggressiveness, the scale of attitudes towards authorities - the teacher, the scale of attitudes towards authorities - parents and the attitudesscale of negligence towards obligations (at school and opinionsin the family). Research participants expressed the frequency of occurrence of unacceptable behavior on a scale ranging from 1 to 5 (1 – never; 2 – rarely; 3 – sometimes; 4 – often; 5 – always). Differences according to the sex of the research participantssubjects were presentedtested throughwith qualitativethe dataMann analysis.Whitney U test.

The research results indicate that there are statistically significant differences in the frequency of implementation of unacceptable forms of behaviour during kinesiology activities between boys and girls in primary education. According to the mentioned results, boys, compared to girls, show a higher frequency of unacceptable behaviour on all scales.

The obtained research results point to the fact that when designing and implementing interventions aimed at reducing unacceptable forms of behaviour, special attention should be directed towards boys.

Key words

artistry;aggressiveness; creativity;behaviour; experiment;inappropriate researchdifferences; negligence; students

MilkaJelena JakovljevićAlić*, Smiljana Zrilić*, Marko Džaja

DječjiUniversity vrtićof Špansko, ZagrebZadar*

milka.jakovljevic@hotmail.comjelenacetinic@net.hr, szrilic@unizd.hr

VažnostKineziološka umjetničkogedukacija obrazovanjai sport 

Sažetak 

PojamCilj STEAM dolazi iz engleskoga jezika i predstavlja akronim satkan od početnih slova pet područja – science, technology, engineering, art i mathematics. Ovim radomje istražujeivanja seutvrditi STEAMpostoje kaoli odgojno-obrazovnistatistički pristupznačajne razlike u raduučestalosti spojave djecomneprihvatljivih predšoblika ponašanja tijekom provedbe kinezioloških aktivnosti kod učenika rane školske dobi koji,s obzirom na spol ispitanika.

Istraživanje je provedeno na 199 učenika četvrtih razreda primarnoga obrazovanja osnovnih škola Zadarske županije. S obzirom na kriterij podjele prema spolu ispitanika, uzorak je podijeljen na dva poduzorka; djevojčice: N = 104 i dječaci N = 95. Učestalost pojave neprihvatljivih oblika ponašanja ispitana je prigodnim upitnikom koji je osmišljen u svrhu provedbe istraživanja. Tvrdnje unutar upitnika podijeljene su na četiri skale: skalu nedoličnoga verbalnog izražavanja, skalu agresivnosti, skalu odnosa prema autoritetima - učitelju, skalu odnosa prema autoritetima – roditeljima i skalu nemarnosti prema obvezama (u školi i u obitelji). Sudionici istraživanja izražavali su učestalost pojave neprihvatljivih ponašanja na skali raspona od 1 do 5 (1 – nikad; 2 – rijetko; 3 – ponekad; 4 – često; 5 – uvijek). Razlike prema spolu ispitanika testirane su Mann Whitney U testom.

Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju kako postoje statistički značajne razlike učestalosti provedbe neprihvatljivih oblika ponašanja tijekom provođenja kinezioloških aktivnosti između ostaloga, uključujedječaka i područjedjevojčica likovneprimarnoga umjetnosti.obrazovanja. NajprijePrema senavedenim dajerezultatima teorijski pregled i obrazloženje kako pojma tako i značenja kratice STEAM. Potom se opisuje istraživanje provedenodječaci, u predškolskojodnosu skupini,na djevojčice, pokazuju veću kojemuučestalost jepostojanja sudjelovaloneprihvatljivih 24ponašanja djecena usvim dobiskalama.

Dobiveni 6 do 7 godina. Ciljrezultati istraživanja bioukazuju jena utvrditičinjenicu utječeda liprilikom provođenjeosmišljavanja STEAMi pokusaprovedbe vezanihintervencija koje imaju za likovnost,cilj nareduciranje kasnijuneprihvatljivih uključenostoblika djeceponašanja uposebna likovnepozornost aktivnosti.treba Provedenobiti jeusmjerena istraživanjeprama temeljeno na umjetnosti te su kvalitativnom analizom podataka prikazani stavovi i mišljenja sudionika istraživanja.dječacima.

Ključne riječi

istraživanje;agresivnost; kreativnost;nemarnost; likovnost;neprimjereno pokusponašanje; razlike; učenici