Attitudes of primary school eighth-graders towards art classes

Svrha je ovoga rada bila istražiti položaj nastavnog predmeta likovna kultura kroz evaluaciju, refl eksiju i stavove učenika osmih razreda osnovne škole. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 303 učenika osnovnih škola Splitsko-dalmatinske županije. Iz istraživanja ističemo najvažnije rezultate: 45,5% učenika nezadovoljno je sadašnjom satnicom nastave likovne kulture i smatra da je treba povećati barem za još jedan sat tjedno. Sudjelovanje u likovnim aktivnostima voli 34,3% učenika i jako voli 22,4% učenika, što je gotovo polovica ispitanika. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da najveći postotak, 38% učenika, izjavljuje kako su se u okvirima ovog nastavnog predmeta naučili služiti likovnim tehnikama i materijalima. Veliki postotak učenika (njih 57,8%) nema naviku posjećivanja muzeja i galerija ni likovnih izložaba, a 54,1% učenika smatra utjecaj nastave likovne kulture na formiranje njihova osobnog likovnog ukusa osrednjim. Bavljenje likovnim aktivnostima uže ili šire obitelji učenika pozitivno utječe na procjenu vrijednosti nastavnog predmeta Likovna kultura, dok varijable spol i školski uspjeh ne utječu na procjenu vrijednosti nastavnog predmeta kod učenika osmih razreda.The purpose of this work was to study the position of art as a school subject through the evaluation, refl ection and attitudes of primary school eighth-graders. The survey was conducted on the sample of 303 eighth-graders of primary schools in the Splitsko-dalmatinska County. We herein present the most signifi cant results of the survey: 54.5% of students are satisfi ed with the present time-table of art classes and fi nd the weekly load suffi cient for the class realization; 34.3% of students like to participate in visual-art activities; and 22.4% of them like it very much, which is almost half of the surveyed students. The results of the survey reveal that the highest percentage of them, i.e. 30%, stated to have learned how to use art techniques and materials. A high percentage of students (57.8%) don’t have the habit of visiting museums, galleries or attending art exhibitions, and 54.1% of students reckon that art classes have a moderate infl uence on the development of their personal taste in visual art. The involvement of pupil’s close family or relatives in visual-art activities has a positive effect on the evaluation of art as a school subject. Variables such as gender and academic achievement do not affect students’ evaluation of the school subject