Students’ absences from class

Naša je školska stvarnost karakterizirana sve opsežnijom pojavom namjernog izbjegavanja nastave od učenika. Pogleda na ovu pojavu ima mnogo, ali rješenja je malo. Svakodnevni pokazatelji upozoravaju na složenost ove pojave, koja traži pronalaženje odgovora. Od prosvjetnih djelatnika i odgojitelja traži se aktivno i svjesno sudjelovanje, te nužne promjene i u njihovu ponašanju da bi se riješio ovaj problem. Razumno je bilo ovu neugodnu pojavu promatrati i analizirati kako bi se osjetili pravi njezini uzroci, što je i cilj ovog istraživanja. Zadatak istraživanja određen je na konzultiranje mišljenja učenika, kao i na oblike obiteljske i školske komunikacije. Ovo istraživanje provedeno je u šest trećih razreda (dva klasičnoga i četiri jezičnog usmjerenja) I. gimnazije u Splitu, gdje autor radi kao nastavnik matematike i fi zike. Ispitana su 154 učenika (31 momak i 123 djevojke). Važno je naglasiti da je prepoznatljiv specifi čan odnos učenika i roditelja prema nastavnom procesu, u kojem je, po većini njih, jedini i najvažniji cilj – dobra, tj. najbolja ocjena. U tu svrhu učenici, a i roditelji pribjegavaju kalkuliranju s izostancima i dobrom organizacijom njihova opravdavanja.Our school’s reality is characterized with a more widespread occurrence of sudents’ deliberate class skipping. There are many outlooks on this phenomenon, but a few solutions. Everyday indicators warn about the complexity of this problem which demands an answer. Educators’ active and conscious participation, including the necessary changes in their behavior, is required in order to solve this situation. It was reasonable to observe and analyze this unfortunate situation to understand its true causes, which has been the very purpose of our research. Its task was to consult the opinions of students as well as to consider different types of family and school communication. This research was carried out in the third grades of the First Grammar School in Split where the author teaches mathematics and physics. It was conducted in six classes of the third grade (2 of classical and 4 of linguistic orientation). 154 students were included in the research (31 boys and 123 girls). It is important to point out that there has been a particular attitude of both students and parents towards the educational process, in which, according to many of them, obtaining good, i.e. the best possible grades is the only and the most important goal. Therefore, students and parents cleverly calculate students’ absences and manage to fi nd justifi cations for them