DIFFERENCES OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS DANCE BY STUUDENTS OF CERTAIN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF ZAGREB AND ZAGREB COUNTY

Pretpostavlja se da postojeći stereotip „ženskog“ sporta dovodi do nižih vrijednosti procjene stava prema plesu kod muškog spola u odnosu na ženski. Također s obzirom na razvijenost područja, odnosno bogatiju plesnu ponudu kao sportske ili rekreativne aktivnosti, pretpostavka je da se srednjoškolci grada Zagreba bave plesom u većoj mjeri nego srednjoškolci s područja Zagrebačke županije. Primarni cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati stav prema plesu kod učenika i učenica prigodno odabranih srednjih škola grada Zagreba i Zagrebačke županije, te ispitati postoje li značajne razlike u stavu s obzirom na spol ispitanika i na županiju u kojoj se škola nalazi. Sekundarni cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi koliko se učenika bavilo plesom, a koliko ih se sada aktivno bavi plesom. Podaci o bavljenju plesom su uspoređeni s utvrđenim stavovima ispitanika. Dobivenim rezultatima su potvrđene sve postavljene hipoteze. Na razini ukupnog uzorka, pokazalo se da je stav prema plesu pozitivan, no promatraju li se spolne razlike, tada učenice imaju pozitivan stav, a učenici negativan stav prema plesu. Nadalje je potvrđeno da ispitanici iz grada Zagreba imaju značajno pozitivniji stav prema plesu u odnosu na ispitanike s područja Zagrebačke županije. Potvrđeno je da se u gradu Zagrebu veći postotak srednjoškolaca bavi plesom nego na područjima Zagrebačke županije, također je potvrđeno da se plesom bavi više učenica nego učenika. Ukupno 276 ispitanika ima pozitivan stav, a samo 43 od njih se trenutno bavi plesom, stoga bi se moglo zaključiti da pozitivan stav prema plesu ne znači da će se osoba baviti plesom.It is assumed that the existing stereotype of "female" sport leads to lower values of assessment of attitudes towards dance in males compared to females. Also, given the development of the area, more specifically richer dance offer in the forms of sports or recreational activities, it is assumed that high school students in the city of Zagreb are more engaged in dance than high school students in the Zagreb County. The primary goal of the study is to determine the attitude towards dance among high school students in Zagreb and Zagreb County and to determine whether there are significant differences in attitude with regard to gender of respondents and the school they attend. findings. The secondary goal of the research was to determine how many high school students had previously been involved in dance and how many were currently engaged in dance. The obtained dana were compared with respondents expressed attitudes. The obtained results confirmed all the hypotheses. At the level of the overall sample, the attitude towards dance was shown to be positive, but if gender differences are observed, then the female students have a positive attitude and the male students have a negative attitude towards dance. It was confirmed that the respondents from the city of Zagreb have a significantly more positive attitude towards dance compared to the respondents from the Zagreb County. It is confirmed that in the city of Zagreb a higher percentage of students are engaged in dance than in the Zagreb County, it was also confirmed that more female students are engaged in dance than male students. A total of 276 respondents showed positive attitude towards dance and only 43 respondents are currently engaged in dance. Hence, it could be concluded that a positive attitude towards dance does not necessary imply that a person will be engage in dance