Extracurricular activities of primary school students in Carinthia

Interesne dejavnosti so prostovoljne dejavnosti, ki jih posamezniki izberejo glede na svoje zanimanje, hobije ali strasti. Vključujejo lahko različna področja, kot so šport, umetnost, glasba, ples, znanost, tehnologija in drugo. Namen teh dejavnosti je spodbujati osebni razvoj, razvijanje spretnosti, izražanje kreativnosti, socialno interakcijo in zadovoljstvo do dejavnosti. Igrajo pomembno vlogo pri krepitvi interesov, talentov ter celostnem razvoju posameznikove osebnosti. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 136 učencev iz naključno izbranih osnovnih šol na Koroškem. Rezultati kažejo, da se učenci bolj vključujejo v šolske interesne dejavnosti v primerjavi z obšolskimi interesnimi dejavnostmi. Pri čemer se učenci najpogosteje vključujejo v športne interesne dejavnosti. Pomemben dejavnik, ki spodbuja učence k vključevanju v interesne dejavnosti, je lasten interes, ki hkrati predstavlja tudi pomemben pogoj za sodelovanje v teh dejavnostih. S samo ponudbo interesnih dejavnosti so učenci v veliki večini zadovoljni, a ugotavljamo, da so bolj zadovoljni s ponudbo obšolskih interesnih dejavnosti. Posledica vključevanja v interesne dejavnosti je lahko tudi preobremenjenost učencev. S tem smo pridobili vpogled v obiskovanje interesnih dejavnosti učencev na Koroškem, kar je lahko učiteljem v pomoč pri njihovem pedagoškem delu.Extracurricular activities are voluntary activities that individuals choose based on their own interest, hobbies or passions. They can include various fields such as sports, art, music, dance, science, technology and more. The purpose of these activities is to promote personal development, skill development, expression of creativity, social interaction and satisfaction to activities. They play an important role in strengthening interests, talents and holistic development of individual\u27s personality. 136 students from randomly selected elementary schools in Carinthia participated in the research. The results show that students are more involved in school extracurricular activities compared to extracurricular activities of interest. Whereby students are most often involved in sports extracurricular activities. An important factor that encourages students to engage in extracurricular activities, is one\u27s own interest, which at the same time also represents an important condition for participation in these activities. The students are largely satisfied with the offer of extracurricular activities, but we have observed that they are more satisfied with the offer of after-school extracurricular activities.One consequence of participating in extracurricular activities can also be student overload. With this we gained an insight into the attendance of interesting activities by students in Carinthia, which can help teachers in their pedagogical work.