DIFFERENCES IN COMPETITON CHILDREN IN TOWN AND ON COUNTRYSIDE

V magistrski nalogi z naslovom Razlike v tekmovalnosti otrok v mestu in na podeželju sem predstavila odnose med vrstniki, vrstniške skupine in kakšno vlogo imajo vrstniki v življenju otrok in mladostnikov. Opisala sem kako se oblikujejo vrstniške skupine, kateri so kriteriji, ki določajo skupino in kakšni so pozitivni in negativni vplivi vrstnikov. Predstavila sem sociometrično metodo in preučila, kakšna je priljubljenost med vrstniki. Prav tako sem opredelila pojem tekmovalnosti, kakšne so negativne plati tekmovalnosti in kaj so vzroki za tekmovalnost. Definirala sem samopodobo in opisala, kako je samopodoba povezana s tekmovalnostjo. Zabeležila pa sem tudi nekaj primerov tekmovalnih situacij, ki so jih navedli učitelji na različnih šolah. V empiričnem delu naloge sem s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika zbrala podatke na štirih osnovnih šolah. Pridobila sem podatke o tem, ali učenci menijo, da so tekmovalni in ali se tega, da so tekmovalni sami zavedajo, jih povprašala po mnenju, kdo je bolj tekmovalen ali dekleta ali fantje. Vprašala sem jih tudi ali so opazili tekmovalnost v razredu in v čem so jo opazili. Zanimalo me je, ali jim je pomembno, da so na določenem področju boljši od sošolcev in sošolk in na katerem področju jim je to pomembno (na športnem področju, na področju učnega uspeha, na področju prijateljstva in na področju oblačenja). Zanimalo me je tudi kakšne so reakcije učencev na nova oblačila sošolcev in sošolk, na boljše ocene, na pohvalo učitelja… V raziskavi je sodelovalo 203 učencev. 101 je bilo učencev iz mestne šole (50 deklic in 51 dečkov) in 102 učencev iz podeželske šole (53 deklic in 49 dečkov). Rezultati so pokazali, da je večina učencev tekmovalnih, vendar se jih kar nekaj svoje tekmovalnosti ne zaveda. Ugotovila sem, da obstajajo majhne razlike v tekmovalnosti učencev v mestu in na podeželju, ki so statistično pomembne.In my master’s thesis entitled (Competition inequalities between pupils in cities and those in the countryside) I have presented the relationships among peers, peer groups, and the role of the peers in the life of pupils and youngsters. I have described the way the peer groups are formed, the criterias which form the group, as well as the positive and negative influences of the fellows. Moreover, I have introduced the sociometric method and the popularity among the peers. Also I defined the term competition, its negative sides and reasons for it. I have defined self-image and its relation to competition. However, I have recorded a few cases of competition named by different teachers in different schools. In the empirical part of the master\u27s, I have collected data in four primary schools through the help of the questionnaire. I have gathered information as regards to the competition and its relevance among pupils, their self-awareness about competition, and their opinion regarding girls\u27-and-boys\u27 striving. I asked them whether they have noticed competition in their classroom and in what aspects. Furthermore, I was interested whether it matters to them to be better than other classmates in any of the fields, and if so, what are the fields where the latter matters the most (sports, educational achievement, friendship or fashion style). In addition, I wanted to find out the reaction of pupils to the new outfit of their peers, better grades and the recognition from their teacher. There were 203 pupils who took part in this research. 101 were those from the city (50 girls and 51 boys), whereas 102 were from the countryide (53 girls and 49 boys). The results have shown that the majority of pupils are competitive but quite a few of those are not aware of it. I have found out that the inequalities in competition of pupils in cities and the countryide are minor but of statistical importance