Odrednice pojma o sebi u području prirodoslovlja i inženjerstva u višim razredima osnovne škole

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Determinants of STEM Self-Concept among upper Elementary-school Students
• Author: Tanja Herceg
• Mentor: Josip Burušić (mentor)
• Committee member: Goran Milas (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanja Budimir (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Josip Burušić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2016-09-29, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

STEM pojam o sebi sve se više istražuje u objašnjavanju STEM problema odnosno nedovoljnog broja mladih zainteresiranih za STEM područje. Ovaj se rad temelji na dijelu podataka prikupljenih u sklopu longitudinalnog istraživačkog projekta Hrvatske zaklade za znanost - JOBSTEM (Profesionalne aspiracije prema zanimanjima tijekom osnovne škole. Rad analizira STEM pojam o sebi te za cilj ima: 1) utvrditi koliki se udio varijance STEM pojma o sebi može objasniti temeljem: spola, dobi (razreda), obrazovanja majke i oca, stavova roditelja prema obrazovanju i znanosti, interesa za znanost izvan škole, 2) ispitati postojanje interakcijskih efekata obilježja koji se pokažu kao značajni prediktori u predviđanju STEM pojma o sebi. Istraživanje je provedeno na učenicima šestih, sedmih i osmih razreda (N=361) iz dvije osnovne škole s područja grada Daruvara (OŠ Vladimira Nazora Daruvar i Češka OŠ J.A. Komenskog Daruvar). U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 195 (54.2%) dječaka i 165 (45.8%) djevojčica. Raspon dobi učenika iznosi od 12 do 15 godina (M=13.32, SD=.910). Riječ je o korelacijskom istraživanju u kojem je korišten anketni upitnik u formi papir-olovka na 12 stranica, a sastoji se od demografskih podataka, konstruiranih pitanja od strane istraživača i drugih već postojećih istraživačkih skala npr. Pojam o sebi u STEM-u (Barmby, Kind i Jones, 2008); tri skale DeWitta i sur. (2013): Roditeljski stavovi prema STEM, Roditeljske aspiracije/ambicije, Roditeljska uključenost; itd. Regresijskom su analizom kao najbolji prediktori STEM pojma o sebi redom izdvojeni: interes za neformalne znanstvene sadržaje (β=.333) i obrazovanje majke (β=.297), a koji sveukupno objašnjavaju 26.6% varijance kriterija. Interakcijski efekti navedenih obilježja nisu utvrđeni

Abstract (english)

The STEM self-concept is becoming main focus of research interest in the context of explaining STEM problem, regarding insufficient number of young people in the field of STEM. This thesis is based on part of the data collected within longitudinal research project of the Croatian Fundation for Science – JOBSTEM (Professional aspirations towards vocation during elementary school). The purpose of this project is to: determine how much STEM self-concept variance can be explained through: gender, age (grade), mother's and father's level of education, parental attitudes towards education and science, and pupil's interest for science outside of school environment, 2) enquire into the existence of interaction effect between significant STEM self-concept predictors. The sample consisted of sixth, seventh, and eight grade pupils (N=361) from two elementary schools in the City of Daruvar (Elementary School of Vladimir Nazor Daruvar and Czech Elementary School J.A. Kamenski Daruvar); of which 195 (54.2%) male and 165 (45.8%) female pupils, in between 12 and 15 years of age (M=13.32, SD=.910) The study was conducted with questionare in paper-pencil form, 12 pages long, which consisted of demographic data, various adapted research instruments, for example STEM self-concept scale (Barmby, Kind and Jones, 2008); three scales from DeWitt et al. (2013): Parental attitudes toward STEM, Parental aspirations/ambitions, Parental involvement; etc. Regression analysis has shown that the best self concept in STEM predictors are: interest in informal scientific contents (β=.333) and mother's education level (β=.297), which together explain 26.6% of criterium variance, while two way anova indicated no interaction effects beetween them.

• Keywords: STEM pojam o sebi; STEM; interes za neformalne znanstvene sadržaje; interes za formalne znanstvene sadržaje; spol; obrazovanje roditelja; stav roditelja o STEM-u
• Keywords (english): STEM self-concept; STEM; interest for informal scientific contents; interest for formal scientific contents; gender; education; parental attitude towards STE
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:357889
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
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• Created on: 2016-11-04 09:08:15