STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO SELECTED SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY ECONOMIC EDUCATION

TitleSTUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO SELECTED SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsBerková, K, Krejčová, K, Novák, J
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume78
Issue1
Start Page9-23
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedFebruary/2020
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7111
Keywordseconomic education; students’ attitudes; motivation in economic school subjects; school subject popularity; school subject difficulty
Abstract

Students’ motivation is one of the key factors that determine their school success. It is closely linked to their attitudes toward individual school subjects. This research analyzes four crucial dimensions of students’ subject-related attitudes (practical importance, difficulty, popularity and curriculum contents attractiveness) in the secondary economic education in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the international context. The research focused on the four dimensions of students’ attitudes (n = 573) toward four major school subjects (economics, accounting, mathematics and the mother tongue) at business academies. It analyzes the data from the questionnaires using the Spearman Correlation Coefficient, the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test and the modification of Tukey’s method for multiple comparisons. The results show that the popularity of a school subject significantly correlates with its curriculum contents attractiveness and practical importance. However, the difficulty of school subjects did not influence their popularity in a negative way, which opens several questions for further research in the area.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2020/457-1581494639.pdf
DOI10.33225/pec/20.78.09
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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