Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils

Helena Grecmanová; Dalibor Gonda; Eva Urbanovská; Vlasta Cabanová

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Helena Grecmanová ¹ ², Dalibor Gonda ¹ ^* , Eva Urbanovská ¹, Vlasta Cabanová ¹

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¹ Faculty of Humanities at the University of Žilina, SLOVAKIA² Department of Sociology, Andragogy, and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University in Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC^* Corresponding Author

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A positive teaching climate has an important impact on pupils’ attitude to learning subjects. The object of our research was to identify the factors affecting the climate of science subjects teaching. The research sample consisted of 454 primary and secondary school pupils. A questionnaire with 26 items was used as a research tool. Obtained data were subjected to factor analysis with loading factor of 0.45. Based on our research, four factors with a statistically significant impact on the climate of natural science subjects teaching was identified. At the same time, it was found that neither sex nor age of pupils has a statistically significant effect on the climate perception of natural science subjects teaching.

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pupil
science subject
teaching climate
factor analysis

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2020, Volume 16, Issue 8, Article No: em1869

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Grecmanová, H., Gonda, D., Urbanovská, E., & Cabanová, V. (2020). Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(8), em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301

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Grecmanová H, Gonda D, Urbanovská E, Cabanová V. Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(8):em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301

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Grecmanová H, Gonda D, Urbanovská E, Cabanová V. Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(8), em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301

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Grecmanová, Helena, Dalibor Gonda, Eva Urbanovská, and Vlasta Cabanová. "Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 8 (2020): em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301

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Grecmanová, H., Gonda, D., Urbanovská, E., and Cabanová, V. (2020). Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(8), em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301

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Grecmanová, Helena et al. "Factors Influencing the Creation of a Positive Climate in Natural Science Lessons from the Perspective of Pupils". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 8, 2020, em1869. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/8301