Participation in decision-making in class: opportunities and student attitudes in Austria and Slovenia

This article focuses on the issue of student involvement in the education process. The study comprised pupils aged 10-11, 13-14 and 16-17; 322 students were attending school in Austria, and 458 students were in Slovenia. The data were collected through a questionnaire and processed on the level of d...

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Published in:CEPS journal 2017, Vol.7 (4), p.165-184
Main Authors: Mithans, Monika, Ivanus Grmek, Milena, Cagran, Branka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Children & youth
Childrens Rights
Cross Cultural Studies
Decision making
Democracy
Demokratische Bildung
Education
Educational Environment
effect of student participation
Einflussfaktor
Elementary School Students
Empirische Untersuchung
Entscheidung
Foreign Countries
Fragebogenerhebung
International Law
Learning
Learning Processes
Motivation
Participative Decision Making
Partizipation
Quality
Questionnaires
School Administration
Schools
Schülermitwirkung
Secondary School Students
Slowenien
Statistical Analysis
student ability for participation
Student Attitudes
student desire for participation
Student Motivation
Student participation
student participation in decision-making
Teaching Methods
Treaties
Unterrichtsklima
Wahrnehmung
Österreich
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Summary:This article focuses on the issue of student involvement in the education process. The study comprised pupils aged 10-11, 13-14 and 16-17; 322 students were attending school in Austria, and 458 students were in Slovenia. The data were collected through a questionnaire and processed on the level of descriptive and inferential statistics. The right to participation is among the four main principles set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child from 1989. However, a study that aimed to identify the areas in which students already have the opportunity to participate in decision-making and areas in which they want more participation showed that they remain insufficiently aware of the right to participation in school. In addition, the study showed that students from Austrian schools have more decision-making opportunities than their peers in Slovenia do. The results also indicate that, despite its proven advantages, legal basis, and the repeated demands for its implementation, participation in the class environment has yet to become common practice. (DIPF/Orig.).
ISSN:2232-2647
1855-9719
2232-2647
DOI:10.26529/cepsj.369