School Fear of Pedagogues and Educational Factors of Its Overcoming Cover Image

Pedagogų mokyklos baimė
School Fear of Pedagogues and Educational Factors of Its Overcoming

Author(s): Vytautas Gudonis, Eglė Šeipūnaitė
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: school fear; teachers; school.

Summary/Abstract: School fear of pedagogues of special schools and schools of general education and the educational factors overcoming this fear are analyzed in bachelor’s work. It is hypothesized that some of the pedagogues of special schools and schools of general education feel school fear. The following 120 respondents have taken part in the research: 68 pedagogues of schools of general education and 52 pedagogues of special schools. By questionnaire survey it has been investigated what factors form manifestations of school fear. It has been attempted to realize to what group of those under research school fair has been more common: to the pedagogues of special schools or those of general education. By analyzing the research data by case analysis it has been attempted to illustrate and prove the hypothesis raised that some of the pedagogues of special schools and schools of general education feel school fear. The factors rising school fear, manifestations and extent have been determined by the research. Psychical and somatic factors of school fear are distinguished. Psychical ones are related with tension, anxiety, and stress that are experienced at work whereas heartache and headache, sleep disorder are assigned to somatic factors that cause school fear of pedagogues and provoke teachers’ whish not only to change their work at school but also their profession. The factors causing school fear of teachers of special schools and schools of general education are related with emotional, organizational, managerial, school microclimate aspects and inner changes of organism. Educational factors of overcoming school fear of pedagogues are presented in the research that may help the pedagogues to soothe or even get rid of school fear. Thesis that’s some of the pedagogues of special schools and schools of general education feel school fear have proved; according to the research data, the teachers of special schools more often suffer from school fear than those of mainstream schools.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 92
  • Page Range: 14-23
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian