Attitudes Towards School and Learning. Analytical Perspectives of Students and their Parents
Attitudes Towards School and Learning. Analytical Perspectives of Students and their Parents

Summary/Abstract: The study describes a research based on the application of two Likert scales on a sample of 698 students from all schooling years starting with the 4th grade and ending with the 12th grade, respectively by the parents of these students (550 subjects). This research tracks students' attitudes and, comparatively, parents' perceptions of students' attitudes toward school in general and toward learning in particular. The main aspects are related to: learning motivation (generated by ambition, desire to get good school results from intrinsic or extrinsic needs and reasons), learning dynamics (boredom at school, ease of learning and the objective of learning), and climate classroom learning, measured from the perspective of students' trust in their teachers. The research results indicate existing vulnerabilities of the Romanian educational system, specifically of the teacher-student and teacher-parents relationship. Learning motivation, teaching interactivity of and classroom climate decrease gradually during schooling years, recording some increases only due to test results and in proximity of national exams.

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