| Abstrakt: |
The absences of elementary school students have become a daily occurrence. Experiences from school practice show that this problem is difficult to solve, primarily due to the number of factors that influence absenteeism. It was the number of factors and reasons for student absenteeism that prompted us to carry out the research, but also the possibility of possibly looking at the problem of absenteeism from the student's point of view. Following the above, the work aimed to determine, explain and present the reasons why students in elementary school are absent from Physical and Health Education classes. The sample is the basis of which data was collected in two elementary schools in the Ilijaš municipality from grades 5-9, with 150 students of both sexes (44% boys and 56% girls). Students will answer 30 survey questions with a multidimensional survey questionnaire, which is divided into 4 parts. The independent variables are the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (gender, grade, school performance, absenteeism). Dependent variables include absenteeism (absence from physical and health education classes), that is, attitudes about absenteeism (physical and health education). In that part of the questionnaire, using a Likert scale, students' opinions about absenteeism are examined. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data processing. After the conducted research, one of the confirmed assumptions is that students attend more physical and health education classes compared to other subjects where mathematics and BHS language subjects were used for comparison, where the number of absences is visibly higher. In this research, there was no significant level of difference in absences concerning gender, nor was there a large difference in the number of absences in lower grades compared to higher grades and vice versa. The number of exempted female students is partially higher compared to male students, while non-participation of students in classes does not depend on the gender difference. The recommendation based on the results is that the problem of school absences must be treated as a complex phenomenon that should be approached in a multidisciplinary manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
