Samoocena kompetencji wychowawczych a postawy nauczycieli wobec karania uczniów

Abstract

The group of 230 teachers was examined using the questionnaire of self-estimation of education competence. Also teachers’ attitude toward the punishment of pupils has been measured using the Likert’s scale. In the second part of examination teachers were asked to propose punishment of pupils who were the cause of education difficulties. The collected empirical results say that only 22,2% of subjects appreciate positively their theoretical knowledge and 44,3% of them appreciate positively their practical knowledge concerning problems of education. However their opinion was, that they were responsible rather for educational successes than for failures. The part of teachers were induced to use more severe methods when suggesting punishment. The teachers who had low self-estimation of education competences were submisse and they suggested punishment more frequently. The teachers with high self-esteem were more resistive. This result can be interpreted using theory of psychological reactance.