Investigation of 6th grade students' expectations regarding the transition to Gymnasium
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Apr 15, 2016
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expectations of 6th grade students transition to Gymnasium Gymnasium’ functions grounded theory method
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The purpose of this research field was the investigation of 6th grade students' expectations regarding the educational and psychosocial parameters of six Gymnasium functions. The data were collected through an improvised written questionnaire with 7 open questions. The questionnaire was completed by 286 students from 13 public Elementary Schools located in the center of Thessaloniki Center in May 2015. The processing of student’s answers was achieved by the method of grounded theory. According to the research findings most boys and most girls of the sample: a) had positive expectations of building relationships with peers and their non-involvement in bullying incidents in Gymnasium, b) had negative expectations towards learning new subjects, achieving high performance in written tests and final examinations and toward the existence of institutional sanctions, c) had neither positive nor negative expectations as to building relationships with teachers in Gymnasium. Based on the above there is the need for targeted two-year educational activities to be designed and implemented, under the guidance of primary and secondary education school counselors and the supervision of the Ministry of Education, including: a) the creation of specialized educational programs of transition of the responsible institutions (Counseling and Guidance Administrations, Universities), b) the basic and in-service education of teachers in implementing these programs, c) inter-scientific support for teachers and parents by specialists on mental health regarding issues in transition. The most important is, however for a new socio - educational policy to be established by the Institute of Education Policy, promoting the consistency and continuity of education and learning from the Elementary School to the Gymnasium on the grounds of aims, content and methodology. As a result graduates of Primary School having acquired basic socio-cognitive skills and positive expectations will be able to adapt to the new school environment of Gymnasium under the mildest and smoothest psychosocial conditions.
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Σιδηρόπουλος Δ. Α. (2016). Investigation of 6th grade students’ expectations regarding the transition to Gymnasium. Hellenic Journal of Research in Education, 5(1), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.9987
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