PE teachers' attitudes about the human rights and democratic citizenship dimension with emphasis on the achievements of the concept of tolerance as an indicator of the right to education

Presentation

Abstract

Prompted significant reflection and discussions over the kind of education we need and want in the twenty-first-century results with many curricula changes. Emphasis on the importance of values, attitudes, and skills that promote mutual respect and peaceful coexistence provides a deep overview of many challenges that school face. Physical education as one of many subjects is subject to change but with great potential for the implementation of all indicators of the right to education. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the perceptions of attitude perspective by PE teachers about tolerance as an indicator of the right to an education that should be implemented in daily school curricula.

The research was carried out on the sample of 340 PE teachers in Croatia, consisting of 150 women and 190 men of the average age of 43. The questionnaire for the assessment of minimum quality of the educational process and general teachers’ competences (UPminKOOP) (Žnidarec Čučković & Ohnjec, 2017) was applied. The component model of factorial analysis carried out on 16 items of the questionnaire confirmed two significant main components according to Guttman-Kaiser criterion. Cronbach's coefficient of reliability of the questionnaire's total result defined on the analysed sample of participants was 0.91, standardized coefficient was 0.91 and average intercorrelation of items was 0.44.

Results of the analysis showed that participants in the study see tolerance (as part of competence) as strong building block of the curriculum with all its achievements while respecting diversity as the basis of education for human rights and democratic citizenship correlated with PE.