Attitudes of high-school graduates towards continuing education

Abstract

Considering the reform changes in Serbia and the great importance of higher education in the way adjusting to EU, the research has been made considering the attitudes of high-school graduates towards continuation of education at the appropriate sample in Belgrade, with the aim of determining in which extent the high school graduates evaluate higher education. The research has been done by the questionnaire, specially designed for this purpose. There are special factors which tell about the attitudes of the young 'faculty is future', 'thorough education', 'investment into education', other means for career', 'diploma', and 'parents' influence'. Also, there are special groups of high school students and they were named according to the stated factors: studious, school-haters, careerists, and knowledge-haters. The basic review of the study proves that high-school graduates value higher education and bring it into connection with good career, but one part of the high-school graduates so not have a clear attitude towards education, and this may represent a serious problem in adjusting to studying. Greater attention should be paid to establishing working habits of the high school students and a more studious approach to adopting and application of knowledge, so that a generation of high-school graduates with good foundation for studying can be created.

S obzirom na reformske promene u Srbiji i veliki značaj visokog obrazovanja na putu usklađivanja sa EU, sprovedeno je istraživanje stavova maturanata o nastavku školovanja na prigodnom uzorku u Beogradu, sa ciljem da se utvrdi u kojoj meri i kako maturanti vrednuju visoko obrazovanje. Istraživanje je sprovedeno upitnikom posebno sastavljenim za ovu svrhu. Izdvojeni su značajni faktori koji govore o stavovima mladih: 'fakultet je budućnost', 'savesno školovanje', 'ulaganje u obrazovanje', 'drugim sredstvima do karijere', 'diploma' i 'uticaj roditelja'. Takođe su izdvojene tipične grupe srednjoškolaca s obzirom na izraženost navedenih faktora a nazvane su: Studiozni, Školomrsci, Karijeristi i Znanjemrsci. Osnovni nalaz studije ukazuje na to da maturanti cene visoko obrazovanje i dovode ga u vezu sa dobrom karijerom, ali da deo maturanata nije izgradio savestan odnos prema školovanju što može predstavljati ozbiljan problem u prilagođavanju na studiranje. Treba veću pažnju posvetiti stvaranju radnih navika kod srednjoškolaca i studioznijem pristupu usvajanju i primeni znanja kako bi se stvorile generacije maturanata sa dobrom polaznom osnovom za studiranje.