| Abstract | Djetinjstvo je najosjetljivije i najranjivije razdoblje svakog djeteta tijekom kojeg stječu socijalne, kognitivne, mentalne, emocionalne, kulturne vrijednosti i vještine. Najodgovorniju ulogu za kvalitetan i pravilan razvoj djeteta imaju roditelji čiji je zadatak poučavanje i savjetovanje uz korištenje vlastitih primjera življenja i ponašanja. Djeca uče iz primjera svojih roditelja te na taj način usvajaju određena ponašanja i stavove kroz svakodnevne situacije i pojave. Novi mediji poput interneta, društvenih mreža, televizije također utječu na djetetovu percepciju svijeta i njegove socijalne vještine. Upravo zbog spomenutih činjenica svrha rada je utvrditi na koji način roditelji, društvo, mediji utječu na formiranje stavova i predrasuda u djetinjstvu te koje su najčešće predrasude djece s obzirom na spol, nacionalnost, izgled ljudi u čijem okruženju djeca žive. U svrhu ovog rada provedeno je anonimno i dobrovoljno istraživanje kojem je cilj bio ispitati postoje li stereotipi, koja su mišljenja, stavovi i ponašanja školske djece prema starijim osobama te utvrditi povezanost stanovanja učenika sa starijim osobama i mišljenja o njima. Istraživanje je uključilo sudjelovanje 239 učenika i učenica od 5. do 8. razreda, te je dobivena suglasnost ravnatelja škola za provedbu istraživanja. Sudionici su bili većinom iz ruralne sredine (145; 61%). Rezultati su pokazali da 35% učenika, kojih je bio približno jednak broj iz petog, šestog, sedmog i osmog razreda, smatraju da je čovjek star sa 70. godina. Osnovnoškolci viših razreda imaju relativnu pozitivnu percepciju starijih osoba, odnosno izrazili su pozitivno mišljenje o svakodnevnim aktivnostima, društvenom položaju i sposobnostima starijih osoba. Najviše im se sviđaju pozitivne osobine poput korisnosti, iskrenosti i urednosti, a najmanje usporenost, zaboravnost i ovisnost o tuđoj pomoći. Pokazalo se da su učenici homogena skupina jer se stavovi o osobinama starijih osoba kod učenika međusobno vrlo malo razlikuju. |
| Abstract (english) | Childhood is the most sensitive and the most vulnerable period through which every child acquires social, cognitive, mental, emotional, and cultural values and skills. The most responsible role for the adequate and proper development of a child is played by parents, whose task is to teach and advise their children with the usage of suitable examples from their own life and behaviour. Children learn from the example of their parents and thus adopt certain behaviours and attitudes through observation of everyday situations and events. New media such as the Internet, social networks and television also affect the child`s perception of the world and his social skills. Precisely because of the mentioned facts, the purpose of this paper is to determine how parents, society and the media influence the formation of attitudes and prejudices in childhood, and what are the most common prejudices that children possess concerning gender, nationality, and appearance of the people in whose environment children live. For the purpose of this work, anonymous and voluntary research was conducted, the aim of which was to examine whether there are stereotypes and what are the opinions, attitudes, and behaviours of school children towards the elderly. Additionally, the research aimed to determine the connection between students` coexistence with the elderly and their opinions about them. The research included the participation of 238 male and female students from the 5th to the 8th grade, and the consent of the school principal was obtained for the implementation of the research. Most of the participants were from rural areas (145; 61%). The results showed that 35% of the students, of which there was an approximately equal number from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, perceive a 70-year-old man as “old.” Upper elementary school pupils have a relatively positive perception of the elderly, that is, they expressed a positive opinion about the daily activities, social position and abilities of the elderly. They appreciate positive qualities like effectiveness, honesty and orderliness the most and ineptitude, forgetfulness and dependence on other people`s help the least. The research showed that the pupils are a homogeneous group because the attitudes of the students about the characteristics of the elderly do not differ from each other. |
