Abstract
The paper focuses on the personality of a teacher and his role in the primary prevention of the risk behavior. The article presents the partial results of a questionnaire survey that has been carried out in 2017 with 302 teachers at 12 elementary schools and multi-annual high schools as a partial output of the project RRC/08/2016 Professional readiness of primary school teachers for the risk behavior and its prevention in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The aim of the questionnaire survey was to find out about the relevant facts on the current readiness of elementary school teachers for the risk behavior and its prevention from the point of view of the actual teachers. The questionnaire has been designed by the authors of this paper (consisting of 46 scalable items and 7 open items). Only data from scalable items are included in the paper. The majority of teachers are ready to cooperate with their colleagues and other professionals in the field of solution and prevention of the risk behavior. Most of them find the prevention activities beneficial, they incorporate them into their lessons. When looking for a solution to a given problem as well as when practicing prevention activities, the teachers make use of the discussion with students. Although the obtained results might be region-specific, the authors are of the opinion that these can be regarded as relevant and inspiring for the professional and teaching public.
Highlights
The paper focuses on the personality of a teacher and his role in the primary prevention of the risk behavior
What variables are related to the application of effective educational measures? Do the teachers who use effective educational and preventive measures have adequate knowledge in the field of specific manifestations of risk behavior, or do the teachers who are successful in their educational activity have a sufficient level of personal prerequisites, rather than the knowledge of the specific manifestations, to intuitively resolve the undesirable students’ behavior in a correct way?
Teachers are mostly satisfied with their work, they feel appreciated, their principals are interested in what happens in the classrooms, and they can use their own ideas
Summary
The paper focuses on the personality of a teacher and his role in the primary prevention of the risk behavior. The objective of the study, the results of which are presented in this paper, was to elicit relevant facts on the current readiness of elementary school teachers in the field of risk behavior and its prevention in the Moravian-Silesian Region, as perceived by the teachers themselves.
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