Vinković, Dejan and Potočnik, Dunja (2010) Educational asymmetries in the making: science fair competitions as proxies of the economic development. Sociologija i prostor, 48 (1). pp. 51-75. ISSN 1846-5226 (Print), 1849-0387 (Online)
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Abstract
Croatia does not score well in the human development index, rate of employment, or development of the high tech sector – to mention only a few indicators that hinder good prospects for improvement. Also, Croatian high school students are at the bottom of European rankings on performance in science and mathematics and their interest in career in science is declining. Croatia needs more educated people, especially in the area of science and technology, and this can be achieved only if the youth become interested in science at an early age. Thus, science fair competitions are of an utmost importance for development of Croatia. This paper aims at investigating a relation of the Croatian counties’ development index and their students’ participation rates in the science fair competitions. This is done by including two development indexes in search for the relation with the counties’ participation rates in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics competition, and with a reference to a previous research on astronomy competition. As is revealed, there is a growing trend of interconnection of the development index and participation rates at science competitions in all disciplines. (IN CROATIAN: Hrvatska ne stoji dobro na ljestvici indeksa razvijenosti, stope zaposlenosti, razvoja visokotehnološkog sektora, što su samo neki od indikatora koji ne daju perspektivu promjene na bolje. Također, hrvatski srednjoškolci su na dnu ljestvice u Europi po rezultatima na testovima znanosti, a opada i njihov interes za karijeru u znanosti. Hrvatska treba više obrazovanih ljudi, posebice u području znanosti i tehnologije, što se može postići jedino ukoliko se mlade u najranijoj dobi zainteresira za znanost. Stoga su natjecanja u pojedinim znanstvenim disciplinama od presudne važnosti za razvoj Hrvatske. Ovaj članak cilja ka istraživanju povezanosti indeksa razvijenosti županija sa stopom sudjelovanja učenika na natjecanjima. Navedeno će se postići uključenjem dvaju indeksa razvijenosti u traženje povezanosti sa stopama sudjelovanja u natjecanjima iz biologije, kemije, fizike i matematike, uz pregled prethodnog istraživanja za natjecanje iz astronomije. Kao što će se pokazati, postoji rastući trend međusobne povezanosti indeksa razvijenosti i stopa sudjelovanja učenika na natjecanjima po svim disciplinama.)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. Title in Croatian: Obrazovne asimetrije u nastajanju: natjecanja učenika kao indikatori ekonomskog razvoja. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Students' achievement at science fair competitions, socio-economic index of development, students' motivations, students' interest in natural sciences (uspjeh učenika na natjecanjima, socio-ekonomski indeks razvijenosti, motivacija učenika, interes učenika za prirodne znanosti) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > L Education (General) |
| Depositing User: | Karolina Vranješ |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2015 14:25 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2015 12:28 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/86 |
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