Преодоление школьной неуспешности: возможности и дефициты российских школ

Психологическая наука и образование. 2021. Т. 26. № 6. С. 69–82.

Kosaretsky S., Mertsalova T., Сенина Н. А.

The attitudes of parents and teachers towards the reasons for low academical achievements of  students , and the opportunities to improve them provided by modern Russian schools are analyzed. The study uses data from surveys of parents, students and teachers of general education organizations conducted as part of the Monitoring of the Economics of Education (IEE) implemented by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) in the academic year 2020-2021.

It is shown that the parents of  low-achieving students  note the lack of attention of the school to the problems of children with learning difficulties, the lack of additional classes and support from specialists to overcome difficulties. This group of parents demonstrate a higher level of readiness to transfer children to another school.

Teachers working in schools with a large number of   students with low academicals achievements are characterized by a lower level of responsibility for the educational success of students, and a higher level of dissatisfaction with the choice of profession. They are less likely than teachers who work with greater academic performance to receive support from specialists (psychologists, special needs teachers, etc.), more often note the lack of professional skills for work with children with learning and behavior difficulties, to a greater extent are included in professional development activities in the relevant field.

It is concluded that the school climate existing in classes and schools with a high proportion of low-achieving student is unfavorable for overcoming school failure, and the groups of parents and teachers experiencing the greatest difficulties in providing quality education will experience the greatest deficit of supporting resources.

Keywords: трудности в обучении, school climate, психологический климат, low-achieving students, learning difficulties, академическая неуспешность

Publication based on the results of: Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (2020)