Satisfaction of high school students with the applicability of their knowledge

Abstract

In this pilot study, 427 high school students in Serbia were surveyed to determine predictors of the satisfaction with the applicability of their knowledge obtained in the course of their education (main parameter of the research). Results show statistically significant variations of the main parameter depending on the course year. Findings prove the most significant predictors of the central parameter are the satisfaction with the work of professional subject teachers, the knowledge gained in the current year of education and the attractiveness of the study program. Satisfaction with the teachers' skill to transfer knowledge and by the student's own estimate of his/her activities during lectures proved not to be the predictors of the central parameter. These are very interesting findings. Results indicate the high possibility that high school students are mostly uninterested in the acquisition of knowledge, which is very disturbing. Findings are commented in detail and appropriate conclusions have been drawn out.