Relationship between sociodemographic factors and students' attitudes about integration content of Serbian language and music culture in younger grades of primary school

Abstract

Integrative teaching represents a methodical process in which subjects are connected through a central topic, problem or experience of students, and during the teaching of a particular topic, the contents, principles, values and language of two or more subjects are applied. The aim of the presented research was to improve the work with students by identifying factors that affect their attitude towards interdisciplinary integration of content. The research was conducted on a sample of 109 students from the Faculty of Teacher Education and the Faculty of Arts. The results of the research show that the majority of respondents have a positive attitude towards integrative teaching and the integration of the content of the Serbian language and music culture, and that as such it is related to certain socio-demographic factors. The contribution of partial predictors shows that older respondents, with higher grades in studies and poorer material status, have a more positive attitude towards the integration of Music Culture content. The research partially confirmed the third research sub-hypothesis, while the first and the second were rejected. The basic research hypothesis has been partially confirmed. The implications of this research are reflected in the improvement of work with students whose socio-demographic characteristics influence the formation of a negative attitude towards integrative teaching and the integration of the content of the Serbian language and music culture.

Keywords

• integrative teaching
• serbian language
• music culture
• sociodemographic characteristics
• students' attitudes