Attitudes of University Students - Future Teachers About Prevailing School Conflicts and Behavior Strategies in them
Bistra Poshtova-Nikolaeva, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarsky" (Bulgaria)
Abstract
The paper proposed here is in the scientific field of pedagogical conflictology. There are various studies by researchers, school psychologists, school counselors and teachers on conflicts in school organizations. All of them are written with the desire to enter into the problematics, to help, to give practical advice, to see which conflicts prevail or what the consequences are. Conflictological culture in organizations and in schools is more than necessary. It constantly reminds about itself, not only in real conflict resolution, but also in the theory concerning conflicts. Conflictological competence is part of this culture and this is the main reason for choosing this topic. The study with the relevant instruments was conducted with two groups of respondents and followed by comparison. The first group consists of students with a four-year course for a Bachelor's degree in Education with foreign language learning for the whole period of instruction.The second group consists of students with a four-year course for a Bachelor's degree in Education without studying a foreign language. Basis for distinguishing the two groups of respondents is the assumption that university students – future teachers studying a foreign language have better developed communication skills because of their linguistic preparation. It is also known that communication skills are an essential element of conflictological competence.