Poll : Mediation
Poll №: «Mediation»
The poll was conducted from 30 November to 2 December 2016.
The poll involved 1194registered U-reporters. Small group of respondents aged 13 years and younger (125 persons) was removed from the analysis, so the total number of respondents is 1069 persons aged 14-17 years. Answers of that U-reporters, who did not indicate their gender, age and region of residence, were also removed from the analysis if they did not have significant differences in their responses to those, who had indicated it. Percentages of answers are given among those, who answered the question.
Objective: to learn about experience of conflicts in schools, causes of these conflicts and ways to solve them.
«Did you face withconflict situations between students in school?»
According to the poll, the majority of U-reporters faced with cases of conflict situationsbetween students in school (87%).
U-reporters from Kyiv were witnesses of conflicts between students the most often, and U-reporters from the East – the least often (94% and 62% respectively) (Fig. 1).
Fig.1.Prevalence ofconflict situationscases: the proportion of U-reporters,who indicated that they had faced withconflict situations between students in school, (N = 1068), %
Most U-reporters aged 14 became witnessesof conflicts between students, and the least – 15-year-old U-reporters (90% and 86%, respectively) (Fig.2).
Fig.2.Prevalence ofconflict situations cases: the proportion of U-reporters, who indicated that they had faced withconflict situations between students in school, by age(N = 1068), %
«Did you face withconflict situations between students and teachers in school?»
In most cases, young girls,more frequentlythan young boys, wereparticipants in conflicts between students and teachers (85% and 77% respectively).
Respondents from Kyiv more oftenreport on cases ofconflict situations in schools among students and teachers, which had happened to them (Fig. 3).
Fig. 3.Prevalence ofconflict situations cases: the proportion of U-reporters, who indicated that they had faced withconflict situations between students and teachers in school,(N = 972), %
Most often witnessesof conflicts between students and teachers were U-reporters aged 16 years, and the least – 15-year-old U-reporters (85% and 79% respectively) (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4.Prevalence ofconflict situations cases: the proportion of U-reporters, who indicated that they had faced withconflict situations between students and teachers in school,by age (N = 972), %
«How do you, peers or teachers try to solve conflict situations in school?»
As the most common ways of solving conflict situations in school, U-reportersnoted an independent solution to a conflict through conversation (59%), addressing to teachers or headmaster (24%). However, one in fiverespondents (21%) indicated use of physical force as a method forsolving conflict situation (Fig. 5).
Fig. 5. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[1], (N = 836),%
Girls prefer more diplomatic methods forresolving conflict situations, than boys.Thus, 16% of girls versus 32% of boys use a physical force as a method tosolve aconflict.Also, girls are more often ready to apply for outside assistance.Among girls, 22% respondents address for help to parents and 29% - to teachers, compared with 9% and 19% of boys respectively (Fig. 6).
Fig. 6. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[2], by gender (N = 836),%
U-reporters aged 16, 17 years,more often try to solve conflict situationsindependently, through conversation.The lowest number of such persons is among 15-year-old respondents.However, one in four 17-year-old U-reportersuses physical force as a method for conflict resolving, while among 14-year-old respondents eachtenth teenager tries to solve conflictsin a such way(Fig. 7).
Fig. 7. Methods for solvingconflict situations in school[3], by age (N = 836),%
Residentsof the South,more often than representatives of other macro-regions,indicated independent resolving of conflictswith useof physical force.This was reported by 26% of respondents.U-reporters from Kyiv willing to address for the help to classmates the most, andthe least –respondents from the Center –23% and 5% respectively. Representatives of Center and Kyiv mostly count on teachers’ assistance as a method for solving conflicts (37% and 30% respectively) (Fig. 8-13).
Fig. 8. Methods for solvingconflict situations in school[4], by macro-regions(N = 836),%
Fig. 9. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[5], by macro-regions (N = 836),%
Fig. 10. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[6], by macro-regions (N = 836),%
Fig. 11. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[7], by macro-regions (N = 836),%
Fig. 12. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[8], by macro-regions (N = 836),%
Fig. 13. Methods for solving conflict situations in school[9], by macro-regions (N = 836),%
«What were the most frequent causes of conflicts?»
Most often, U-reporters mentionedsuch reasons as conflicts between students (77%), conflicts between teachers and students (32%), relationships (26%), attitudes (19%). Injustice (2%), social and material status (3%), fighting/bullying (4%) and prejudiced attitudeof teachers (5%) were the most rarely mentioned among the causes of conflicts (Fig. 14).
Fig. 14.Answers of U-reporters on the question«What were the most frequent causes of conflicts?»[10] (among those who responded, N=447), %
Girls mentioned the conflicts between studentsand teachersmore often than boys – 36% and 25% respectively.However, more boys spoke out aboutmisunderstandings as causes of conflicts than girls did – 19% and 11% respectively. (Fig.15).
Fig. 15. Answers of U-reporters on the question«What were the most frequent causes of conflicts?»[11], by gender (among those who responded, N=447), %
Conflicts with teachers were the most mentioned causes of conflict situationsforU-reporters from Kyiv (44%) and the least – for U-reportersfrom the East (33%).Respondents from the East mentioned conflicts between studentsmore often,than residents of other macro-regionsdid (80%). Issues of appearance are indicated as causesof conflict for U-reporters from the North (13%) and Kyiv (13%). In the opinion of young people – representatives of the South, the issue of appearancethe least of all causesconflict situations (4%). Offences, as a source of conflict, are important for youth from the South of the country, and respondents from the Center are the least concerned about this issue (17% and 3% respectively).
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