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3 SCHOOL - A POSITIVE INSTITUTION
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¢ The school must be an institution that supports a healthy lifestyle and the
development of the physical and mental health of students.
+ À positive school climate is a condition of education that is motivating
for students, activates students and staff, eliminates barriers to learning,
creates optimal conditions for the learning process, supporting class co¬
hesion and the functioning of the whole school.
+ Ihe school must be a place of satisfaction, well-being, security, freedom,
support, authenticity, empathy, and meaningfulness, where students can
express emotions, interests, arguments, values, creativity, and responsi¬
bility.
¢ Emotional and social security at school includes relationships — the cour¬
age to communicate openly, the interest in cooperating in a group, pub¬
licly evaluating, accepting criticism, being able to argue, etc., without the
risk of social or emotional threat.
¢ The school as a space for compliance requires the establishment of order
in any situation and any environment requires clear and comprehensible
standards, regulations and rules, not excluding the school and classroom
environment.
A positive perception of the school as an institution is a necessary prerequisite
for the effective work of teachers concerning students, parents, and school
management staff and the creation of the school’s image towards society and
the public. The processes within the institution are made up of many factors,
which by their nature determine their character. The school is an environment
created by the members of a living community, which is used for education
and for sharing values, skills, beliefs, and attitudes. An environment in which
education to values takes place, i.e. which creates space for free expression,
presentation of personal ideas and opinions, respect for standards, and inter¬
nalization of values, but not without firm rules. A school with the above char¬
acteristics allows the school management, teachers, students, school staff, and
parents to feel the fulfilment, the meaning of activities, achieving results, which
will affect their experience and life with all its quality, vitality, and the joy of
activities that they will transfer to their world. The school environment, which
is a specific environment by its nature, affects all teacher and student activities.
It includes material and technical support, relations at several levels, didactic¬
methodical work of the teacher, activity and participation of students, etc.
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