Open AccessLEVEL OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES AS A FACTOR RELATED TO ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION IN TEACHER TRAINEES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Author(s) -
Silvia Barnová,
Silvia Barnová,
Zuzana Geršicová,
Gabriela Gabrhelová
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of cbu in social sciences ...
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2695-0723
pISSN - 2695-0715
DOI - 10.12955/pss.v2.224
Subject(s) - procrastination , slovak , bachelor , psychology , phenomenon , mathematics education , medical education , field (mathematics) , sample (material) , bachelor degree , academic year , pedagogy , social psychology , medicine , czech , political science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , law
Procrastination represents a significant chronic tendency of individuals to delay tasks manifested in various fields of human activities, including their academic life. Even though the results of available research show that almost every student is a procrastinator, in Slovak research, not much attention has been paid to this phenomenon. In the presented paper, the authors deal with the topical issues of academic procrastination in university students enrolled in bachelors and masters teacher training programmes and present the partial results of an original research study in the discussed field according to the variable of the level of university studies. The sample consisted of 748 respondents from the above specific target group and is evenly distributed. For the purposes of the research, an author-constructed questionnaire was used. The results indicate that teacher trainees in master programmes miss deadlines more frequently and they tend to procrastinate in relation to their academic tasks more than their colleagues in bachelor programmes. The presented research brings unique data from the Slovak academic environment and has implications for further research in the field of academic procrastination.