Factors affecting laziness and strategies to improve it (Case study: Perspectives of primary school teachers in Najafabad)
Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology
Shahla Asgari
1
(M.A, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Tiran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tiran, Iran)
Farhad Shafiepour Motlagh
2
(Associate Prof, Department of Educational management, Mahallat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, Iran)
Keywords: Frustration, Laziness, carelessness, academic dissatisfaction,
Abstract :
The objective of the present research was to identify the factors affecting laziness of elementary school students. The research method was qualitative based on grounded theory. The statistical population included all of the primary school teachers in Najaf Abad (1609 public school and 232 non-profit school employees) in 2021-2022 school years. The research was based on grounded theory using model of Strauss and Corbin and purposive sampling method with theoretical saturation, so that the sampling continued to 33 persons with the data sufficiency. To enrich the data, published scientific articles about the students' laziness were used. Data collection was based on two library and field methods. The research tools included in-depth and unstructured interviews. To analyze the data, open coding, axial coding and selective coding were utilized. In general, the results showed that the causal conditions of the students' laziness were including, eight selection codes: 1. despair; 2. negligence; 3. negative self-concep; 4. lack of motivation; 5. lack of self-confidence; 6. lack of academic attachment; 7. lack of academic effort; 8. academic dissatisfaction. Background conditions for improving the students' laziness were including, three selection codes: 1. discovering student intelligence; 2. crystallization of student intelligence; 3. student's self-assertion and compensation of weakness points. Strategic conditions for improving the students' laziness were including, two selection codes: 1. self-regulation metacognitive strategies; 2. cognitive strategies. Intervention conditions for improving the students' laziness were including, 2 selection codes: 1. influence of the people around him/her; 2. academic failure. Consequences of improving the students' laziness were including, three selection codes: 1. attempt and effort; 2. hopeful about the future; 3. academic attachment.
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