title: [Evaluation of school and afterschool activities of public and nonpublic secondary school students].
abstract: The studies were performed on 825 school children (512 girls and 313 boys) from 1st and 2nd classes of secondary schools in som voievodship capital cities. 406 school children were from public, and 419 from non-public schools. The questionnaire prepared in the Institute for Children and Youngsters Institute in Berlin was used in this study. The evaluation of collected responses made possible to state the following conclusions: The organization of school and out school activities in public and non public schools was incorrect in several aspects ie. incorrect from the hygienic point of view organization of classes during day, too early beginning of the classes, too late ending of the classes in some week days, too long time needed to complete homework, and too late return to home after completing out school activities. The difficulties in homework completing were stated by school children from both public and non public schools. In 52% cases the parents helped in homework and 12% of children reported private lessons as an additional help in homework. The analysis of responses concerning frame of mind of school children showed better situation of pupils from non public schools. Only 15% of non public school children expressed reluctancy towards schools, as compared to 21% from public schools. The relationships between pupils and teachers did not worsened during consecutive years in non public schools, as opposite to public schools where the worsening of these relationships during the consecutive years was evident.
authors.affiliation: Samodzielnej Pracowni Higieny Szkolnej Państwowego Zakładu Higieny, Warszawie.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polus-Szeniawska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors