„Każde niepowodzenie jest jak listek spadający z drzewa nadziei” – rzecz o doraźnych i odległych skutkach niepowodzeń szkolnych
“Every Failure is Like a Leaf Falling From the Tree of Hope”: on the Immediate and Distant Effects of School Failure

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a possibly holistic view of the consequences of school failure. It addresses the problem of the negative consequences of this phenomenon in social, psychological and pedagogical terms. In her analysis of the social consequences of school failure, the author exposed the connection between school failure and social maladjustment. Indeed, among students experiencing failure, signs of maladjustment are noted in the form of health-risk behavior, such as smoking or alcohol use. The article addresses the problem of depression among children and adolescents, as well as school phobia. The psychological consequences of failure are manifested mainly in lowered motivation to learn, aggressive behavior, withdrawal, and lowered self-esteem. Much attention here is paid to suicidal thoughts and acts of children and adolescents, which are not infrequently the consequence of unsatisfactory academic progress. Pedagogical effects of school failure include disregard for learning and school duties, disruption of lessons, disturbed interactions with teachers, bad influence on the new class team, refusal to go to school. The article also draws attention to the distant effects of school failure in future professional and personal life.

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