Roditeljska očekivanja i školsko postignuće učenika
Parental expectations and school achievement

Summary/Abstract: School achievement is a complex phenomenon which is, among other things, determined by various aspects of the family environment and internal family relations. Also, a very important segment is expectations that parents have regarding the academic achievement level of their children. In that sense, this paper presents the results of an empirical research aimed at examining parents' views on the significance of their expectations for the school achievement of their children. The applied questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of this research, and the sample included 103 parents whose children are elementary school age. The results have shown that most parents believe that their high expectations positively affect the child's’ school achievement, emphasizing that it is necessary to acknowledge the child's affinities and abilities when forming expectations. Also, statistically significant differences have been found among parents of different levels of education when it comes to ways in which they express their expectations and how they estimate the reality of their own expectations. In addition, the percentage distribution of obtained responses suggests that there are certain differences in the way parents of different levels of education react to the students’ (non)achievement of the expected students’ achievement. Based on these results it is concluded that it is necessary to work on raising awareness of parents about their impact on the educational achievement of children, as well as on providing an appropriate support for parents by educational institutions, in order to fulfill this important role.

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