THE INFLUENCE OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES ON THE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS

Besa HAVZIU, Teuta RAMADANI RASIMI, Zumreta XHEMAILI

Abstract

Based on the fact that students can learn easier and better when they are leisurely acting, leisure activities with their poly-dimensional character of student development, are important factors that stimulate the development of students in all possible aspects, such as social, moral, aesthetic, working, emotional, cognitive, and many other aspects. The objective of our research was oriented towards the level of implementation of leisure classroom activities during the learning process, and its correlation to the socio-emotional progress of the students aged 6-11, respectively the formation of attitudes, the stimulation of positive interdependence of students, creating the need for being part of the group, forming students' skills for recognizing and accepting a different kind of emotions, the ability to sympathize (to be empathic). By defined objectives, survey and interview techniques were applied in the research with N=100 teachers. Results showed that there is a strong correlation between the implementation of leisure classroom activities and the social-emotional progress of students. The obtained results should serve to identify and overcome shortcomings in the implementation of leisure classroom activities that simultaneously have a great impact on the socio-emotional development of students in primary education.

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