PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS ABOUT IMPROVING STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN NON-FORMAL ACTIVITIES. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

<doi>10.24250/jpe/1/2024/DED/HT/EMC/DAR/</doi>

Abstract

Social competence is the ability to effectively manage social interactions and refers to the behavior of getting along well with others, being able to form and maintain close relationships, and responding adaptively to the social environment. Given the complexity of social interactions, social competence is the product of a wide range of cognitive skills, affective processes, behavioral skills, social awareness, and personal and cultural values related to interpersonal relationships. In the present research, we want to highlight the relational side of social skills, and in this sense, we developed a program of non-formal activities, wanting to highlight whether the behavior of the participant's registers changes from the parents' perspective. Thus, we developed a questionnaire for parents, made up of 14 items, structured into two categories: items aimed at the child's activity (activities carried out by the student outside of class hours, his schedule, areas of interest, group of friends), and the second part items designed to collect data about the parent's perception of non-formal activities, his consent to allow the child to participate in non-formal activities in the formal space, and the willingness to get involved in the design, organization and conduct of these activities). The subjects of the present experiment are primary school students, two classes of students, a total of 53 students forming the experimental sample and two classes forming the control sample, forming 49 students. As a result of the students' participation in the program of non-formal activities organized and carried out in the formal space, we observe an improvement in the behavior of the children who are part of the experimental sample, behavior perceived by their parents.