Abstract. In pedagogical universities, educating students' cultural behaviors in school is an
important task, because positive culture in school will affect the thoughts, feelings and actions of
the members in a better direction. In order to shape cultural behaviors in school, students need to
raise their awareness of the nature, meaning and expression of cultural behaviors in school at
university. On the basis of a proper awareness of their position, role and responsibility in that
school environment, students will have a more self-aware and active sense to improve their quality
and capacity of future teachers. This article focuses on analyzing the status of pedagogical
students' awareness of cultural behaviors in school, methods to raise their awareness of cultural
behaviors in school. The empirical results of the study also indicate that we can raise students'
awareness of cultural behaviors through integration with core academic subjects.
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HNUE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
Educational Sciences, 2020, Volume 64, Issue 4B, pp. 73-81
This paper is available online at
METHODS TO RAISE STUDENT’S AWARENESS
OF CULTURAL BEHAVIORS IN SCHOOL
Nguyen Thuy Quynh
Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy, Hanoi National University of Education
Abstract. In pedagogical universities, educating students' cultural behaviors in school is an
important task, because positive culture in school will affect the thoughts, feelings and actions of
the members in a better direction. In order to shape cultural behaviors in school, students need to
raise their awareness of the nature, meaning and expression of cultural behaviors in school at
university. On the basis of a proper awareness of their position, role and responsibility in that
school environment, students will have a more self-aware and active sense to improve their quality
and capacity of future teachers. This article focuses on analyzing the status of pedagogical
students' awareness of cultural behaviors in school, methods to raise their awareness of cultural
behaviors in school. The empirical results of the study also indicate that we can raise students'
awareness of cultural behaviors through integration with core academic subjects.
Keywords: school culture, cultural behavior, cultural behaviors in school, educating cultural
behaviors in school, awareness of cultural behaviors in school.
1. Introduction
For pedagogical students, the formation and practice of cultural behaviors in school standards
is an important task because it is associated with the beauty of the teachers' personality in the
future. The process of educating cultural behaviors in school (SCB) for pedagogical students in
the trend of international integration has an important goal to help students form academic
standards and values of school culture, thereby fostering education degrees, beliefs with those
standards and manifested by positive behaviors. These standards are part of the teacher character
structure - the role that pedagogical students will have to play in the future. What happens when
pedagogical students themselves do not have a clear awareness of the concept, nature and
manifestations of cultural behaviors in school? In addition, the mismatch between academic and
cultural behavior standards and the value orientation of pedagogical students will be an obstacle
to the implementation of cultural behaviors in school in a self-conscious and integrated manner.
pole. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to raise students' awareness of cultural
behaviors in school in pedagogical schools, as a basis for the formation of cultural behaviors in
school of students.
The study of school culture and behavioral culture education has been mentioned by the
authors in the world and in the country: Jerald, C. D. (2006), Kent D. Peterson (2002), Swartz,
S.L. (2000); Pham Minh Hac (2009), Pham Van Khanh (2017), Phan Thanh Long (2010)... In the
research works of the authors, the concept, the nature of school culture, measures to build school
culture in schools have been analyzed quite clearly. However, up to now, studies on cultural
behaviors in school of learners in general and students in particular still have not been much
Received April 11, 2020. Revised April 24, 2020. Accepted May 15, 2020.
Contact: Nguyen Thuy Quynh, e-mail address: quynhnt@hnue.edu.vn
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researched. The content of this paper is to focus on clarifying the reality of pedagogical students'
awareness of school culture behavior in the current period.
2. Content
2.1. Research methods
The study was conducted at 03 pedagogical universities: Hanoi National University of
Education, Da Nang University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. We
surveyed 528 students, 124 lecturers, 27 education managers and 12 leaders of Youth Group and
Student Association.
The main methods used in this study include:
- Questionnaire
- Classroom observation
- In-depth interviews
- Experimental method
Besides, we also use SPSS software to analyze the data in our research.
2.2. Research results
2.2.1. Overview of cultural behaviors in school
“Cultural behaviors in school is a behavior committed by individuals voluntarily, motivated
by a motivation that conforms to the values and standards of school culture, expressed through
their conduct in the relationship. with yourself, with others, with your work and with your
surroundings.”
Thus, the nature of cultural behaviors in school is the self-conscious behavior of the
individual. These behaviors stemfrom motivation in accordance with the values and norms of
school culture. Cultural behaviors in school is extremely important for pedagogical students -
teachers in the future. In order to form cultural behaviors in school, raising students' awareness of
cultural behavior should focus on helping them understand: (1) The importance of cultural
behaviors in school for pedagogical students; (2) The nature of cultural behaviors in school; (3)
Manifestation of cultural behaviors in school at pedagogical university.
School culture standards of pedagogical students are expressed in these aspects:
- Student behavior in dealing with yourself
- Student behavior in communication - dealing with one-self and with others
- Student behavior in learning and other activities
- Behavior of students to the environment, pedagogical landscape
The standards of cultural behaviors in school of pedagogical students are built on the
following bases:
Firstly, based on social requirements for the role of teachers in modern society.
Secondly, the school culture behavior standards need to be consistent with the output
standards of pedagogical students at universities.
Thirdly, the standard of cultural behaviors in school of pedagogical students must meet the
basic criteria of teachers of general education (According to the standard teacher professional
standards - Ministry of Education and Training issued).
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Finally, based on the research on the core values that needs to be formed in 21st century
pedagogical students (Research by Nguyen Thanh Binh (1), Phan Thanh Long (4), Tran Cam Tu
(5), NIE (7).
Relationship Core values
Standard academic culture behavior of pedagogical
students
With myself
- Self-respect
- Confident
- Free
- Preserve ethics and personal status
- Trust in your own abilities
- Speak and act with control
With other people
(teachers, friends,
other people)
- To respect
- Love
- Co-operate
- Respect the personality, interests and habits of others
- Behave properly with teachers, friends and people around
- Ready to help, share, and collaborate with people
With learning and
other activities
- Passion
- Voluntarily
- Efforts
- Self-discipline, perseverance in learning and practicing
- Diligent, endeavor to complete the learning and training
tasks
- Actively participate in collective activities
With environment
and pedagogical
landscape
- Discipline
- Responsibility
- Strictly abide by the rules of the place where you study and
practice
- Preserve common property, protect environment,
pedagogical landscape
2.2.2. The status of pedagogical students' awareness of cultural behaviors in school
2.2.2.1. Students' perceptions of the nature of cultural behaviors in school
In order to survey pedagogical students' perceptions about cultural behaviors in school, we
used Questionnaire combined with the interview method. Research results are shown in the
following data table:
Table 1. Students' perceptions of the nature of cultural behaviors in school
No. Perceptions of cultural behaviors in school (SCB)
Total
(528)
N % Rank
1 SCB is the act of observing school rules and regulations 177 33,5 5
2
SCB is an act to well implement the regulations and regulations
in the school environment
211 39,9 4
3
SCB is an act that benefits others and the community,
consistent with the requirements of modern society
369 69,8 3
4
SCB are good behaviors shown in lecture halls and public
places
392 74,2 2
5
SCB is self-conscious behavior, motivated by motivation in
accordance with school cultural values and norms
440 83,3 1
6
SCB is the behavior consistent with the trend of young people
and in accordance with the trend of the times, taking place in
the school environment
53 10,0 6
Through the data table, we found that students have good awareness of cultural behaviors in
school when they though that school culture is an individual's self-motivated behavior, motivated
by appropriate motivation, school culture values and norms with 440 out of 528 students selected
(83.3%). Thus, the vast majority of students had a relatively good awareness of the concept of
cultural behaviors in school, which was the behavior that both meets the values and standards of
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modern learning at the school, while emphasizing self-awareness and motivation of student’s
behavior.
In fact, there are behaviors that still conform to the standards of learning activities but not
from the right motive. For example, when taking part in practical activities in high schools,
students are forced to change their hair color, wearing casual pants, shirts according to the school's
practice. However, at the end of the practice of educational skills, the student dyed his hair pink
again, wearing torn jeans and a T-shirt cut back in accordance with his fashion preferences. Only
when they are aware of the role and position of the teacher that they will assume in the future,
gradually students will voluntarily adjust their behavior, dress, and communication... to conform
to the standards of cultural behaviors in school.
The concept of cultural behaviors in school was "good behavior shown in lecture halls and
public places" was also selected by the majority of students with 74.2% of respondents agree.
This was a fairly general concept, so it could be difficult to determine which criteria were good
behaviors, while emphasizing only "lecture halls and public places". The concept: "The cultural
behaviors in school is an individual's behavior that benefits others and the community, in
accordance with the requirements of modern society" with 69.8% of students choosing. Only
about 10.0% of the students surveyed said that the cultural behaviors in school is appropriate with
the trend of young people and the trend of the times, taking place in the school environment. This
showed that the majority of pedagogical students had initially identified the concept of cultural
behaviors in school, but there was still confusion about the nature and expression of the required
learning behavior behaviors.
The results in Table 1 also showed that, besides the majority of students with good awareness
of the concept of cultural behaviors in school, there were also a large part of students who still
had incomplete knowledge about the learning behavior. Specifically, up to 33.5% of the students
said that cultural behaviors in school was the behavior of complying with the school's rules and
regulations; 39.9% of students perceive the learning behaviors to be self-conscious of individuals
in order to well implement the regulations and regulations in the school environment. This view
reflected only part of the concept of cultural behaviors in school, showing the need of methods to
help raise students' awareness of the cultural behaviors in school at universities of education.
2.2.2.2. Students' perceptions of the importance of cultural behaviors in school
Table 2. Students' perceptions of the importance of cultural behaviors in school
No. The importance of cultural behaviors in school N %
1 Not important 3 0,6
2 Less important 3 0,6
3 Normal 8 1,5
4 Important 190 36,0
5 Very important 324 61,4
Total 528 100,0
Through the above data table, the majority of students highly appreciate the role of the
implementation of cultural behaviors in school for pedagogical students. Specifically, up to 514
out of 528 students (accounting for 97.4%) said that the implementation of cultural behaviors in
school is "Important" and "Very important" for the students.
By summarizing the open-ended question: "Please tell us why is the implementation of
cultural behaviors in school so important for pedagogical students?", We found that students had
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a high consensus when evaluating the meaning of cultural behaviors in school. The percentage of
students who said that the cultural behaviors in school "Helping students form the personality
qualities of future teachers" accounted for 91.1% of the total number of responses; "Helping
students with good communication and behavior skills in a school environment" with 90.2% of
the total opinions of students; "Helping students with communication and behavior skills in school
environment": 67.9%; "Helping students be aware of their responsibilities for building a school
culture environment in pedagogical schools", accounting for 52.8%. The ideas "Helping students
love teaching more", "Helping students learn and practice with higher results", "Helping students
build beautiful images of "pedagogical students" in the new era" with the corresponding rates of
28.0%, 16.3% and 12.1%.
In order to educate cultural behaviors in school effectively, it was very important for students
to be aware of the significance of the cultural behaviors in school. The results of this study showed
that relatively few students thought that the implementation of cultural behaviors in school would
help them better orient their learning goals, thereby increasing their love for teaching and
upgrading high academic and training results. Therefore, in order to develop cultural behaviors in
school, it is necessary to pay attention to raising students' awareness not only about cultural
behaviors in school standards, but also about the meaning of school cultural acts for qualities of
teachers in the future.
2.2.2.3. Students' perceptions of the need for the standards of school culture behavior
Table 3. Students' perceptions of the need for the standards of school culture behavior
Order
Standards of school culture
behavior
Level of need (%)
�̅� SD Rank
1 2 3 4 5
1 Maintain morality, personality 1,1 0,6 1,9 32,8 63,6 4,57 0,67 1
2 Speak and act with control 0,6 0,9 7,2 51,5 39,8 4,29 0,69 6
3
Respect the personality, interests
and habits of others
1,1 1,5 10,4 53,4 33,5 4,17 0,76 8
4 Wearing appropriate outfits 1,1 1,7 9,1 55,3 32,8 4,17 0,75 8
5
Behave properly in
communication
0,8 1,1 4,7 42,2 51,1 4,42 0,71 3
6
Effort, perseverance in learning
and practicing
0,6 1,7 4,9 40,0 52,8 4,43 0,72 2
7
Actively participating in
collective activities
1,1 1,9 15,2 57,8 24,1 4,02 0,76 10
8
Comply with all the rules where
you study and practice
0,4 1,1 7,4 53,4 37,7 4,27 0,68 7
9
Preserve and protect public
property
0,6 0,9 4,9 53,8 39,8 4,31 0,66 4
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Appreciate and protect the
environment and pedagogical
landscape
0,6 0,9 6,3 52,8 39,4 4,30 0,68 5
The research results showed that most students highly appreciate the role and necessity of
cultural behaviors in school standards with an average of 4.02 to 4.57 points. The standards that
students’ score high for necessity were: "Maintain morality, personality" �̅� = 4.57; “Effort,
perseverance in learning and practicing” and “Behave properly in communication” with �̅� =
4.43 and 4.42. As such, most students were quite well aware of the need for cultural behaviors in
school standards. However, the data table also showed that there were very important standards
such as "Active participation in collective activities" and "Wearing appropriate outfits", the
average score was not high. There was still a part of students who were not aware of the cultural
behaviors in school that needed to be trained. This showed us that it was necessary to raise
students' awareness of academic culture standards in different ways.
2.2.2.4. Practice of the routes of cultural behaviors in school education for pedagogical
students
In order to understand the reality of applying awareness methods to students about cultural
behaviors in school, we surveyed three levels of effectiveness: Effective/ Normal/Ineffective.
Table 4. The routes of raising awareness of cultural behaviors
in school for pedagogical students
Raising awareness of cultural
behaviors in school’s routes
%
�̅� SD Rank
Inefficient Normal Effective
1. Integrating content with subjects
in class
27.8 16.4 55.8 1.77 0.558 7
2. Through regular pedagogical
training activities
0.0 10.5 89.5 2.90 0.308 1
3. Through activities of the Youth
Union
4.0 17.7 78.2 2.74 0.524 2
4. Through the student club
activities
30.7 19.6 49.7 2.19 0.564 5
5. Through training and pedagogic
exercises
4.0 25.8 70.2 2.66 0.554 3
6. Through self-training and self-
education activities of students
18.8 29.8 51.4 2.32 0.681 4
7. Through the topic of cultural
behavioral education for
pedagogical students
30.5 24.2 45.3 2.15 0.621 6
The table showed that the three paths that were considered to be the most effective in raising
students' awareness about cultural behaviors in school were "through regular pedagogical
training", “through Youth Union activities” and “through training and practice sessions”.
Obviously, these were the three most typical and most effective activities in the education of
cultural behaviors in school for students.
However, this result also showed that the measures often focus on the traditional ones, which
were difficult to control and assess the quality of students' learning. Other avenues such as
“through topics of cultural and behavioral education for pedagogical students”, “integration
with classroom subjects” and “through student clubs” were less appreciated for their
effectiveness. It could be said that although the universities of education had paid attention to the
education of cultural behaviors in school for students, the methods were not abundant and
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attractive. Therefore, in many cases, these methods were difficult to attract student’s participation.
2.2.2.5. Experimenting methods of cultural behaviors in school education for pedagogical
students
In order to verify the scientifically of the hypothesis and the possibility of methods of cultural
behaviors in school education for pedagogical students, we have carried out the experiment for
students of Hanoi University of Education. In this article, we focus on analyzing the method of
integrating the content of school culture with the basic subject - Pedagogy. Time for carrying out
the experiment: From September 2018 to December 2018.
We used methods involving investigation, external impacts and comparison. While groups of
students to compare still received ordinary education as usual, students as subjects were equipped with
knowledge about cultural behaviors in school, engaged in related activities based on topics that are
designed and organized logically and appropriately. Once the experiment ended, we analyzed and
synthesized the outcomes of both groups of students.
Organizing cultural behaviors in school education for pedagogical students with topics that
were designed:
- Cultural behaviors in school in dealing with oneself:
• Topic 1. Pers