摘要：By pointing to the significance of the concept of resistance to learning, the paper is aimed at enhancing understanding of the attitude of pupils/students towards teachers, the teaching/learning process, educational process in general, and, consequently, learning outcomes. The concept refers to all oppositional behaviours of an individual in the educational context. The paper provides an overview of different ways of demonstrating resistance to learning and systematically presents different sources of this phenomenon, which can be explained by the developmental characteristics of the age, the very nature of the learning process, the characteristics of the teaching/ learning process, the nature of the relationship with the teacher and the relations within an institution (school/faculty), and the socio-cultural milieu from which the pupil/student comes. The interpretation of the phenomenon is placed within the social constructivist explanatory framework. The strategies and methods for overcoming resistance to learning have been proposed. The paper points to the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach and holistic understanding of pupils in the teaching process. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 179018: Identifikacija, merenje i razvoj kognitivnih i emocionalnih kompetencija važnih društvu orijentisanom na evropske integracije]
关键词：resistance to learning; the nature of learning in the school context; pupils; students; teacher-pupil interaction
