1st EPAL DRAMASFinal Questionnaire for Students 2009
Scuola Media Statale 1° Nucleo Dag Hammarskjold
Results of the Questionnaire to students
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1) Do you think school prepares you for life? yes 44 no 3
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2) Is school important for you? Very 17 fairly 24 so so 4 not at all 2
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3) Are your parents concerned about your performance at school? yes 46 no 1
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4) In a semester, how often do your parents come to school? never: 3 1time: 15 2times: 19 3times: 5 +3times: 5
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5) Is the parents’ involvement in school activities important? yes 17 no 24 no answer 6
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6) How is your relationship with your teachers? friendly 23 formal 21 difficult 3
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7) Which subject do you prefer?
Technology 2 History 3 Gymnastics 15 Physics 6 Chemistry 3
Mathematics 3 Technical drawing 5 Computer lesson 7 English lesson 3
8) In classes which type of work do you prefer?
lecture 14 Group work 21 Pair work 8 Individual work 4
9) What other activities do you think school should offer you apart from the regular classes?
Theatre 8 dance 6 sports 30 music 5 languages 8
Others 6 : sexual education, rollers, graffiti
10) What’s important to make you happy at school?
Good relations with teachers and other students 10
Proper leaning conditions and environment 7 Long breaks 6 Good marks 6
Qualitative teaching 4 Other / No answer 14
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11) Do you think that it is important to work with / meet other European students? yes 37 no 10
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12) Do you think that participating in European projects can improve your motivation in learning foreign languages? yes 35 no 12
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13) Do European projects help you to feel more like a European citizen? yes 30 no 17
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14) Are you interested in participating in a students’ exchange within a European project? yes 21 no 26
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The Coordinator of the Project,
Katerina Chousanli,
January 2009
Results of the Questionnaire to students
The questionnaires were given to two classes –8th form (median age – 13) and 11th form (median age 16). Altogether 47 students answered the questionnaire.
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All the students recognise the importance of school for their future.
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There was almost no difference between younger and older students. NOT AT ALL is not an option for any of the students asked. |
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Most parents are concerned with their children’s performance at school. The number of students who answered NO is not significant, still it is worrying that four older and two younger students feel that parents don’t care. |
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Once again there is no significant difference between older and younger students. However, the parents of the younger ones tend to come more to school and more often. |
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Older students feel that the involvement of parents is not so important for their success. Being more autonomous and responsible, older students do not rely on their parents so much for school work and behave better. Younger students usually have more behaviour problems so parents probably have to follow them more closely, even though five younger students feel their involvement is not important. |
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Younger students feel that their relationship with teachers is more formal than friendly. Several reasons may justify that fact. Younger students tend to behave worse in class so maybe teachers are stricter about school rules. There is no need to be so strict with older students as they tend to be more concentrated. The teachers working with both classes are different so maybe older students have friendlier teachers than the younger ones. Teachers in general feel closer to older students and most times the relationship is better. Of course there are exceptions. |
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The group of subjects older and younger teachers have is different. Older students (from the 10th form on) choose an area of studies. The class who answered the questionnaire has all the subjects in the graphic. The younger ones do not have Philosophy but they have the others; they have ten subjects and they are all compulsory so their preferences are a lot more scattered . |
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Both younger and older students by far prefer doing group work to any other kind of work. Still many teachers avoid it because classes are very big. |
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School offers some extra activities. However, students spend about 30/35 hours at school every week so not many stay at school more hours to attend clubs or do sports. Older students prefer Music but for younger students the top activity is Sports. |
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Some students indicated more than one factor still relationships with other people is what seems to be important for our students. For the older ones more than the friends, a good relationship with competent teachers really makes them feel happy at school. For the younger ones, teachers are also very important but friends seem the most important factor. Conditions, which we teachers seem to value so much, aren’t that important, in the students’ opinion. |
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Both younger and older students agree that it is important to meet other European students. Some of the older students have already been involved in European projects but the younger ones haven’t. |
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There is no difference between younger and older students. Both agree that European projects can work as a motivation to learn foreign languages. |
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Only three older students answered NO to this question. All the others feel that being closer to other Europeans will strengthen the European citizenship. |
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Nine older students said they wouldn’t be interested in participating in a students’ exchange. Only three younger students said they wouldn’t either. So younger students seem to be more willing to participate in the opportunities provided by these projects. Still the great majority is open to these new experiences. |
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Conclusions: Since I represent the only school in this project with both levels of education – basic and secondary - I thought it would be interesting to involve students of these two levels to see if the differences were striking. Well, my main conclusion is that there are just small differences between both and that our students recognise the importance of school and all the work they do here. Good relationships make them feel happy and create the mood that makes them learn better, in their opinion. People are what really matters the most.
The Coordinator of the Project,
Maria Luisa Abreu
January 2009
Scuola Media Statale 1° Nucleo Dag Hammarskjold
Pupils 100
Age 12-13
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1) Do you think school prepares you for life?
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2) Is school important for you?
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3) Are your parents concerned about your performance at school?
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4) In a semester, how often do your parents come to school?
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5) Is parent involvement in school activities important?
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6) How is your relationship with your teachers?
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7) Which subject do you prefer?
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8) In class which type of work do you prefer?
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9) What other activities do you think school should offer you apart from the regular classes?
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10) What’s important to make you happy at school?
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11) Do you think that it is important to work with / meet other European students?
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12) Do you think that participating in European projects can improve your motivation in learning foreign languages?
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13) Do European projects help you to feel more like a European citizen?
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14) Are you interested in participating in a students’ exchange within a European project?
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Conclusions
The results of questionnaire makes it clear that
1. the great majority of students thinks school is very important and it prepares them for life
2. most of parents are concerned about their children’s performance at school
3. the relationship with teachers is mostly formal
4. pupils’ favorite activity in class is group work
5. the most popular after classes activities are theatre and sports
6. one third of students need good relationship with teachers and one quarter good relationship with classmates
7. almost all students think to meet European students is of a great value and the absolute majority is sure that European projects improve their motivation in learning foreign languages and make them feel like European citizens
8. the two third are interested in participating in a students’ exchange within a European project.
The pupils’ answers to the last questions about the European projects show that they appreciated participating and it is a great success for us that at the end of our project they feel more European citizens
The Coordinator of the Project,
Wanda Spagnuolo
January 2009
Thank you for your cooperation!
