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Comenius programme - Final questionnaire - April 2014

Comenius  Programme

Let’s Have A Culture Break in Europe

Final Questionnaire

General information

Please, check the information that applies to you:

Age:      □11=12   □13-14   □ 14-15       □15+

Gender:   □ male     □female

Country: □Germany   □Greece    □Italy   □Poland   □Romania    □Turkey

Please read carefully the following questions. Check the option(s) that suits you most or write down your opinion and /or ideas when you are asked to do so.

1.  Was your participation in the programme an interesting and creative experience?

Not at all    □              a little     □  [i]          enough    □            very much   □

2.  Did the programme help you improve your ability to use the computer and internet-based technology?

Not at all    □             a little     □              enough    □            very much   □

3.  Thanks to the programme, were your skills in English improved significantly?

Not at all    □              a little     □           enough    □            very much   □

4.  Did you make new friends with whom you have contact and communication?

None    □              a few     □            some    □            many   □

5.  In your opinion has the school and the local community benefited from their participation in the programme?

Not at all    □        a little     □           enough    □            very much   □

6.  If you had the chance, would you take part in a similar programme in the future;

Yes □                             No□

7. Did you enjoy your participation in the programme?

Yes □                             No□

8. Did your perceptions of a country from those which participated in the       programme change or diversify?

Yes □                             No□

9. From all the activities of the programme which was most interesting to you and why?

10.  Would you change or add anything to the programme and what would that be?

11. Which of the countries that you have been acquainted with  would you like to visit and why?

12. Which was the most beautiful moment of your participation in the programme?

13. What title would you give to a future Comenius programme ?

14. After your participation in this programme do you feel you have become more open to something new and different?

Presentation - Final Questionnaire - Meeting in Italy - April 2013

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Comenius programme -Questionnaire guidelines - September 2012

Questionnaire guidelines

Dear partners,

The attached questionnaire has been edited in accordance with the aims and objectives of the programme “Let’s Have A Culture Break in Europe” as they are outlined in our application form.

The main objective of this questionnaire is to detect the pre-existing pupils’ perceptions on which the new knowledge and experiences that the programme will provide are going to be constructed. In parallel, through this detection, the acknowledgement of any pupils’ biases and prejudices in relation to the civilizations involved is aimed.

Two more questionnaires will follow; one as mid-term and the other as final assessment.  After reporting the initial pupils’ views, the next questionnaires aim to investigate how and to what extent the activities of the programme influence students’ ideas and expand their knowledge. In this context, conclusions will be drawn regarding alterations in pupils’ perceptions of other civilizations.  

The questionnaire is divided into 3 sections. The first involves general information in relation to pupils’ age, gender and country of origin. In the second section (part 1), there are questions concerning pupils’ general knowledge about European Union and Comenius programmes (questions 1, 2). In the same section, questions 3 and 4 intend to examine pupils’ knowledge about the civilizations and cultures of the countries which participate in the programme. In the last section (part 2), a human figure outline is presented.  Teachers will ask pupils to draw a representative person (regardless of gender) from the country mentioned at the top of the page. Pupils can use their pre-existing knowledge, ideas, perception or even their imagination to complete the human figure. Apart from the basic human features (face, mouth etc.), students will be motivated to draw external characteristics such as dressing code, way of living, profession etc. and internal characteristics in terms of what kind of person is presented in each drawing (gestures will come in useful for this depiction, for instance, smiling/angry face, aggressive way of looking/calm and happy way of looking etc.). They can also add objects, bubbles with phrases, explanations and whatever each pupil thinks useful to make his/her view of representative person clear. They may colour their drawings. At the bottom of the page, there are some lines where students should write/describe how they draw their person, where they were based on and which are the sources of their knowledge about the particular country. Each student should work independently and teachers should adjust the number of their students to the number of drawing figures. For example, if 25 Italian students participate in the programme, their teacher should divide the number of the students with the number of the countries (25:5=5). So, teacher should collect 5 human figure drawings from Germany, 5 from Turkey, 5 from Greece, 5 from Poland, 5 from Romania. If division is incomplete, teacher will try to have as far as possible an equal number of figures for all countries. Students should not draw a person from their own country.

Students will fill in the questionnaire and next, the teachers who participate in the programme will collect and analyze their questionnaires. If teachers feel that the questionnaire should be translated in their mother tongue, they are free to do so.  The presentation of the questionnaire outcomes will take place in time we will agree in our first meeting in Poland.  In our second meeting in Romania, each teachers group could possibly present the findings of their questionnaires. In this way, pupils’ views would be clarified and attributed in aggregate since each teacher knows better the particularities of each country, school and his/her students. We suggest that teacher should emphasize that there are not right or wrong answers and pupils should be careful and honest whilst completing their questionnaire.

We suggest that the questionnaire should be filled in before any activity of the programme takes place since its aim is to investigate pre-existing pupils’ ideas.

We are at your disposal for further inquires.

comenius programme - Initial questionnaire - September 2012

Questionnaire

General information

Please, check the information that applies to you:

Age:             11-12             13-14            14-15           15 +

Gender:             male              female

Country:          Germany            Greece           Italy           Poland           Romania          Turkey

Part 1

Please read carefully the following questions. Check the option(s) that suites you most or write down your opinion and/or ideas when you are asked to do so. Please be honest and feel free to express your ideas no matter what these are.

1.       According to your opinion, which is the objective of the European Union (E.U.)? (you can check up to 3 options)

The inhabitants of the countries-members of the E.U. to be able to travel to and live freely in these countries

The existence of a common currency and economic policy for all countries- members of the E.U.

The E.U. to become a strong power in the world and its products to be competitive

The people of the countries-members of the E.U. to be familiar with the other nations’ civilization and customs and traditions

The richer countries-members of the E.U to take economic control over the economically weak countries-members of the E.U.

The countries-members of the E.U. to come closer and cooperate in various fields

2.       Which do you think is/are  the objective (s) of the Comenius programmes that take place in the E.U. (you can check up to 3 most significant for you options)

 

Money of the E.U. to be invested in pupils’ education

People and students of the E.U. to come closer and know better each other

 

Pupils to practice in English

The school subject teaching to become more innovative and pleasant and to get away from everyday routine

Pupils to learn to use technology (e.g. computers)

Pupils to practice in and be familiar with other countries’ language (apart from English)

Students to learn and expand their knowledge about other countries and Europe

The promotion of the school status in the local society

The promotion of the values of the E.U. such as cooperation, equality, tolerance, friendly attitude to diversity

3.       In the particular Comenius programme, the schools which participate are coming from: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey. According to your view, which countries’ civilizations have more commonalities?

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Which countries’ civilizations do you think have more differences?

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4.       Do you know anything about the civilization and/or the language of the countries which participate in the particular programme? If yes, which country/countries and what do you know? If not, why?

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5.       Have you visited any of the countries which participate in the programme? Which? (Check as many as they apply to you)

 

Germany             Greece                                Italy                Poland               Romania             Turkey

6.       Which country/countries do you like to visit and why?

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Part 2

Next, you can find an A4 page with a human figure sketch on it. On this paper, you should draw a representative person from the country indicated at the top of the page. As you can see, there are no human features on the figure. You should complete the figure drawing the human features (face expressions, dressing code, style etc.) you think are more appropriate for the person you have to present. You can add bubbles, indicative phrases and words, objects, comments and whatever you think that can accompany your drawing and give a clear idea of what sort of person is the figure you are drawing. At the bottom of the page, try to answer the indicative questions given and/or comment on your drawing. You can colour your drawing if you like.  Good luck!