COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP

WHAT EUROPEANS KNOW ABOUT THE EUROPEAN

UNION

SURVEY

SLOVAKIA

1. What was the main target for making EU?A  peace B economic cooperationC cultural cooperation

2. When did the process of uniting Europe countries begin? A  1945B 1950C 1951

3. When was the EU founded? A  1995B 1993C 1992

4. Which state doesn´t belong to the countries that were at the foundation of EU? A  Great BritainB GermanyC Belgium

5. Which state entered EU in 1973?A  Danmark, Ireland, Great BritainB Danmark, France, Great BritainC Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium

6. When did Slovakia became a member EU?A  2004B 2005C 2003

7. Where does the European parliament meet?A  WienB Brussel, Luxembourg, StrasbourgC Paris

8. Which town is the seat of European Central Bank? A  Brussel B Frankfurt am MeinC Strasbourg

9. Which are the three main institution of EU ?A  European Parliament, Council of European Union,

Europe CouncilB European Parliament, Council of European Union, Region councilC European Parliament, Council of European Union, Eropean Commission

10. European Union has at the present . official languages. A 27B 25C 23

11. How many stars are on the flag of EU?A  25B 15C 12

12. When did Euro began to be used in the first 12 countries EU?A  1. January 1999B 1. January 2002C 1. January 2004

We used for the questionnaire a voting gadget of an interactive board. Students answered the questions by pressing the correct letter on the voting egg.

The results were automatically evaluated and every participant could learn how many times he answered correctly or incorrectly.

We use this to test quickly the knowledge of our students. It saves a lot of paper and time.

Questions about European Union answered by students

No of correct participants answers1 22 53 34 85 76 78 69 910 611 512 813 6

No of correct participant answers14 715 416 617 418 419 420 321 722 623 624 625 626 8

Green square – OK

Blue square – bad

White square – without voting

Green square – OK

Blue square – bad

White square – without voting

Final evaluation of results Number Number

of correct answers of students12 0

11 110 19 38 67 76 165 64 53 32 21 0

Questionnaire about European Union

answered 50 students age from 13 to 15.

There is not a student who answered 12

questions correctly. One answered 11

questions and one 10 questions correctly.

Every student answered more than one

question. Altogether thirty- four students

answered correctly more than 50 % of

questions.

Questions about European Union answered by older people

Green square – OKBlue square – badWhite square – without voting

Evaluation of results

Number numberof correct answers of elders12 1 11 39 18 17 14 1

Questionnaire about European Union

answered 8 elders. They accepted our

invitation to school, so they could also

use avoting gadget. One answered all

questions correctly and three of them

answered 11questions. Seven elders

answered 50 percent of questions right.

Mark the age category: up 60 years over 60 years

1. Do you know about history EU? Don´t know partly know

know2. Do you know the basic facts about the way EU works?

Don´t know partly knowknow

3. Do you think that by entering EU there are more possibilities to study abroad?

Don´t agree partly agree agree4. Do you think that entering EU has more positives than

negatives ?Don´t agree partly agree agree

Quiz about European Union

answered by parents

Quiz about European Union

answers Number of Number of parents of

grandparents1. Don´t know 8 4 partly know 6 4 know 6 22. Don´t know 8 5 partly know 7 3 know 5 23. Don´t agree 0 1 partly agree 12 6 agree 8 34. Don´t agree 4 3 partly agree 7 4 agree 9 3

Quiz resultsOur quiz answered 20 parents and 10grand - parents. 8 parents marked thatthey don´t know much about history andbasic facts of EU. Four parents don´tthink that EU has more positives for theircountry. 9 grandparents said that theydon´t know much about history and basicfacts of EU. Four think that EU has morenegatives than positives.

Number Number Numberof correct of parents of grandparentsanswers

12 2 2

11 3 210 2 39 3 18 2 07 3 16 0 05 4 14 1 0

Questionnaire about European Union

Questionnaire about European Union

answered 20 parents and 10

grandparents. Two of them answered all

questions correctly and five of them

answered 11 questions. Fifteen parents

answered 50 percent of questions right

and nine grandparents answered more

50 percent of questions correctly.

The questionnaire about EU answered 80

people altogether. 65 participants got

correctly 50 % of questions which is 81%.

We compared the results of four groups:

Students 68%

Parents 75%

Grandparents 90%

Elders 90%

The best results achieved the older groups,

then parents and finally the students.

We are happy that our citizens have such a

good knowledge about European Union.

We believe that we - students will increase

our experiences of life in EU and learn more

about the way it functions and influences our

lifes.