Evaluations from firstYear 2 Study Day

PGCE/Cert Ed (PCE)University of Bedfordshire

12 November 2011

Notes

• All figures based on 157 returns: if figures don’t add up it is because not everyone answered everything.

• Spreadsheet available on request. Permits breakdown by Centre and discipline (but with gaps)

Well42%

A lit-tle

42%

No15%

No answer1%

1: Were you prepared for the work of the Study Day?

Very47%

Quite36%

A little14%

No1%

No answer2%

2: Was the topic for the day relevant to your work?

Very68%

Quite24%

A little5%

No answer3%

3: Was Frank Coffield’s session stimulating?

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60.0%

4: Did the “question time” ex-ercise;

(select all that apply)

Write-in Comments on Keynote and questions(broadly grouped)

•Awesome!•Extremely stimulating!•Very thought provoking•Excellent•Coffield fantastic.•too political and not relevant•irrelevant•party political style made me switch off•Quite left wing•Get beyond college institutions and look wider

•Question time better than the talk•Didn't use written questions•Should have concentrated on written questions (2)•Question time worked better when he ditched the cards•Good idea to have written questions--but he didn't use them!•Some used Question Time as a Soap Box•only one microphone

•Question-time needed more active chair.•Question time should have been chaired more actively•Discussion too short•Excellent! But so many more questions to ask!•Not enough time for questions•Discussion was informed and excellent•Very thought-provoking•Why doesn't Frank start a group to promote his ideas as a collective?•Not sure what "topic for the day" was

Keep it as short as possible

Allow for networking

Have more elective

workshops

No answer0.0%

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35.0%

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45.0%

5: In relation to the lunch break...

Too detailed?1%

About right?72%

Too vague?24%

No answer3%

6: Was the briefing for the work of the groups

Very useful36%

Quite useful47%

Not at all

useful15%

No answer2%

7: How do you rate the work you did in your group?

Write-in comments on Interest Groups (broadly grouped)

• Groups not subject-specific enough• Interest Groups lack focus; not remotely

useful • related to outcomes this time• It will help for Unit 7• Far more useful than previously. Use for

Unit 7• Much better than previously; more

structured • interesting discussion• Good discussion • Didn't get group briefing• Brief should allow flexibility• Briefing all incomprehensible jargon• Good notes on BREO

• Too many people think their opinion is the

only one which matters!• Too much ranting!• Facilitator very vague• Each group needs its own tutor (not

shared)• Tutor v. motivated, and got the

group engaged

• Not fair those who went home will use our work

• Afternoon too long• Good networking opportunity• I'd rather be driving home

Other write-ins

• Would have liked to buy hot food• No biscuits at break. • Lunch too long• Lunch too short for networking• Lunch the most important part of

the day (for networking)• Lunchbreak was fine• Lunchbreak now fine• Good to use library in lunch break

• Turnitin session useful• Do Turnitin in colleges--smaller

group• Turnitin workshop unsatisfactory• Morning sessions could be done

online • Great improvement on last year,

thank you! • Do these evaluations serve any

purpose?