Research in our school

The Czech republic

• Students – total – 254• Respondents – 200• Age – 14 – 19• Together – 25 questions +

motivation questionnaire

Motivation questionnaire

Students often disturb in lessons. What do you think

about it.• 60% - To talk to

others is normal, I don‘t mind.

• 40% - Students who talk with others disturb me.

Disturbing students should…

• 66% - …learn and be quiet.

• 34% - …have more work in order not to disturb another students.

Some students think that study is not important for life. What do you think about

it?• 43% - Study makes it

possible for us to become professionals and to work well in future.

• 28% - Study is the best way to get higher position in the society.

• 23% - Study is important because it helps us to understand many things.

• 5% - Study is not important. It‘s too much work.

• 1% - It isn‘t important to study but to do what you are asked to in lessons.

In lessons, a few students often make fun of the others. What do you think

about it?• 62% - They should

stop doing it and be polite.

• 22% - It doesn‘t matter, some boys/girls are not so good (They deserve it)

• 16% - They should be punished.

Some teachers are strict, they only teach and rarely „play“ with students.

What do you think about it?• 60% - Sometimes I

don‘t like it. I wish there were better lectures.

• 20% - It‘s wrong because they should teach but also play with us, too.

• 20% - It‘s alright, they should teach at first.

We often talk about motivation to learn. Do you know this

term?• 40% - It‘s only one of

many factors of study success.

• 35% - It‘s the most important engine of our study.

• 18% - It‘s important, it helps us to understand theme if we study.

• 7% - I don‘t know what it means.

Motivation and you

• 76% - Motivation is a principle for success in studies and in life.

• 13% - Motivation is important in school.

• 11% - Motivation is not important, I can cope up with everything without it.

How important is the teacher‘s role in motivation for you?

• 33% - Teachers feel it is their duty to teach us...

• 29% - They are important because they teach us new and interesting things.

• 22% - They only think about when they can go home. They don‘t motivate me.

• 16% - They can only use marks to motivate us.

How important is the role of the family in motivation for

you?• 47% - Role of the

family is as important as the role of teachers.

• 45% - Parents are important, the only motivation comes from family.

• 8% - My parents don´t care if I learn.

Is important to be well-educated so that you can

succeed in life?• 57% - Education can help

one to be successful in life. Yet it depends on another factors.

• 28% - It is Important if a man is content with himself/herself and with his/her work, then he/she is successful.

• 11% - Education cohere with social status in society, well-educated person is more successful.

• 4% - A human being is successful only when he/she has got a lot of money, education doesn´t matter.

What position do you most often have in a group work in

class?• 82% - I cooperate

with others in common resolution.

• 12% - I´m a chief of a group, I decide about everything myself.

• 6% - I prefer others to decide for me.

If you are good at school, how does another class-mate

perceive you? • 60% - He/she is

simply clever. • 20% - He/she is an

idiot and swot. • 20% - He/she is

only lucky and always knows what the teacher asks.

If you face a dificult problem at school, how do you behave?

• 40% - I try to find some resolution.

• 26% - I search for help of students who know more than me.

• 18% - I´m impulsive, I do what I occures to me.

• 16% - I get stuck and I don´t know what to do.

If you have a meeting with friends, you…

• 32% - …come mostly together.

• 25% - …are the last to arrive.

• 22% - …are the first to come.

• 21% - … don´t care if you keep waiting for the others together.

What should we do for motivation in class

improvement?• 40% - …be an

example, so thatwe can help children to can follow the example.

• 35% - Help children to understand the need of education.

• 25% - Open extra lessons for students who are not so good.

What can we do to prevent disturbing in lessons?

• 43% - Increase teachers authority.

• 30% - Cooperate more with students and their parents.

• 19% - Teacher must concentrate more on students behaviour.

• 8% - Repeatedly ask the leading student(s).

Is discipline important to study?

• 54% -Yes, we take the others in to consideration due to it.

• 36% - It depends on teachers how they watch students.

• 10% - It doesn‘t help.

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• MONEY• PREMIUMS

• HIGHER TEACHERS AUTORITY

5 reasons why students do not concntrate on studying.

• TIREDNESS• BOREDOM

• NEIGHBOUR• STUDENTS DON´T NEED THE

SUBJECT• BORING SUBJECT

Conclusion

Half students don´t mind disturbingHelp in future lifeFunnier lessons

Parents and teachers role – positiveRole of money – not importantHave positive idols - important

Free time

How much free time do you have?

• 38% - About 2 – 3 hours a day.

• 34% - More than 3 hours a day.

• 14% - Most of the days I haven‘t got any.

• 14% - About 1 hour a day.

How do you spend your free time?

• 41% - Most of the time I follow my hobbies and sports.

• 29% - Most of the time I‘m with my friends.

• 20% - I spend most of my free time in front of the computer screen.

• 10% - I haven‘t got free time.

How do you spend your weekend?

• 51% - I‘m mostly with my friends (walks, clubs)

• 20% - I mostly don´t have a free weekend.

• 16% - I spend most of my weekends with my family.

• 13% - I´m mostly at home.

What is your parents´ opinion about your free time?

• 52% - They support me.

• 25% - They don´t care.

• 13% - They don´t agree with the way I spend it.

• 10% - They urge me to spend my free time meaningfully.

Are you happy with the way you spend your free time?

• 53% - Yes.• 23% - I would like to

have more free time.• 16% - I would like to

have more free time activities but I haven´t got conditions.

• 8% - I would like to have more free time activities but I´m not patient enough to change anything.

Conclusion

2-3 hours / 1-2 PCWeekends – friends and fun

Family supportHappy with the way

Drugs and alcohol

Alcohol is for me…

• 34% - Socially accepted drug that can have negative effects as other drugs, and should be considered a drug.

• 30% - Something I don´t need.

• 18% - Pleasant variation of weekdays.

• 18% - Something I can‘t imagine my life without.

Do your parents tolerate alcohol?

• 68% - They tolerate drinking at celebrations, etc.

• 14% - They don‘t care if I drink alcohol.

• 12% - They tolerate me drinking regularly.

• 6% - I drink secretly. They don‘t agree with that.

Marujuana is for me…• 47% - … forerunner

to the other drogs.• 24% - … drug, the

consequences of its use are exaggerated.

• 16% - …light drug, can‘t hurt.

• 13% - …drug, the consequences of its use are depreciated.

Legalization of marijuana…• 39% - …is necessary

to be limited (legalization for medical purposes).

• 28% - …is not possible – increase in number of addicts.

• 22% - …is possible if there is age restriction, such as in alcohol.

• 11% - … is necessary, without limitation, marijuana is a normal part of students´ life.

What is the best prevention of drugs?

• 49% - Prevention is unnecessary, depending on the will of individuals.

• 27% - The best prevention is a meaningfully spent leisure time.

• 19% - The best prevention is the patterns (both positive and negative).

• 5% - The best prevention is education in schools.

Conclusion

Alcohol – accepted drugFamily tolerate alcohol

Marijuana – forerunner to other drugs

Prevention isn´t important

Computer and me.

How much time do you spend in front of the computer

screen?• 38% - Regularly 1 –

2 hours a day.• 31% - Regularly 2 –

4 hours a day.• 21% - I use it

minimally.• 10% - More than 4

hours a day.

How do you use your computer?

• 38% - … social networks (Facebook, Badoo)

• 26% - school work• 22% - …

communication through the Internet (Skype, ICQ)

• 14% - …computer games

What is your reaction when computer breaks down?

• 37% - I don‘t care. I can be some time without it.

• 28% - I‘m desperate. I can‘t communicate with my friends.

• 27% - I‘m desperate. I can‘t prepare for school.

• 8% - I don‘t care. I nearly don‘t use it.

The Internet friendship…• 45% - …can not substitute

a real friendship, I prefer to communicate with friends "live".

• 28% - I don‘t consider the people who I comunicate with being real friends.

• 23% - …is an appropriate addition to “real“ friends.

• 4% - …is for me the only real friendship, I haven‘t got other friends.

What is a major drawback of Internet communication?

• 42% - I miss the closeness of people, eye contact, gestures, etc.

• 34% - I think that people are not honest.

• 13% - Has no weaknesses.

• 11% - Limits the word-stock and distorts the language.

Conclusion

2 - 3 hours by PCComunication (Facebook…)

Real comunication > internet comunication

PC break down - nervous

Bullying

Have you ever experienced bullying?

• 36% - Yes, I was bystander.

• 32% - No.• 21% - Yes. I was a

victim.• 11% - Yes, I was

the aggressor.

Bullying is…• 60% - …a negative

phenomenon in the group, it is necessary to fight it.

• 16% - …more fuzz, in fact it doesn´t happens often, I do not register it.

• 15% - …a natural thing, I disagree with it, but I just cannot take any action to prevent it.

• 8% - what a nice amusement and enrichment of free time.

How will you behave when you see bullying?

• 37% - I‘ll try to stop it and I will cooperate with my friends.

• 24% - I‘ll try to stop it myself.

• 20% - I‘ll tell my teacher.

• 19% - I can‘t do anything about it.

Victim of bullying…

• 50% - …can not defend him/herself, needs help of others, such as a teacher.

• 25% - …I do not care, everyone has to take care of him/herself.

• 16% - …can not defend him/herself, he needs my help.

• 9% - bullying deserves something always provokes.

Cyberbullying

• 40% - …may have worse consequences, is "less visible".

• 27% - …is as dangerous as direct bullying.

• 25% - …is not as dangerous as direct bullying.

• 9% - …is not dangerous, it doesn´t harm.

Conclusion

Most know itNegative

Most help victimCyberbullying dangerous -

invisible

Behaviour at school

Behaviour of current students is…

• 67% - …diferrent - current students are brasher than before.

• 13% - …different - current students are more obedient than before.

• 11% - …the same as before, as in our parents' generation.

• 9% - …different - current students respect their own rights and responsibilities.

When you disturb in lesson what is usually the reason?

• 63% - I do not like the subject.

• 19% - I don‘t disturb.

• 13% - I don‘t like the teacher who teaches the subject.

• 5% - I want to draw attention to myself.

I have bad marks mostly because ...

• 35% - …I do not learn, do not spend time on it.

• 33% - ….the specific subject is hard for me, I do not know how to do it.

• 19% - … a teacher picks on me.

• 13% - …I don‘t have suitable conditions for learning.

How do you rate a class team?

• 39% - In our class, there are groups which, if necessary, are able to cooperate.

• 39% - We have got a good class team, I wouldn‘t change it.

• 14% - In our class, there are groups that don‘t cooperate.

• 8% -Every stident cares about him/herself in our class.

How do you handle copying test?

• 41% - I don‘t usually use cribs. I don‘t care if the others use them.

• 26% - It is a matter of teachers who should catch him/her.

• 17% - I don‘t usually use cribs. The other shouldn‘t use them, too.

• 16% - Without these practices, I wouldn‘t graduate, they are a normal part of my studies.

Conclusion

Rude studentsLazy / boring subject

Groups in classesMany students – no cheat sheets

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