DISCO PROJECT: Digital Schools Contest

Research Project Proposal : Training needs of teachers in ICT.

SURVEY PROPOSAL

This document introduces a survey proposal for the project ‘Digital Schools Contest’, under a

Ka2 (Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices) of Erasmus+

Programme -specifically called DISCO.

It includes two parts:

- a first questionnaire about the main data/numbers of the school or educational

institutions - to be completed by the School Representative.

- a questionnaire about the integration of ICT in schools - to be completed by the

teachers and other staff of the schools or educational institutions.

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School Representative

Please, fulfil this information about the school you are representing, and then spread the survey among the teachers and workers of your institution.This is a questionnaire oriented to european staff and teachers of every grade of Primary

and Secondary (High) Education. It deals about the introduction and needs of formation

about ICT within the educative institutions.

We ask to be honest with the answers, in order to get professional studies results.

Thank you very much for your time and interest in completing this survey.

The survey is part of the project ‘Digital Schools Contest’, under a Ka2 (Cooperation for innovation

and the exchange of good practices) of Erasmus+ Programme -specifically called DISCO.

The project is coordinated by the South East European University Tetovo *Institute for Environment

and Health (Macedonia) with Inercia Digital (Spain), Pakize Kokulu Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey), SSOU

MOSHA PIJADE-Tetovo (Macedonia) and Zendensino (Portugal).

A long term cooperation is provided in order to get the main goals of the overall project - to enhance

the key competences and skills on ICT and learning performance of young people attending

schools, through promoting quality improvements, innovation excellence at the level of education; to

raise awareness of a European lifelong learning area designed to complement policy reforms at

national level; and to support the modernization of education systems with digital integration in

learning.

1. Name and Position:__________________________________

2. Which country are you working in?(List of European Countries)

3. Which School / Education Institution are you working in?

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Name and city: ________________________________________

4. How many students does your school have?_______

5. How many teachers does your school have?______

6. How many staff does your school have?Management team: ___

Other staff: ___

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SURVEY FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATION STAFF

This is a questionnaire oriented to european staff and teachers of every grade of Primary

and Secondary (High) Education. It deals about the introduction and needs of formation

about ICT within the educative institutions.

We ask to be honest with the answers, in order to get professional studies results.

Thank you very much for your time and interest in completing this survey.

The survey is part of the project ‘Digital Schools Contest’, under a Ka2 (Cooperation for innovation

and the exchange of good practices) of Erasmus+ Programme -specifically called DISCO.

The project is coordinated by the South East European University Tetovo *Institute for Environment

and Health (Macedonia) with Inercia Digital (Spain), Pakize Kokulu Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey), SSOU

MOSHA PIJADE-Tetovo (Macedonia) and Zendensino (Portugal).

A long term cooperation is provided in order to get the main goals of the overall project - to enhance

the key competences and skills on ICT and learning performance of young people attending

schools, through promoting quality improvements, innovation excellence at the level of education; to

raise awareness of a European lifelong learning area designed to complement policy reforms at

national level; and to support the modernization of education systems with digital integration in

learning.

1. Which country are you working in?(List of European Countries)

2. Which School / Education Institution are you working in?Name and city: _____________

3. Which course/grade do you teach?Primary School: Grade ___

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Secondary/High School: Grade ____

I am a member of the staff

4. Which subject do you teach?

PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL

All Subjects

Mathematics

Languages

Science

Technology

ICT

Mentoring/Tutoring

Other/s

5. For how long have you been…?- Teaching: ____years

- Teaching in your current school/institution: ____ years

- Using ICT to support your teaching-learning process: ______ years

ICT RESOURCES

6. Does your school have enough digital and technological resources to work properly?Not enough

5

Enough

A lot

I do not use them

7. Does the school provide each teacher with …?Yes No

- Personal computer

- Tablet

- Notebook

- Other/s: ________

8. Are these digital devices/hardware updated?- The majority of them

- The minority of them

- Everything is new and modern

- Everything is old and slow

- n/a

- Comments: _______

9. Are these digital devices/hardware of a good quality?- The majority of them

- The minority of them

- They always work perfectly

- They are always broken

- n/a

10. Does the school have broadband access to Internet?Yes/No

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11. Does your school have Wifi?Yes/No

12. Do you think educational institutions should be properly equipped on ICT?Yes, it is necessary in nowadays’ education.

No, traditional education is better.

13. The School encourages teachers to integrate computers in teaching-learning processYes

No

In some cases

14. Teachers are well informed about the value of computers in teaching-learning process in my schoolNo

They are doing it well

It can be improved

ICT ABILITIES/SKILLS

15. Nowadays, teachers need to be trained (and updated) in the use of ICT.(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

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- 4

- 5

16. Teachers should be trained by government in order to use ICT properlyYes, it is a government responsibility

No, it is not a government responsibility

17. Have you ever received ICT training to be applied in your classroom?Yes ----> 14. Where?

In the school where you work (or provided by the school)

Outside the school

No ----> 15. Why? Lack of time

Lack of opportunities

It is not important

Other: _______

18. When receiving training on ICT for teachers, how important do your find…?

1 - Nothing/Not important

2 - Few important

3 - Quite important

4 - Important

5 - Very important

Using tools for e-learning (virtual campus)

Using other webtools (social networking, blogs, etc)

Communication,

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interaction and tutoring/mentoringstrategies

Evaluation strategies

Creating content for e-learning

Planification and didactic design

Developing activities for specific e-learning contexts

19. How often do teachers need to be trained in ICT?Once is enough

Every two academic years

Every academic year

Twice a year

Other: ______

20. Is it necessary to be updated in ICT to implement your own lessons?(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

Please, justify your answer: ________

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21. Have ICT made your teaching easier?Yes/No

Please, explain why: ________

22. The students learn and enjoy the classes even more when the teacher uses ICT (0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

23. ICT should be introduced little by little in classes(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

24. How often do you use ICT in your daily working for pedagogical activities?I don’t use ICT

Not enough

Enough

A lot

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25. How often do you use ICT in your daily working for other uses?I don’t use them

Not enough

Enough

A lot

26. When do you use ICT the most?Preparing your lesson

Implementing your lesson

Evaluating

All of them

None

27. Which technological devices do you use the most in your classes?

Computers Projector Ebooks

Tablets Digital table Electronic notebook

Smartphones Electronic Board Cameras

Other/s: _____

28. Which of the previous ones would you like to be able to use?

29. Which ICT webtools do you use in your classes?

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Collaborating tools (i.e

Google docs/ Google

Drive)

Sharing tools (i.e.Delicious) Presentation tools

(i.e.Prezi)

Social Networking (i.e.

Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram)

Slideshare Online Storage (i.e.

Dropbox)

Diigo Wikispaces scrib

Other/s: _____

30. Which of the previous ones would you like to be able to use?

31. Which of these Social networks do you use with your students?

Facebook Pinterest Blog

Twitter Google Plus Youtube

Instagram LinkedIn My Space

Other/s: _____

32. Which of the previous ones would you like to be able to use?

33. Do you use ICT to communicate and get in touch...?Yes No

With your students

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With the families

With the rest of the teachers

With the Head of the institution

34. Do you use ICT to share documents/info?Yes No

With your students

With the families

With the rest of the teachers

With the Head of the institution

35. Do you find any advantage between traditional teaching and ICT teaching methods?Yes

Yes, but I still prefer traditional teaching

No

No, but I think it will be better once we get used to it.

ICT PERCEPTION

36. Computer helps teachers to teach in more effective ways.(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

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37. The idea of using ICT excites me as a teacher.(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

38. I find myself less expert in some technological tools than my students.Never

Hardly ever

Quite often

Always

39. I am helped by other colleagues using ICT when I find difficulties that cannot be solved by myself.Yes/No

40. I would like to work in a school where I could use many different technological resources.Yes/No

41. I find ICT in education a waste of public resources.(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)

- 0

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- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

Please, explain why: _____

42. When some teachers use ICT as a personal decision, the school should recognize their effort rising their salary.Totally agree

Agree

Disagree

43. In this last part of the survey you can add your personal comments and contributions.

Thank you for completing this questionnaire!

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References

1. Almerich, Gonzalo; Suárez-Rodríguez, Jesús M.; Belloch, Consuelo & Bo, Rosa M. (2011).

Las necesidades formativas del profesorado en TIC: perfiles formativos y elementos de complejidad. RELIEVE, v. 17, n. 2, art. 1.

http://www.uv.es/RELIEVE/v17n2/RELIEVEv17n2_1.htm

(Spanish quantitative research)

2. Edutec. (2011). Actitudes de los profesores en la incorporación de las tics en la práctica docente. http://edutec.rediris.es/Revelec2/Revelec35/pdf/Edutec-e_n35_Alvarez_Cuellar_Adrada_Anguiano_Bueno_Comas_Gomez.pdf (Spanish quantitative research)

3. European Commision (2013). Survey of Schools: ICT in education.https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/KK-31-13-401-EN-N.pdf

(Questionnaires of this research can be downloaded from here: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/survey-schools-ict-education-three-survey-questionnaires-pdf

4. Journal of educational technology (2008) Group of different quantitative researches about ICT in

Europe and America.

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.134.7965&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=74

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