Partners’ meeting Prague, February 2009
Results’ processing of the three questionnaires
A high majority of parents in Greece and Czech Republic don’t consider that their children are an extension of themselves, but in Turkey a lower rate believes that.
All parents of the three countries believe that their own experience enables them to know better what is good for their child, but in Greece there is a high rate of 35% which disagrees with that.
All the parents of the three countries believe that young people have the critical ability needed for taking important decisions.
73% of the parents in Turkey agree that they can make a lot of sacrifices for their children, on the condition that they get high grades at school, but in Greece and Czech Republic a very high rate disagrees with that.
In Greece and Czech Republic 88% don’t believe that their child must succeed in the entrance examinations for university, because this way the family’s status will rise, but in Turkey the majority believes that.
All the parents of the three countries don’t try to influence their child on the choice for the education and future career that they consider correct.
In Czech Republic and in Turkey the majority and in Greece all the parents disagree that they are not obliged to support their child financially for the educational or professional choices that they disagree with.
The majority of the parents in Greece and Czech Republic don’t believe that if their child succeeds in the entrance examinations for the university, he/she will definitely have a successful career, while in Turkey the majority believes the opposite.
The majority of the parents of the three countries compare their child’s achievements to the achievements of the children of their relatives or acquaintances, so that their child will keep up with them and make more efforts.
The majority of the parents in Greece and Czech Republic agree or absolutely agree with the question, while in Turkey the parents are divided (40% agree and 45% disagree).
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree that as parents, they have the ability to know very well their child’s abilities and skills.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the Greek parents disagree with the question, in Czech Republic the parents are divided (42% agree – 42% disagree), but in Turkey the majority of the parents agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries disagree with the question, but a rate of 21% agrees.
In Greece and Czech Republic the parents agree with the question, but in Turkey the parents are divided ( 44% disagree – 45% agree).
In Greece and Czech Republic the parents disagree with the question, in Turkey the parents’ rate is lower, but in Turkey also there is a high rate which agrees with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The majority of the parents of the three countries agree with the question.
The Grundtvig team of the Office of School Professional Orientation of 1st General Lyceum of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece. February 2009