Evaluation Form

Comenius 1 School Partnership, 2006 THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY IN OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE

EVALUATION for the first year

I. HEADMASTERS One Headmaster from each country

І. HEADMASTERS: 1. Do you think that the work on the project enriched your employees’ experience? Definitely yes 33%

To a great extent 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 2. Do you consider that the work on the project made the students participating in it more responsible and tolerant? To a great extent 33%

Definitely yes 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 3. Do you think that from the beginning until now the team as a whole has been well-informed on the work done on the project? To a great extent 33%

Definitely yes 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 4. Do you think that the general public has been informed enough for the work of your school on the project? To a great extent 33%

Definitely yes 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 5. Did the results so far stimulate you to participate in a new project? To a great extent 33%

Definitely yes 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 6. How do you assess the contribution of your school to the project? 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Insignificant

Useful

Turkey

Very useful

Bulgaria

Latvia

Extremely useful

І. HEADMASTERS:

7. Did the project prom ote intercultural education and/or help com bat racism /xenophobia?

Definitely yes 33% To a great extent 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 8. Did the project facilitate the participation of disabled pupils? No 33%

There aren’t such students 67%

І. HEADMASTERS: 9. Did the project enhance the participation of pupils from ethnic and other minority groups? There aren’t such students 33%

To a great extent 34%

I can’t say 33%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT 6 TEACHERS from TURKEY 6 TEACHERS from BULGARIA 4 TEACHERS from LATVIA

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 1. Do you consider that the work on the project made the students participating in it more responsible and tolerant?

Definitely yes 31%

A little 13%

To a great extent 56%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 2. To w hat extent the participation in the project enriched your experience as a pedagogue?

Very much 31%

A little 13%

Much 56%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 3. Do you think that your work on the project improved your communication with the students? I can’t say 6%

Definitely yes 56%

To a great extent 38%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 4. Did you acquire new pedagogical knowledge and skills during your work on the project and the exchange with your foreign colleagues?

Definitely yes 43%

A little 38%

To a great extent 19%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 5. Did you improve your language skills while communicating with foreign colleagues? I can’t say 13%

Definitely yes 43%

A little 19%

To a great extent 25%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 6. Did your participation in the project improve your attitude towards your own and foreign traditions? Very much 25%

A little 13%

Much 62%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 7. Do you think that m ore attention should be paid w hen w orking w ith children to preserving the traditions as an im portant factor in preserving lineal m em ory? A little 6%

Definitely yes 75%

To a great extent 19%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 8. Do you consider that your w ork on the project m ade you m ore tolerant tow ards cultural, race and other differences?

No 13%

Definitely yes 81%

A little 6%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 9. Do you think that the project has enhanced your ability to w ork in a team ?

Insignificantly 6% Very much 38%

A little 6%

Much 50%

II. TEACHERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 10. Were equal opportunities ensured for the participation of female and male teachers?

Much 6%

Very much 94%

III. STUDENTS , PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT 12 STUDENTS from TURKEY 12 STUDENTS from BULGARIA 10 STUDENTS from LATVIA

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT:

1. Do you think that your participation in the project encouraged you to learn more about your country’s customs and traditions? A little 6%

Definitely yes 56%

To a great extent 38%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 2. Do you think that your participation in the project encouraged you to learn m ore about foreign country’s custom s and traditions? A little 12%

Definitely yes 52%

To a great extent 36%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 3. To w hat extent do you assess the contribution of the project to enriching your personal experience?

Extremely useful 21%

Very useful 32%

Useful 47%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 4. Do you consider that your work on the project made you more responsible?

Definitely yes 29%

I can’t say 3%

To a great extent 42%

A little 26%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 5. Do you consider that your w ork on the project m ade you m ore tolerant tow ards cultural, race and other differences? I can’t say 3%

Definitely yes 44%

A little 12%

To a great extent 41%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 6. Does your participation in the project stim ulate you to take part in other sim ilar initiatives?

A little 3%

Definitely yes 76%

To a great extent 21%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 7. Was the work on the project widely discussed by the students?

Definitely yes 26%

I can’t say 3%

To a great extent 32%

A little 39%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 8. Did the work on the project bring you closer to your classmates?

I can’t say 12%

No 18%

A little 15% Definitely yes 43%

To a great extent 12%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 9. Did the w ork on the project im prove the contact w ith your teachers?

I can’t say A little 6% 3%

Definitely yes 73%

To a great extent 18%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 10. To w hat extent do you consider that the traditions of a society are im portant for preserving its identity?

A little 3%

Very much 50%

Much 47%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 11. Do you consider that the traditions enrich society’s cultural and economic life? I can’t say 9%

Definitely yes 64%

A little 15%

To a great extent 12%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 12. Do you think that w orking on the project m ade you understand and appreciate better foreign culture?

I can’t say 6%

Definitely yes 82%

A little 3%

To a great extent 9%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 13. Do you think that working on the project improved your team work skills? No 6%

A little 15% To a great extent 6%

Definitely yes 73%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 14. Did your participation in the project improve your language communicative skills? No 3%

A little 18% To a great extent 12%

Definitely yes 67%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT: 15. How could you assess the effect of your participation in the project in general? Extremely useful 29%

Very useful 29%

Useful 42%

II. STUDENTS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT:

16. Were equal opportunities ensured for the participation of female and male pupils? I can’t say A little 6% 3% Definitely yes 67%

To a great extent 24%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 12 NON-PARTICIPANTS from TURKEY 10 NON-PARTICIPANTS from BULGARIA 14 NON-PARTICIPANTS from LATVIA

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 1. Were you well-informed what was the work on the project and to what point it was finished?

Definitely yes 42% To a great extent 58%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 2. Do the results of the work done so far stimulate your desire to take part in a future school project? I can’t say A little 6% 6%

Definitely yes 77%

To a great extent 11%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 3. Do you consider that the students participating in the project have changed their opinion on their own culture and traditions in a positive way? I can’t say 8%

To a great A little extent 3% 3%

Definitely yes 86%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 4. Do you consider that the students participating in the project have changed their opinion on foreign culture and traditions in a positive way?

I can’t say 3%

A little To a great 6% extent 11%

Definitely yes 80%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 5. Did the work on the project make the children more responsible and tolerant? I can’t say A little 3% 3%

Definitely yes 55%

To a great extent 39%

IV. TEACHERS – NON-PARTICIPANTS, PARENTS / SOCIETY: 6. How do you assess as a spectator the w holesom e effect of the w ork of teachers and students on the project? Useful 22% Extremely useful 53%

Very useful 25%

CONCLUSIONS: Headmasters: • the project has contributed to a great extent to enrich the experience and readiness to participate in a project of their employees and students. • has promoted intercultural relations

CONCLUSIONS: Teachers: • have enriched their experience and improved their language and communicative skills. • feel highly motivated to participate in other projects • achieved positive attitude of students towards their traditions

CONCLUSIONS: Students: • consider themselves more tolerant • more responsible • encouraged to learn more about foreign country’s traditions as well as their own • have enriched their experience and improved their language and communicative skills.

CONCLUSIONS:

The community assesses the project as successful and useful for the students and their teachers.

SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECT WORK: • to involve more teachers in the project work; • to involve more students in the project work; • to give more information to the parents, so that they’d motivate their children to take part in this and similar projects; • to continue the work with the same level of responsibility.