IAS June 2011 - Teacher Post Event Feedback

Hi, thanks for agreeing to fill in our feedback survey. This helps us to understand what teachers want, and gain, from the event. We want to make the event as useful as possible.

There are 41 questions in this survey, but most of them aren't compulsory. Of course, the more you can tell us, the more help that is.

General

1. What is your name? Required Question

2. At what school do you teach? Required Question

3. Thinking about your initial expectations, before you started the event: have they been met, not met, or exceeded? Please explain how.

4. Would you participate again?

	Yes
	No

5. Would you recommend it to a colleague?

	Yes
	No

6. What was the single most important outcome for you as a teacher?

7. From a technical viewpoint, how did you find using the site? Required Question

8. How many students did you take onto the site?

9. Approximately how long did you spend on the site with your class?

10. How many times did you visit the site during class time?

11. How long did you spend on the event in total, including time spent doing information sheets, IVF debate, etc?

12. What did YOU gain from the experience?

13. What did YOUR STUDENTS gain from the experience?

14. Do you think your students have a more positive view of science?

	Yes
	No

15. Do you think your students have a more nuanced view of science?

	Yes
	No

16. Do you think they feel more able to debate and discuss science issues as a result of taking part in I'm a Scientist?

	Yes
	No

17. Re: the 3 previous questions - can you give an example?

18. Have you seen any evidence that students are more confident in their opinions?

	Yes
	No

19. Do you have any thoughts on what made students engage with the event or not?
(e.g. Did some students engage more than others, did some activities get more engagement than others, did some things particularly put students off, or encourage them?)

20. How did you feel that the event performed at...

	It was excellent	It was good	It was OK (neutral)	It was poor	It was bad
Making your life easier as a teacher
Inspiring and engaging students
Teaching "How Science Works"

21. Would you like to expand on your answers to the previous question at all?

22. What did you particularly like about the event?

23. What did you particularly dislike about the event?

24. Would you change the event in any way? If so, how?

25. As a teacher, what would you do differently next time (if anything)?

26. Did anything surprise you?

27. Now you've had a chance to see how they worked, what other themed zones would you like to see in future events?

28. A number of people other than our main funder, the Wellcome Trust, sponsored I'm a Scientist in June. Can you name any of them?

Resources

29. How did you find the following parts of the site?

	Very useful	Quite useful	Not that useful	Not at all useful	I didn't use it
Live chat
Staffroom
/Teachers (the teachers' area)
Teacher FAQ
ASK Q+A

30. How did you find the teacher briefing notes? Required Question

	Very useful - they told me everything I needed to know
	Quite useful - they covered most points but had some gaps
	Not very useful - I had lots of questions after reading them
	Not at all useful - a waste of paper
	I didn't read the briefing notes
	I didn't receive any briefing notes

31. Do you have any comments or suggestions about the teacher packs?

32. Did your students fill out 'My Science Words'?

33. Did filling out 'My Science Words' help your students reflect on what they learnt from the event?

Live Chat

34. If you didn't book a live chat, can you tell us why?

35. If you booked a live chat, how did you book it?

	Live chat booking form
	Email

36. Did you find it easy to book a 'live chat'?

37. If you used the 'live chat' facility, how do you feel it can be improved?

38. Did you test access to the site before your live chat?

39. If no, could you tell us why?

40. If you did book a live chat, did you have any technical problems, if so, what?

41. Thinking about the whole event again now, are there any other comments you'd like to make, that haven't been covered above?

	Very difficult
	Quite difficult throughout
	Quite difficult to start but easy once I was used to it
	Quite simple and straightforward
	Very easy
	I didn't use the site