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:
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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.

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?
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: ___

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 ___
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
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

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

process
Yes
No
In some cases

14. Teachers are well informed about the value of computers in teaching-learning
process in my school
No
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
-4
-5

16. Teachers should be trained by government in order to use ICT properly

Yes, 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?

12 - Few
Nothing/No important
t important

3 - Quite
important

4Important

5 - Very
important

Using tools for elearning (virtual

campus)
Using other
webtools (social
networking, blogs,
etc)
Communication,
interaction and
tutoring/mentoring
strategies
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: ________

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

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-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 dont use ICT
Not enough
Enough
A lot

25. How often do you use ICT in your daily working for other uses?
I dont use them
Not enough
Enough
A lot

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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?

Collaborating tools (i.e

Sharing tools (i.e.Delicious)

Google docs/ Google

Presentation tools
(i.e.Prezi)

Drive)
Social Networking (i.e.
Facebook, Twitter,

Slideshare

Online Storage (i.e.

Dropbox)

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Instagram)
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

With the families
With the rest of the teachers
With the Head of the institution

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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

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-5

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

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41. I find ICT in education a waste of public resources.

(0= totally disagree; 5= totally agree)
-0
-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.

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Thank you for completing this questionnaire!

References
1. Almerich, Gonzalo; Surez-Rodrguez, Jess 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 incorporacin de las tics en la prctica

docente. http://edutec.rediris.es/Revelec2/Revelec35/pdf/Edutece_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/digitalagenda/en/news/survey-schools-ict-education-three-survey-questionnaires-pdf

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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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