QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF A RANDOM SAMPLE SELECTED AT SCHOOL

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•QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF A RANDOM

SAMPLE SELECTED AT SCHOOL
•ANALYSIS
OF 25 QUESTIONNAIRES ANSWERED BY 25 STUDENTS OF C CLASS OF THE 3RD GYMNASIO IRAKLIOU KRITIS IN GREECE
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•AGE
OF STUDENTS:    14 -
15                        
•GRADE:  3RD
GRADE OF GYMNASIUM
•GENDER:
7 Male and 18 Female students
•PLACE
OF BIRTH: Grece, apart from 2 students who were born abroad.
•FAMILY
MEMBERS: Only 7 students have a family which consists of more than 4 people.
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•Do
you like school? 19
YES / 6 NO
•Do
you like studying?
6 YES / 19 NO
•Do
you like learning? 21
YES / 4 NO
    
It is remarkable that even though the vast majority of pupils likes
learning only 6 of them answer that they actually like studying, which
contributes significantly to learning.
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•Do
you want to do well at school? ALL
OF THEM SAID YES 25
Y / 0 N
•Do
you want to get your leaving certificate?
ALL 25 Y 
•Do
you want to go to university or other higher education institution? 23
Y / 2 N
•Do
you think it is it is important to stay at school and finish it? ALL 25
Y 
•How much do you like going to
school? 
•3
students said Very
much 
•13
students said Pretty
much
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7 students said Little 
•1
students said Very
little 
•1
students said Not
at all
•Do you think going to school will
help you in your adult life? 
•22
students said Y 
•3
students said N
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•THE
MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ANSWERED THAT FRIENDS, SPORTS AND/OR EXCURSIONS ENCOURAGE
THEM TO COME TO SCHOOL. A FEW INCLUDED THE LESSONS AND/OR TEACHERS AND ALSO
ADDED THE FAMILY/PARENTS.
•AS
IT WAS EXPECTED HOMEWORK, TESTS AND EXAMS WERE THE MOST COMMON REASONS THAT
MAKE STUDENTS NOT WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL.
•How much time per day do you study for
your school lessons?
•12
students said one hour 
•10
students said two hours 
•3
STUDENTS REPLIED 3 HOURS OR MORE
•Would you ever consider giving up
school?
•ALL  25 pupils said NO
•What
would your parents think if you drop out of school?  
•4
said they would be angry 
•21
said they would not allow it 
      
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•Have
you ever been suspended from a lesson? 13
said YES, but extremely rarely for being too noisy and talkative during the
lesson.
•Have
you ever been expelled from school for one or more days because of
misbehaviour? only
2 said YES
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•Why
do you skip classes without a valid excuse?
11 replied out of boredom 
•What
did you mostly do on the days you were absent from school without a valid
excuse? 
6 replied that they went out with friends
•Have
you ever been bullied at school?  ALL 25 SAID NO
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•Do
you feel that you fit in your school environment? 
•23
said Y
•2
said N
•How
do you get along with your classmates: 
•18
said very well 
•5
said well
•2
said badly 
•How
do you get along with your teachers:
•9
said very well 
•13
said well  
•3
said badly
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If secondary education was not
obligatory would you choose to attend school? 
•16 said
YES, because school is important for learning, acquiring new knowledge and
broadening our horizons.
•9
said NO
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If you did not have to go to school
what would you prefer to do instead?
•taking
up new hobbies and activities
•meeting
friends and have fun with friends
•
travelling
•doing
sports
•sleeping
more  
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•How
do you feel most of the time you spend at school?
•4
happy 
•5
satisfied 
•3
sad 
•3
melancholic
•ONLY
1 confident 
•7
energetic 
•THE
VAST MAJORITY: 21 bored
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A LOT: 10 stressed 
     IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT MOST STUDENTS
CHOSE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF THE MIXED
MOOD THEY DISPLAY MOST OF THE TIMES.
•Things that would make students want to
come to school all the time:
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•LESS
LESSON HOURS
•LESS
HOMEWORK, LESS TESTS
•LEARNING
MORE FOREIGN LANGUAGES, DIVISION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEVELS 
•BIGGER
AND NICER PLAYGROUND (WITH MORE GREEN)
•BETTER
EQUIPMENT, MORE COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY
•HAVING
MORE FUN IN THE LESSONS
•SPENDING
MORE TIME DOING SPORTS
•PERMISSION
TO USE MOBILE PHONES
•GOOD
LOOKING PUPILS
•GOOD
LOOKING TEACHERS 
•STUDENTS
HAVING THE CHANCE TO CHOOSE THE LESSONS THEY WANT TO ATTEND
•GETTING
NO GRADES AND FORBID ENTRANCE TO THE PARENTS (1 said so)

 

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