Transcript 11-year-olds' views on school subjects and ideal teacher qualities, by Mitchell Schofield aged 11

Investigating the views of Year 6 students
at Oxley Park Primary School – school
subjects and important qualities in
teachers.
By
Mitchell
Schofield
Introduction
I was interested in this project because people
in school often complain about the subjects
they are doing, so I wanted to investigate
why.
 I chose this project because I wanted teachers
to see what qualities their pupils really want to
see in a teacher. I also wanted to research
into favourite and least favourite subjects.
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Methods for School Subjects
I designed an open ended questionnaire to
find out what year 6 students thought about
the different subjects.
I handed out the questionnaires in class.
I explained that it was double sided and to fill
in all questions.
I collected the completed questionnaires on
the same day.
I then collated the results.
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Methods for Teachers Attributes
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I used a diamond ranking sheet and wrote
out 9 attributes of a teacher that needed to
be ranked from most to least important.
I interviewed several year 6 students and
asked them to rate the 9 attributes from most
to least important using the diamond ranking.
I tallied the results using a 5-4-3-2-1 scoring
Sets fair homework
Exciting
Lots of activities
Encouraging
Happy and smiling
Keeps control of the class
Kind
fair to everyone
Group work
most important
least important
Results.
Q 1) Do you like school?
All 20 pupils responded ‘yes’.
Results
Q 2) What is your favourite subject?
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There were a variety of subjects that students
enjoyed. Maths and Art were the most popular.
Results
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Q 3) Why do you like the subject
25% of pupils thought their favourite subject
was fun
Results
Q 4) Is it possible to make the subject more
enjoyable?
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votes
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yes
no
sometimes
catogries
Almost 75% of people thought the subject
could be made more enjoyable
Results
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Q 5) Do you think the teachers make lessons
enjoyable?
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Series1
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yes
no
catogries
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Most students felt that the teachers already
make the lessons enjoyable
Results
Q 6)
 Of the two students who said ‘no’ the reasons
were
 ‘Because its like word after word’ and
‘Because we need to do more fun things’
Results
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Diamond Ranking of Teachers Qualities
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Results
Diamond Ranking continued..
 Group work was not rated high by any
students.
 The highest scoring attributes were for
teachers who were ‘Happy and smiling’ and
‘Kept control of the class’
Conclusion
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Most students seem to like school
The most popular subject was maths. I found
this surprising as I don’t find it fun myself.
Students who like sums, adding up and
problem solving said they enjoyed maths.
The next most popular subject was Art with
reasons given that it was fun or they liked
drawing.
Year 6 students want teachers that are happy
and smiling but who can keep control of the
class.
Thank you for watching my
presentation