Questions for schools

Research Questions - Schools
Research Questions - Schools
Schools Questionnaire

Please help us with our research into STEM education perceptions, usage, knowledge, resources, teacher development, industry support, barriers and benefits in New Zealand schools and homeschools by completing this questionnaire.

We appreciate you taking the time to fill this out and if you would like your voice and your schools voice heard email us and become a part of our research in future studies

Email: Research@ScienceKiwis.org

Section One - Basic School Numbers

Do you work at a primary, intermediate or high school?*

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Approximately how many students in total does your school have?
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Approximately how many students do your classes have on average?*

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Is your school considered rural or suburban?*

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How many teachers do you currently have?*

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What is your role within the school?*

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Section Two
The students and their learning

What is the average understanding of math's across the school compared to schools across NZ?*

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What is the average understanding of science across the school compared to schools across NZ?*

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What subjects / topics are in your curriculum for science?*

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How many students do you have with learning difficulties? (If you can please specify numbers and type such as autism 17 students)*

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Section Three
Perceptions of STEM education

What do you think the purpose of STEM education is?*

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What do you think the advantages of STEM education are?
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What do you think are the disadvantages of STEM education?*

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What are you current perceptions of STEM? *

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Do you currently include STEM education?*

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Do your teachers feel confident in teaching STEM education?*

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Do your teachers get any training or workshops specific to STEM education?*

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Would your teachers benefit from STEM education development workshops?

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What do you think the barriers are for teaching STEM education?

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Part Four
Support, funding and industry connection

How often does your school have competitions such as science fairs?*

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Does your school participate in any regional, national, international STEM challenges or Science fairs?*

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Does your school have any STEM partners (Corporate or Organization based)? *

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Do you currently get any funding specific for STEM education?

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Would you like funding for STEM education?

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What supports do you feel would improve efforts to implement STEM pedagogy in classrooms?*

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Part Five
Resources

What current STEM resources and equipment does your school have?

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What type of resources / equipment for STEM education would your school find the most useful?

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