Project Erasmus +

1. INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL OF
BERGEN
ISB
International
School of Bergen
Questionnaire Results

2. Survey Method
We took the decision to conduct the survey using the net
based survey monkey tool.
The reason for this decision was because this is a tool the
school currently use and parents are familiar with using.
They survey was launched online.
The parents were notified thorough the weekly newsletter.
The parents were given 3 weeks to take the opportunity to
complete the survey.

3. Teacher Questionnaire
Results
4 out of 5 teachers completed the survey.
Questionnaire was only issued to Homeroom Lower school
teachers.

4. Q1 Do you find your job satisfying in terms of self
realisation?
75% responded average to their job being satisfying in
terms of self realisation.
25% responded a little.

5. Q2 Do you characterise your relations with your colleagues
as helpful, constructive and cooperative?
All teachers responded a lot or average to feeling that their
relationship with colleagues is helpful, constructive and
cooperative.

6. Q3 Do you find that classroom hours allow you to get to
know your pupils well?
There was a 50% response to both a lot and average that
classroom hours allow for teachers to get to know their
pupils.

7. Q4 Would you like to involve your pupils in activities
other than those related to the subjects you teach?
All teachers responded with a lot or average showing that
they would like to involve pupils in activities other than those
related to the subject they teach.
Having a curriculum to follow with deadlines etc it can make it
difficult at times to do extra activities which teachers would
really like to do.

8. Q5 Do you think that your families are sufficiently
involved in your pupils school life and education?
There were mixed responses to this question but all in the
upper end of scale.
25% A lot
50% Average
25% A little

9. Q6 Have you met your pupils family members - parents or
grandparents?
All teachers have met their pupils parents.
Very few have met their pupils grandparents due to the status
of the school environment being International with a lot of
expat pupils.

10. Q7 Do you think your school proposes enough
opportunities to increase pupils families participation in
the school?
Teachers believe that there is enough opportunities for
families to participate in school activities and their child`s
learning.

11. Q8 Do you feel that you sometimes fail to understand
your pupils because of a generation gap?
50% responded average
25% responded a little and not at all
There is a range of generation changes between staff
members making some more confident with the modern
day than others.

12. Q9 Do you think you are creative and innovative in
your teaching practices?
100% response that they are creative and innovative in
teaching practices.
The PYP curriculum lends itself to creative and innovative
learning.

13. Q10 Do you handle with ease IT told and modern means
of communication?
Teachers feel confident using IT in their teaching.
The school has had a focus on IT in the last few years and
supported teachers a lot in this area to ensure they feel
confident when teaching.

14. Q11 Do you get enough opportunities to benefit from other
teachers experience and good practice?
The majority of responses felt that they get enough
opportunities to benefit from colleagues experiences and
good practice.

15. Q12 Do you think that your teaching practices are efficient
in preparing your pupils to confront the demands of
modern society?
100% responded at the top range of the scale feeling that
their teaching practices are efficient in preparing students
to confront the demand of modern society.

16. Q13 Do you think in your job, creativity is frustrated by
rules of bureaucracy?
The results here were spread across the board ranging from
a lot to not at all.

17. Q14 Do you receive enough trust and support by school
administration and school system?
Respondents feel that they get an average amount of trust
and support from the school administration and school
system.

18. 15 Do you feel sometimes you fail to build bridges with
pupils families?
50% felt on average
50% felt a little
When it comes to failing to build bridges with their pupils
families.

19. 16.Is your professionalism recognised also in economic
terms?
75% felt that their professionalism is recognised in
economic terms.
25% felt that their professionalism is not recognised at
all.

20. Q17 Is your professionalism recognised by your
community context?
100% responded that they feel their professionalism is
recognised by the community.

21. Summary
The main points which have come out of the questionnaire
are
•Teachers have a positive attitude towards their work.
•Good working collaborative team.
•Excellent teacher/pupil relationships
•Time constraint is the main problem with regards to teaching
extra chosen activities.
•Teachers are confident with modern technology.
•Good working relationship with parents but not grandparents
due to the nature of the school.
•Parents have a lot of opportunities to attend school events.

22. Q1 Do you feel that the time you spent with your
grandchild makes any difference/contributes to his or her
learning, behaviours and attitudes?
A lot
A little
Average
5 responded a lot
1 responded average
1 responded a little

23. Q2 How often can you meet with your grandchild?
a) During the school term
b) During holidays
a) 7 responded less than once a month (100%)
b) 5 responded less than once a month with 1 responding
that they see their grandchild everyday.
Important to remember that ISB is an international school
and many live far away from their grandparents.

24. Q3 How much time did your grandparents spend with
you in your childhood?
A lot
Average
A little
None at all
3 responded a lot
3 responded a little
1 responded none at all

25. Q4 How much time do you spend with your grandchild
compared to the time your grandparents spent with you in
your childhood?
A lot
Average
A little
None at all
Over half of the respondents feel that they spend more time
now with their grandchildren than they did with their
grandparents.

26. Q5 What part of the time you spend with your
grandchild do you spend playing games?
There were very mixed views on this question with some
respondents ranking at the very high and very low end of
the scale.
Over 40% responded in the middle, this may be due to the
fact that many of our grandparents see their grandchildren
all the time when they have the opportunity to see them.

27. Q6 Who plays the leading role when spending time with
your grandchild?
Me
My grandchild
Both of us
The majority find that it is their grandchild who takes the
leading role when spending time with their grandchild.

28. Q7 Do you feel it difficult to find something that may be
interesting for your grandchild?
Most of the time
Some of the time
Never
The results show that there are mixed views on finding
something interesting for their grandchild.
We must remember that the grandparents surveyed are of a
wide multi cultural background and most likely live in a
different part of the world than their grandchild.

29. Q8 Thinking of the games you played during your
childhood, can these games still be played today?
Yes
No
I am not sure
All respondents felt that their childhood games can still be
played today by children.

30. Q9 Do you think schools should encourage
grandparents to be involved in school projects, field
trips, festivals and events?
Yes
No
I am not sure
Despite most grandparents being unable to attend events
in their grandchild`s school they feel that it is important for
those who are able to be involved in school events.

31. Q10 How often have you been encouraged to assist your
grandchild with school activities, projects, research,
crafts etc since your grandchild started school?
Never
Once
More than once
Just over one quarter of respondents have been
encouraged to assist in school events since their
grandchild started school.
Due to the nature of our pupils this could have been in
another school before commencing their education at ISB.

32. Q11 Would you like to participate in some school
activities with your grandchild?
Yes
No
I would consider it
Just over one quarter of respondents would consider
participating in some school activities and nearly three
quarters said yes.
Despite answering yes, many of the grandparents are
unable to due to living far away.

33. Q12 Have you visited your grandchild's school website?
Yes
No
Almost three quarters of respondents have not visited their
grandchild`s school website.
Reasons for this is most likely to be due to language
barriers.

34. Q13 Have you learnt something from your grandchild/ren?
Answers included
•How to use a smartphone
•Importance to stay in touch regarding days at school
•How to use the internet
•Importance of expressing feelings
•Cultural differences
•Important to note that modern technology plays an
important part in the grandparents/grandchilds life due to the
distance apart many of them live.

35.
Q14 Do you like to see your grandchild/ren play and
enjoy traditional games and toys?
Yes
No
No opinion
All respondents like to see their grandchildren play and
enjoy traditional games and play with traditional toys.

36. Summary
The response from the grandparents survey was
disappointing but not really surprising since most of the
pupils grandparents live in another country and many miles
away.
From the responses the main points are
•Grandparents feel that it is important that children still play
traditional games but also teach them new skills.
•Despite living far away Grandparents feel it is important to
be involved in their grandchilds school life.