2. The analysis was based on the collection of data through questionnaires for
students, teachers and parents involved in the project.
In the questionnaires, each item in assessment was based on a rating scale of 5
item values​​, where 1 is using for the lowest level and 5 for the highest level.

3. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION

4. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0% 3
0%
4
27%
5
73%
1. The project has increased your
motivation to learn English or other
languages
1
0%
2
0%
3
46%
4
27%
5
27%
2. The project has increased your ICT
and multimedia skills for create this
kind of products
1
0%
2
0%
3
9%
4
82%
5
9%
3. You were satisfied with the project
activities (presentations, exhibitions,
meetings, workshops, etc.)
1
0% 2
0%
3
0%
4
9%
5
91%
4. The project has contributed to
sharing knowledge and experiences

5. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
27%
5
73%
5. The project helped you to develop
your multicultural awareness
1
0%
2
0%
3
18%
4
55%
5
27%
6. During the project has increased
your awareness of food issues
1
0%
2
9% 3
18%
4
27%
5
46%
7. During the project you realised the
importance of healthy eating
1
0%
2
0%
3
27%
4
27%
5
46%
8. During the project you realised
the importance of physical activity

6. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
1
9%
2
9%
3
18%
4
55%
5
9%
9. As a result of participation in the
project you have changed your eating
habits
1
9%
2
0%
3
0%
4
46%
5
45%
10. As a result of participation in the
project has increased your
appreciation for traditional food

7. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
Good and bad …
The ups and downs about the Comenius project through the
eyes of the teens involved in it.
Very Good Good Not so good
To meet new people;
To see new places;
To know new cultures.
The chance to learn more;
Practise English;
The food served in some
countries is very different
from ours;
The programs/visits
weren´t planned for the
teenagers

8. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
 Almost all the students considered that the Project has increased, in an
excellent way (level 4 and 5), their motivation to learn English or other
languages.
 In what concerns the contribution of the Project to increase their ICT
and multimedia skills to create new products, they think the Project
didn´t have an important role for them in this item because they were
already very familiar to all these new technologies and almost half of
them evaluated that contribution in a medium level.
 The great majority of the students were satisfied with the Project
activities.
 Almost all the students considered that the Project has contributed
effectively (level 5 - 91%) to share knowledge and experiences.
 A very representative percentage of the students (73%) considered that
the Project helped them in an excellent way (level 5) to develop their
multicultural awareness and the rest of them (27%) considered that
contribution in a good level (level 4).

9. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
 More than 80% of the students considered that the Project has increased
their awareness of food issues, in an excellent or very high level and less
than 20% considered it in a satisfactory level (18% - level 3).
 A significant percentage of the students (73%) considered, in an excellent or
very high level, that during the Project they realised the importance of
healthy eating (less than 20% in a satisfactory level (18% - level 3) and only
9% of the students didn´t realise the importance of healthy eating).
 During the Project 73% of the students realised the importance of physical
activity, in a very good or excellent level and 27% of them considered that in
a satisfactory level.

10. STUDENTS' EVALUATION
 In what concerns the fact that the Project has changed students’
eating habits, less than 20% of the students considered it wasn’t in a
significant level (level 1 and 2), 18% of the students considered that the
Project had some influence and more than half of them considered
that the Project had much influence in changing their eating habits.
 91% of the students considered that their participation in the Project
has increased their appreciation for traditional food in an excellent or
very high level. Only 9% of them don’t think that way.

11. STUDENTS’ EVALUATION
SUMMARY
Given the results, we can say that globally the involvement and participation
in the project influenced/developed, very positively, the knowledge and
abilities of students, the level of motivation for learning English, contributed
to share knowledge and experiences, realised the importance of healthy
eating and the practice of physical activity, influenced a change in eating
habits and developed the appreciation for traditional food .

12. TEACHERS’ EVALUATION

13. TEACHERS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
57%
5
43%
1. Increased use of the English language to
communicate 1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
29%
5
71%
2. Development of a multicultural experience
1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
14%
5
86%
3. Sharing knowledge and experience
1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
29%
5
71%
4. Creation of a database of materials to be
reused (Blog and Virtual Guide)

14. TEACHERS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0%
3
14%
4
0%
5
86%
5. Increased your interest towards a European dimension
of education?
Most important comments by the teachers:
- The knowledge acquired and friendship between all the participants;
- The exchange of experiences;
- The relationship among the students from different nationalities;
- The increasing of social and communicative skills.

15. TEACHERS ’ EVALUATION
 All the teachers considered that the participation in the Project contributed
in a very high scale for the increased use of the English language to
communicate (level 4 and 5 – 100%).
 Most of the teachers considered that the participation in the Project
contributed very much (level 4 and 5 – 100%) to the development of a
multicultural experience .
 Sharing knowledge and experience were recognized for everyone as very
important issues in this Project (level 4 and 5 – 100%).
 Likewise the project also contributed very much (level 4 and 5 – 100%) to the
creation of a database of materials to be reused (Blog and Virtual Guide)
 All the teachers considered that this Project increased in a very high scale
(level 4 and 5 – 100%) their interest towards a European dimension of
education.

16. PARENTS’ EVALUATION

17. PARENTS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0%
3
9%
4
18%
5
73%
1. Satisfaction with the participation of your
child in this project
1
0%
2
0%
3
0%
4
9%
5
91%
2. Positive experience of hosting a foreign
student at home
1
9%
2
0%
3
37%
4
18%
5
36%
3. The project made you think about the
importance of healthy habits
1
0%
2
0%
3
9%
4
0%
5
91%
4. Knowledge of other realities and respect for
people with other nationality

18. PARENTS’ EVALUATION
1
0%
2
0%
3
9%
4
27%
5
64%
5. Development of national identity
(appreciation of what is "ours")
Most important comments by the parents:
- A very good experience to all the students because they had the
opportunity to go abroad and meet new people and different
cultures;
- The friendship among students and families from different
nationalities;
- The possibility of hosting children from other countries.

19. PARENTS ’ EVALUATION
 Most of the parents were very satisfied with the “participation of their children in this
Project”.
 All of them considered very positive “the experience of hosting a foreign student at
home” (level 4 - 9% and 5 - 95%).
 More than half of the parents considered that the “Project made them think about the
importance of healthy habits”.
 The great majority of the parents (91%) considered that the Project had an excellent
impact about the “Knowledge of other realities and respect for people with other
nationality”.
 In what concerns the “Development of national identity” (appreciation of what is "ours")
praticaly all parents (91%) considered that the Project contributed in an excellent way
to the Development of national identity.
.

20. FINAL CONCLUSIONS
Given the results presented in the reviewed items we can conclude that the
project had a very positive impact for students, teachers and parents,
considering that most of the items were evaluated in the upper levels of the
used scale.
Torres Novas (Portugal),May 2014
Portuguese team