Results from evaluation exercise of Year 2 Study Day on 13 November

1. Evaluation of Study Day
13 November 2010
Based on 158 responses
Faculty of Education and Sport
PGCE/Certificate in Education
(Post-Compulsory Education)

2. 1 Was the topic for the day useful?

3. 2 Was Vivienne’s session useful?

4. Write-in comments on keynote
• Limited connection with
teaching (6)
• More women's rights than
education (2)
• Apologies to V for awful
treatment in discussion
• Best topic so far
• Didn't get at personal biases
• Personal issues need to be
put aside
• Disappointing presenting style
• Familiar but challenging
• Not education-specific enough
• Sexist towards males
• Too big for one day
• Too focused on race, gender
• Too personal a talk
• Topic useful--we're being
inspected!
• We are aware of E & D;
problem is with management
• Learned lots of things

5. 3 Did the use of textwall

6. 4 Is textwall (circle all that apply)

7. Write-in comments on the text wall
On using it:
• Not really used in discussion
(2)
• Discussion unrelated
• Good if relevant
• Needs analysis
• Too many textwall messages
to handle
Other
• Phone numbers not kept
private (2)
• Comments not relevant
• Didn't add anything but a good
idea
• Discriminates against those
without mobile phones
• Love the idea
• May generate inappropriate
texts
• Students wouldn’t use it;
texting costs money

8. 5 In relation to the lunch break...
Several write-in
comments
about the long
queues

9. 6 Was the briefing for the work of
the groups...

10. 7 How do you rate the work you did
in your group?

11. Write-in comments on the groups
and general issues
• A moaning session
• Useful work done, but not as intended
• Coffee and biscuits in group meetings, please
• Did help to contextualise things
• Extremely effective
• Facilitate more exchange between sectors
• I enjoyed it
• Interest groups worked well
• Not enough members
• Nothing new
• Number tasks, rather than bullet points
• Standard of debate poor
• Unable to contribute
• We discuss like this every day